Technology

The popular messaging app, WhatsApp, has announced that it is now a completely free service, and has ditched subscription fees for end users. The Daily Dot reports: The decision is a reversal of the annual subscription model that WhatsApp previously employed. Under that model, the first year of service was free, but each additional year cost 99 cents. The company is now eliminating that fee, in part because it learned that some of its more than one billion users don’t have access to a debit or credit card.

Cosmic particles gathered inside Egypt’s famed pyramids could help experts learn about the structure of the ancient monuments. Cosmic ray muon radiography imaging, is one of the methods used by scientists searching for hidden chambers within the pyramids. News.com reports: For the past three months a team of researchers from Egypt, France, Canada and Japan have been scanning four pyramids with thermal cameras to see if they contain unknown structures or cavities.

By Chris at www.CapitalistExploits.at

With a strong focus on investing in game changing trends, whether in private or public markets, it's not surprising that the technology underpinning the Bitcoin digital currency has been more interesting to us than a gaggle of suntanned string bikinis.

I wrote about the technology recently, first here and then again here, and received lots of really interesting feedback.

At the same time I received lots of detractors of the blockchain technology emailing me. As far as I can tell, they fit into two main groups.

A portable power plant has been developed that can charge your cell phone using water whenever access to an electric grid is not possible. Swedish innovation company myFC has created a fuel-cell charger and battery that is portable, lightweight and acts as a mini power plant. It is ideal for use in emergencies or when an instant source of energy is needed. To use it, just add any available water. Metro reports: To charge your phone, users simply pour water into the tray, place a PowerPukk cartridge in the tray, cover the system, then connect a phone with a USB cable.

President Obama's "Empty Seat" appears to have raised the ire of many...

Source: Dana Summers

Source: Investors.com

Perhaps this is why?

Source: Ben Garrison