Miscellaneous
Wall Street Should Be Scared of the Blockchain
Featuring fresh takes and real-time analysis from HuffPost's signature lineup of contributors In Singapore this week, the incredible response to the discussion on the "blockchain" at SIBOS Innotribe is indicative of a massive shift taking place globally in banking. FinTech, or Financial Technology, Read More...
This is how a new crop of companies are trying to reinvent banking
Financial technology, better known as fintech, has exploded over the last 5 years. The rate of investment is growing by 45% annually and $13.7 billion was ploughed into startups in the space in the last year alone, according to CB Insights. As investment booms, finance and banking are being Read More...
Obama turns to crowdfunding to aid fleeing Syrians
As Syrian refugees continue to flee the violence at home, President Obama is turning to the modern tools of Silicon Valley entrepreneurship as a supplement to the more traditional means of humanitarian relief. At the request of officials from the White House Office of Digital Strategy, the Read More...
5 tips for homeschooling through chaos
Job loss. Moving. New babies. High risk pregnancy. Hospitalization. Injury. Chronic pain disability. These are a few of the things that we, at the Non Stepford house, have dealt with during our almost (gasp!) eight years of homeschooling. That’s one of the many things nobody warns you about Read More...
The critical step to gentle parenting that we often overlook
Marianne Williamson said it best when she stated, “There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.” Many of us who practice Attachment Parenting and gentle discipline do so because we understand the Read More...
How Wall Street is embracing bitcoin
Clearing houses, also known as central clearing counterparties (CCP), have been seen as the answer by policymakers. However, Robert Sams, the CEO of Clearmatics, believes the distributed ledger could be a real solution for the industry. "The CCPs are now the largest counterpart to most of the Read More...
The benefits of being an introverted parent
I wasn’t always cool with being an introverted parent. I wanted to be one of those moms who thrived among children—the mom who’s always on, always available emotionally;the mom who invites all the neighborhood kids over for snacks every day. But that’s just not me. I love my Read More...
Using The Blockchain To Fight Crime And Save Lives
Andrew Thomson is founder and CEO of VentureRadar, a London-based technology scouting startup that uses big data to connect companies with clients. Blockchain technology has been described as email for money, but it has the potential to be so much more. According to Blythe Masters, the blockchain Read More...
This $400 mini-computer lets you mine Bitcoin and sell digital goods
A pocket-sized computer that lets you buy and sell digital goods and services using Bitcoin has become available for pre-order on Amazon in the US, promising to "return economic power to the individual". Developed by 21 Inc, a San Francisco-based startup backed by venture capital firm Andreessen Read More...
Bank of America just filed a patent that would let you send money using bitcoin
Banks are exploring a variety of uses for bitcoin and digital currency, but one area in particular appears to be piquing their interest: transferring funds between countries. The latest evidence of that interest comes from Bank of America, which recently filed a patent for technology that would Read More...