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Yahoo Finance Added Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC) Trading On Its Platform

Yahoo Finance incorporated cryptocurrency trading through its platform, on which Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC) can now be traded. The new service was launched on August 29th through the interface of the portal specialized in financial information, which previously only offered statistics on the prices of the main cryptos.

In order to make a purchase or sale crypto assets, interested parties must, at first, register with Yahoo Finance and create an account as they do on any regular cryptocurrency exchange platform. In this regard, the portal highlights the new option in its interface and informs the public that individuals can trade digital assets with any broker across the United States.

About this new option, the founder of Litecoin, Charlie Lee, announced on his Twitter account, where he highlighted the marketing of Litecoin (LTC) through this platform.

Yahoo Finance added Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC) trading on its platform

In this way, Yahoo Finance paved the way for cryptos to a wider public, taking into account that by 2010 Yahoo Finance had an audience of more than 23 million visitors. The platform is part of the Yahoo network and provides financial news, data, and news including stock quotes, press releases, financial reports, and original content.

Because it is a recognized brand, associating its image with cryptocurrencies market makes it a fast channel for promoting greater cryptocurrency adoption.

This vision is shared by several members of the ecosystem, who have also expressed their enthusiasm for this initiative, which is seen as an essential step in the cryptocurrency adoption process. In this sense, Anthony Pompliano, founder of Morgan Creek Digital, said that the recent interest in cryptos “is a virus that is spreading.”

Currently, Yahoo Finance only added Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Litecoin (LTC) trading, but could add some more digital assets in the future.

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Instagram To Verify The Authenticity Of Accounts And Add Two-Factor Authentication Via Third-Party Apps

More than 1 billion users of Instagram, the widely acclaimed online photo-sharing app, will be able to evaluate the accounts’ authenticity now, only a few weeks after its parent company, Facebook, Inc., applied similar actions to eliminate fake accounts from their social network.

Instagram said it would launch a feature titled “About this Account” that enables users to see which advertisements are applied to a given account, the country where the account is based, any changes in the username in the past year, as well as other information.

“Keeping people with bad intentions off our platform is incredibly important, it means trying to make sure that the people you follow and the accounts you interact with are who they say they are, and stopping bad actors before they harm,” stated Instagram co-founder and chief technology officer, Mike Krieger.

Instagram will verify the authenticity of users’ accounts and add a two-factor authentication system via third-party apps

Also, the social network stated that it would permit the use of third-party software, such as Duo Mobile and Google Authenticator, for two-factor authentication to provide users with more secure access to their accounts.

Two-step authentication provides an optional security feature, besides usernames and passwords, by asking users for an extra credential to access their accounts.

Earlier in August, Facebook added a similar tool for users who are managing pages with a high number of followers across the United States to help make pages more difficult to administrate for those who use a fake or compromised Facebook accounts. Those new tools will be made available to anyone in the next few weeks, said representatives of Instagram in a recent blog article.

As of yesterday, Tuesday, August 28th, Instagram allows accounts with numerous followers to ask for verification via a tool inside the app, the social network stated.

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New LG 88-inch TV Is The World’s First 8K OLED TV Set, And Will Launch During The IFA 2018 in Berlin

While the majority of the people are still moving from older TV sets to the newer ones which boast 4K resolutions and LED technology, LG presented its new 88-inch OLED TV set with an 8K resolution, which is the world’s first 8K OLED TV. The South Korean company made its presentation right before the start of the IFA 2018 which will be held in Berlin, Germany, between August 31st and September 5th.

LG to launch the world’s first 8K OLED TV during the IFA 2018

Many consider the LG displays to be the best in the world, especially when it comes to TVs. However, this new 88-inch OLED screen boasting an 8K LG has just presented is designed to set the future standards in terms of TV technology. Also, LG has made a clear demonstration of its power in the television set sector of the industry.

The new LG television features 33 million self-illuminating pixels that achieve the recognized “pure black” status of OLED panels. The company expects to increase its sales in 2018 and sell more than 9 million OLED TVs with an 8K resolutions by 2022.

With the new 88-inch OLED TV set with an 8K resolution, the giant South Korean manufacturer, LG, reaches a new level in the Ultra-Premium TV sets field and means to take the lead of the future markets.

LG IA ThinQ will get Google Assistant by the end of 2018

After the launch of this world’s first 8K OLED TV during the IFA 2018 which would start on August 31st, LG plans to show that it deserves to take the lead of the market for OLED TVs, by launching its new first 88-inch TV.

On the other hand, the second flagship LG plans on launching is the new LG IA ThinQ TV 2018. So, as if the LG 88-inch OLED TV set with an 8K resolution was not enough for the South Korean company, LG announced another big surprise. Namely, by the end of 2018, the LG IA ThinQ TV sets would receive an update and will add Google Assistant.

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Amazon Free Dive Would Be The New Free And Ads-Based Video Platform The Company Plans To Offer

Amazon is working to diversify its streaming platform, adding content in some countries where soccer is widely watched with events such as the live English Premier League broadcast in the UK. Now, Amazon prepares a new free ad-based service called Amazon Free Dive.

Free Dive would be the upcoming free but ad-based video service from Amazon

The new Amazon Free Dive service would be available exclusively to those who have a Fire TV device at home. Free Dive would look slightly like Roku Channel, which is also a free, ad-based video platform. These types of channels usually broadcast old content, but have the advantage of being free.

There are currently about 48 million Fire TV devices in the world, including the company’s HDMI stick or 4K compatible dongle, and Fire Cube with Alexa. With the new free service, Amazon seeks to take a share of the traditional ad-based television market, thus diversifying its streaming service and attracting new customers, as well.

Free Dive would have no relation with Amazon Prime Video and would be an app where the user could choose from the available content in exchange for viewing ads. So, Amazon would be working to get licenses for old TV series from big studios, which are cheaper and still very much in demand today, such as Friends, for example.

Amazon plans on placing more ads on all its platforms

The new Amazon Free Dive service is being developed in collaboration with IMDb, a subsidiary of Amazon. What Amazon plans on making its platforms more profitable, as it has already done with IMDb by adding ads.

With its new, free, and ads-based video platform, the Amazon Free Dive, the company intends to increase its revenue, besides adding commercials in its sports broadcasts, including the English Premier League (soccer) in the UK and NFL in the US.

Such measures could lead the company to become the second U.S. company to exceed $1 trillion in market capitalization after Apple did so a month ago. In the last quarter, Amazon grew 132% more to $2.2 billion in the ad segment, and it doesn’t seem to want to stay there.

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Android 9 Pie Update For Samsung Galaxy S9 Is In Preparation And Could Come Out In Early-2019

It has been five months since Samsung launched its new flagship, the new Samsung Galaxy S9. And, in March, Google announced its new Android 9 Pie, back then initiating the first Beta version of the new OS. Since then, Samsung has not stated, at any time, what would be the schedule for upgrading its new terminals to the new Google’s OS. However, now, it seems that, finally, Android 9 Pie update for Samsung Galaxy S9 is under preparation.

As SamMobile news website of the Korean firm states, Samsung has already begun testing the new Samsung Galaxy S9 update to Android 9 Pie. Also, according to all rumors, Galaxy S9 would also be the first Samsung terminal launched in 2018 to get the latest version of Google’s operating system for mobiles.

Android 9 Pie update for Samsung Galaxy 9 and 9 Plus could arrive in early-2019

The Samsung Galaxy S9 and its improved variant, the S9 Plus, have already been listed in the GFXBench software analysis tool which uses Android 9 Pie.

Looking back in time, tests of the previous version of Google’s OS, Android 8 Oreo, were first trialed on the Samsung’s previous models, Samsung Galaxy S8 and Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus in September 2017, while the update rolled out in March 2018. This year’s Samsung models can follow the same pattern.

Although evidence of Android 9 Pie testing has appeared on the new Samsung Galaxy S9 and Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus, the Korean giant company has not yet released any roadmaps. The official version of Android 8 Oreo finally arrived on Samsung Galaxy S8 and Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus in March 2018, about six months after the test phase commenced.

Accordingly, we could get the final version of Android 9 Pie update for Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus in early-2019.

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