Open Source Technology

Using HIP to Improve Hedera Hashgraph

The Hedera Improvement Proposal (HIP) is a process established to help developers formulate new ideas and improvements within Hedera Hashgraph. According to InfoQ, workplace feedback helps boost efficiency. The method allows the development team’s members to submit their suggestions and receive constructive criticism and opinions from fellow developers. HIP allows Hedera to have an orderly…

Why Elon Musk’s $44 Billion Deal Was Impossible for Twitter to Ignore

Editor’s Note: Our previous reporting on this topic analyzed Musk’s Twitter strategies and whether Twitter can ever meet its “social imperative,” and can be found here. Going once, going twice…Twitter, sold! To the richest man alive! Tesla CEO and top billionaire Elon Musk has purchased Twitter for $54.20 a share, totaling around $44 billion. Under…

How the Open-Source Champions at Skvare are Helping Organizations Expand Their Work

What does it mean for a business to help other organizations achieve their mission of helping others? For Gena Dellett and the team at Skvare (pronounced “square”) that means asking tough, real questions and avoiding shortcuts, all while building long-term relationships. Gena joined MarketScale to answer a few questions about who they are as a…

Raspberry Pi Isn’t a Go-To for Commercial IoT. Could That Change?

When building out commercial and enterprise IoT networks, Raspberry Pi is usually out of consideration as a supporting single board computer. Its open source technologies make it great for hobbyists and small-scale deployments, but critics challenge its security capabilities. However, even though it gets said anecdotal heat, Raspberry Pi is still proving to be 44%…