The Health Secretary has accused social media networks of "turning a blind eye to a generation of young people" by failing to protect them when using their platforms online. "I fear that you are collectively turning a blind eye to a whole generation of children being exposed to the harmful emotional side effects of social media prematurely," he said.
Google has started the global roll-out of its new Chat messaging service, which is designed to replace SMS text messages on Android phones. Chat has features such as group texts, videos, typing indicators and read receipts, which are not available when sending SMS texts. The new system has been in development for several years, but is now beginning to appear on Android phones.
Telegram has been making headlines for quite some time now. The instant messaging app developed by the Durov brothers, Pavel and Nikolai, has built a deep connection to the cryptocurrency universe and has become a favorite messaging app for many in the industry. Its connection to the crypto community was made even deeper when they announced an ICO, which has raised a record amount in it’s pre-ICO phase and has courted just as much controversy. In mid-February, a document filed by Telegram with the SEC showed that Telegram had raised an incredible $850 Million in a pre-sale ICO. The ICO was available for top crypto investors and select venture capital firms. Their own set target had been $600 Million. The funds raised were for the development of the Telegram Open Network (TON) and those who participated did so by purchasing the Gram token, a digital asset planned to be used on the TON network.
Roughly two months after the big and successful event in Singapore, BlockShow team comes back to announce BlockShow Europe 2018 – the brand’s third big conference dedicated to discovering the hottest innovations, trends and sensations currently happening in both European and Global Blockchain scenes.
BlockShow Europe 2018 is going to bring together over 70 internationally recognized speakers and experts from banks, institutions and numerous global industries; during single speeches, discussions and panel sessions, all of them will deliver high-quality professional insights, knowledge and more.
Skrumble Network is currently in the process of building a completely decentralized social media communication application. Incorporating the traditional messaging, audio and video calling for peer-to-peer and groups, it will also include the ability to send cryptocurrencies in-app, and more. It is Skrumble Network’s mission to innovate methods of communication and create opportunities for people to connect globally on the most secure networks possible, which is why they’ll also be building their very own blockchain that is uniquely optimized for communication connections and transactions and cannot be blocked by any firewall. Originating from the idea that people should own their data and not a centralized ledger keeper like Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram etc., just waiting for the next hack, their giving users back ownership of their data and the freedom to communicate without feeling concerned with intermediaries and unknown third parties having access to their private information.
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