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Google’s anti cryptocurrency stance has intensified, when it terminated Coin Stats’ developer account, thereby removing their app from the play store. The official statement on Steem stated – Yesterday, we’ve received an email from Google Play, stating that the developer account has been terminated without any prior notice and exact reason. This means that Coin
Google’s anti cryptocurrency stance has intensified, when it terminated Coin Stats’ developer account, thereby removing their app from the play store. The official statement on Steem stated –
Yesterday, we’ve received an email from Google Play, stating that the developer account has been terminated without any prior notice and exact reason. This means that Coin Stats Android app has been removed from Google Play Store.
For users and others who are interested in using the app, you can still download it from here – http://coin-stats.com/
This growing trend of centralised companies like Facebook and Google taking on anything to do with cryptocurrencies is worrying. At least with the ads, they had some grounds. This kind of unannounced termination is uncalled for.
This definitely not a quality issue. Their iOS app is still available for download from the Apple app store. And anyone who has put up an app on the Apple app store will tell you that their quality checks are tremendously thourough.
Furthermore, it wasn’t clear from Google’s recent memo, which had their crypto ad ban stipulation, if crypto apps were under its purview. If so, we should see a lot more of this in the coming days.
We will be monitoring the situation in the coming days, but until then, let’s help out Coin Stats by signing their Change.org petition and check out the good work they do at their site.
Finding a half decent place to live in any city is becoming harder and harder by the minute. And upon finding one it takes quite a bit of back and forth between the tenant and owner before any agreement is signed and enacted. There are many a slip between the cup and the lip when
Finding a half decent place to live in any city is becoming harder and harder by the minute. And upon finding one it takes quite a bit of back and forth between the tenant and owner before any agreement is signed and enacted.
There are many a slip between the cup and the lip when it comes to real estate because enhancing the true appeal of a property is a very common practice. On top of that, rent and actual prices for leases or sales are skyrocketing.
These are the problem statements that Quarteria, as a platform, is trying to solve. Quarteria is a platform that is proposing to take the world’s real estate industry and put it on the blockchain. The company has targeted two of the core problems they think will help move all the payments on to a decentralized system like the blockchain and they are; listing and marketing of properties worldwide and providing a decentralized escrow service.
Quarteria is a platform that is trying to integrate the entire world’s real estate industry under one umbrella. In turn, making it easier for interested buyers to buy or lease property anywhere in the world. The platform essentially is like an online listing service that is uniform for the entire world on which users can see houses and apartments that are up for lease, sale or auction in their real fiat and crypto valuation.
The platform is built and operated on the NEO platform and hence the in-house coin used in the platform too is XQT. And there are three key players on the Quarteria platform. They are; the buyers, the sellers, and the QuartMasters. Each player has a separate use case of the network.
The buyer’s use-case is pretty straightforward. They look for listings that may interest them on the network and zero in on a property that is within their budget and they are interested in.
The seller’s use-case is being able to post listings on the network with sufficient details, pictures and the asking price. The seller, on Quarteria, will have to specify the house’s price in both fiat and cryptocurrency.
The QuartMaster’s use-case is that of a regulator on a conventional escrow service. They are the holders of the in-house tokens (XQT) and act as the third party in the decentralized escrow service. It is the job of a QuartMaster to make sure that transactions are sufficiently validated and payments are taken out staking enough XQT.
The use of the blockchain in this product is essentially what it was built and designed to do. All the transactions that take place on the platform are to be done on the blockchain, staking a sufficient number of XQT tokens.
The use of the blockchain in this particular product promotes transparency and proper accounting, both of which are fairly absent in the industry. By bringing in more transparency into the escrow of a property, it directly pinpoints where the decisions are made and this, in turn, makes sure that the exorbitant prices that are generally demanded are reduced. And a proper accounting of all finances to do with a particular property never hurt anyone.
The real estate industry is one of the most fraudulent and most opaque industry right now. At the same time, it is an industry that will always exist because of the human need for permanent or semi-permanent accommodation. The prices stated for showings, escrow services, etc are nothing less than exorbitant and the price just doesn’t seem to stop going up.
Bringing in the blockchain’s method of the distributed ledger will go a long way towards controlling those prices and cutting down on the cut that the middleman, that is usually levied at the cost of the buyer, gives the buyer more power.
The company’s vision of bringing the entire world’s real estate industry on a single blockchain may be slightly far-fetched, but if done in batches will prove to be one of the most lucrative and revolutionary products. According to the roadmap on Quarteria’s whitepaper, the company will be in a position to conduct its first sale by early 2019. This product will, by leaps and bounds, make it easier for real estate newbies to buy, sell and lease their properties, putting the power back in their rightful hands.
In today’s landscape, cyber security is an ongoing battle. Businesses of all sizes are constantly assessing their risks and deploying technology to mitigate them. At the same time, we’re trying to create a workplace culture of collaboration and trust, not fear.
Although hackers make the news, it is far more likely that our own employees will cause a data breach. A recent IBM study found that some 60 percent of cyber attacks are carried out by insiders, and three-quarters of those are purposeful, malicious acts.
As companies increasingly become aware of this fact, employee monitoring software seems like a logical solution. Tracking software allows you set rules that prevent risky behavior such as emailing sensitive information, and it alerts you when employees are violating policies. You can pinpoint who’s breaking the rules and put a stop to the behavior.
Employee monitoring software vastly reduces the risk of a data breach by identifying these insider risks, but how do you introduce it without alienating your employees? If your staff feels like ‘Big Brother’ is always watching, will morale and performance suffer? Follow these tips to deploy tracking tools without offending your staff and damaging the business.
An honest, straightforward approach is extremely important. Don’t try to be sneaky or hide the fact that you’re introducing employee monitoring software. Your employees want to hear this information directly from you, rather than finding out via the rumor mill or water cooler gossip. And they want to hear about it before implementation, not after the fact.
When notifying employees, the most important point to stress is the why. Your employees are smart — they will understand why the software is important if you explain how often data breaches are caused by insiders, even inadvertently. Explain that tracking tools prevent not only malicious attacks but honest mistakes that can cause a devastating data breach, damaging the company’s reputation and eroding public trust.
Consider scheduling brief staff or department meetings to share the news. You don’t want to make the implementation a bigger deal than it is, of course, but sharing the news over email doesn’t give you the chance to address questions and clear up misconceptions.
If you haven’t already, consider launching a cyber security awareness and education campaign. The more your employees understand about how damaging a data breach can be, the more likely they are to support your prevention tactics and strategies.
The goal isn’t to instill fear in your employees, but it helps to share some statistics and facts. Nearly half of North American and European employees report being unaware of their company’s data use and handling policies, for example, and 60 percent of SMBs shut down for good within six months of a major data breach. Employees should understand that the future of the company and their jobs are at stake here.
Cyber security awareness campaigns can begin with efforts as simple as hanging posters around the office, sharing articles and holding brief ‘lunch and learn’ sessions. Then, when you have the time and budget, roll out more formal training with actionable steps.
Just as you restrict access to sensitive data to certain employees, it’s wise to limit oversight of employee monitoring software to just a few key people. If you have a large IT staff, not everyone needs to be involved in monitoring and analysis. Similarly, not every manager or supervisor in the company needs to be alerted when an employee violates a data policy.
Limiting access accomplishes a couple things. If just a few people are responsible for oversight, those staff members are more likely to feel personally accountable. If too many people are involved, policy violations can slip through the cracks because everyone assumes someone else is handling the situation. Also, your employees are likely to feel more comfortable knowing that just a few key people are monitoring their activities. Click below to learn more about Teramind.