We’re going to meet a lot of lonely people in the next week and the next month and the next year. And when they ask us what we’re doing, you can say, We’re remembering. That’s where we’ll win out in the long run. Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 Why does humanity continually repeat the mistakes of ...

Twitter, Inc. has started testing a new “News tab” feature with users of its Android and iOS apps in the United States, which as the name suggests, offers a service that provides breaking news to users. According to reports, the tab is located at the center bottom of the iOS app (Android wasn’t mentioned) and ...

Chinese accommodation sharing site TuJia Online Information and Technology Company of Limited Liability (Tujia) has raised $300 million Series D in around led by All-Stars Investment that included The Ascot Ltd. According to reports, the new round was on a valuation over $1 billion, giving Tujia unicorn status for the first time. Founded in 2011 ...

Apple may be about to enter the telco business with a report Monday that the computing and device giant is considering launching a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service. According to Business Insider, Apple is already privately testing an MVNO service in the United States, and is said to be in talks with European telcos ...

In an extraordinary development Monday, former Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the now bankrupt Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange, Mark Karpeles, has admitted to Japanese police that he had indeed created fake Bitcoins. According to The Japan Times Karpeles, who was arrested over the weekend following reports Friday that local police were filing charges, is ...

Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange Coin Republic (Rapid Net Profits Ltd.) has been acquired by Mexican Bitcoin exchange meXBT (Exchange of the Americas SAPI de C.V.) for an undisclosed amount. News that Coin Republic was potentially being acquired first emerged July 19, with founder and former ESL teacher David Moskowitz suggesting they had undertaken discussions with various ...

Bitcoin and Fintech companies were well represented at the Rise Conference in Hong Kong Friday, and Satoshi Citadel Industries, one company attending the conference, offers a combination of both. Putting aside the cool name (Bitcoin fans will understand the reference,)  the company is attempting to building the ecosystem for Bitcoin in the Philippines, by seeking ...

BTC China Chief Executive Officer Bobby Lee and OKCoin, Inc. Head of International Jack Jiu took to the stage at the Rise Conference in Hong Kong Friday to discuss where Bitcoin was and what’s ahead for the popular cryptocurrency. “Bitcoin can mean different things to different people,” Lee explained to the crowd at the conference ...

Notorious cybercrime forum Darkode has risen from the ashes of its Government take down and is set to return to the web. News of the revival of the site came via a Darkode admin who goes by the name of  “Sp3cial1st” who is said to have been notable by his absence on the lists of ...

The long running saga of the missing $460 million worth of Bitcoins from former Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox may be finally heading to court with reports that Japanese police are preparing to charge Founder and former Chief Executive Officer Mark Karpeles over the theft. A report from Japan’s Nikkei (link in Japanese) Friday morning local ...