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Soon RuneScape players will be able to buy virtual items with bitcoins
Jagex Games Studio, UK-based massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) developer, just announced that it has enabled bitcoin payments for the ever-popular and venerable MMO game RuneScape. This means that gamers who inhabit the virtual world of RuneScape will now be able to use virtual currency to buy virtual items (all virtually significant.) The ...
KnCMiner raises $15 million in Series B investment, announces 16nm chip
Bitcoin mining hardware vendor KnCMiner AB announced today that it raised $15 million in Series B investment. This round is led by Accel Partners with participation from existing investors Creandum, a Stockholm and Palo Alto based VC firm, GP Bullhound and private investor Martin Wattin. Creandum led the previous $14 million funding round in September ...
BlazeMeter announces continuous-testing-as-a-service DevOps platform
BlazeMeter, a California-based continuous testing platform company, announced today the launch of the industry’s first platform for continuous testing using the “as a service” model. The new platform leverages cloud and open source technology to bring better testing for DevOps and Agile practices enabling shorter release cycles with higher quality releases. The new platform provides ...
It’s official: AOL shutting down Joystiq, Massively, and WoW Insider
AOL Inc., parent company of enthusiast press and videogame journalism site Joystiq, is closing several of its video game properties amid staff layoffs. Videogame press sites Massively and WoW Insider have been shuttered and, as indicated by Techcrunch the Joystiq brand will reportedly be rolled into technology blog Engadget. The shutdown floated as rumors for ...
Reports of The Pirate Bay’s death were exaggerated: It’s back online
Notorious torrent tracker website The Pirate Bay went offline in early December when its server facility near Stockholm, Sweden was raided by local authorities. This event appeared to be a sad end to what was a years-long battle between The Pirate Bay and copyright interests, which have been lobbying governments and ISPs (UK ISP block, ...
Regulators in California, New York speak out against Coinbase ‘licensed exchange’ claims
This Monday, Coinbase Inc. launched what it dubbed the first regulated U.S. exchange and listed 24 states and one territory where the exchange would be available. Since the launch, however, at least two officials, in California and New York State, have come forward to say that Coinbase Exchange is not regulated in their states. California ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2015 January 28: All about exchanges–Winklevoss Gemini, Coinbase Exchange, CoinMKT
This week appears to be mostly about the Bitcoin exchange ecosystem: the launch of Coinbase Exchange across the U.S., the Winklevoss twins plans for the Gemini exchange, and CoinMKT acquisition by AMX. In more grim news, a Colorado man has been accused of running an unlicensed money exchange service and CoinTerra, mining operation, is filing ...
Virtual world selfies coming soon to World of Warcraft
If you didn’t already think Instagram was overwhelmed by selfies from the real world, it’s time to expect them from the virtual world. Blizzard Entertainment is adding a special item to its cultural juggernaut massively multiplayer online (MMO) video game World of Warcraft (WoW) that allows players to turn the camera around and take a ...
Coinbase to open first ‘licensed’ U.S.-based Bitcoin exchange
Coinbase Inc., well-known bitcoin payment processor and web-wallet, has announced its intention to open the first licensed U.S.-based Bitcoin exchange on Monday. Following $106 million in backing, from sources including the New York Stock Exchange, the company believes it can now provide a credible exchange service to U.S. customers. The Coinbase exchange is online and available ...
Microsoft’s HoloLens headset is everything you expect of science fiction
Today, Microsoft managed to capture the rapt attention of a million geeks—and everyone else—when the software giant unveiled its newest product: an augmented reality headset called HoloLens. Windows Holographic is essentially a head-mounted display acting as a pair of goggles that adds images to the visible world, and it’s amazing. This reveal happened during the ...