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China is already well known for its nation-wide Internet filtering software dubbed The Great Firewall of China, but what is only coming to light is that China also may have a Great Cannon. According to a report posted on CitizenLab the Great …
Bitcoin Weekly 2015 April 8: Bitcoin Foundation ‘effectively bankrupt’, Coinapult restores services, Rand Paul bitcoin donations, Buttercoin closure
Over the weekend it became known that The Bitcoin Foundation, a well-known U.S.-based institution dedicated to evangelizing bitcoin and funding a few bitcoin core developers, is strapped for cash. This news came with part and parcel with some drama over the funding …
Bitcoin Foundation is out of cash, considers restructuring plans
The Bitcoin Foundation, a U.S. outfit consisting of bitcoin luminaries organized to help promote the cryptocurrency, has seen a great deal of controversy lately and the most recent rumors involve documents and statements floating around the Internet suggesting that the foundation is …
Microsoft halts production of Kinect for Windows, focuses on USB adapter
Microsoft Corporation has announced that the company will discontinue the standalone developer’s kit Kinect for Windows v2 sensor and instead intends to consolidate with the sensor that ships with Xbox One and a USB-enabled Kinect Adapter for PC. According to Microsoft, the …
Align Commerce launches beta B2B global payments system using the Bitcoin blockchain
International payments cost companies a great deal of money and Bitcoin-related startup Align Commerce wants to change that. According to Marwan Forzley, CEO and Founder of Align Commerce, “businesses spend over $50 billion on wire and foreign exchange fees,” and his startup …
Reddit’s April Fools offering is…a button
Social media news aggregation site has an interesting relationship with April Fools day. So when today the site posted to its blog announcing of all things a button, it caught the Internet’s attention. The button—an interchanging graphic with a padlock symbol on …
Bitcoin Weekly 2015 April 1: Rakuten week long $30 discount for BTC purchases, Overstock.com invests in PeerNova, Bitcoin blockchain could house malware says INTERPOL
This Bitcoin Weekly may have fallen on April 1st, but it’s not the April Fools edition for the Weekly. This week, Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is bringing bitcoin payments to the United States and to sweeten the pot has begun a week-long …
Valve will offer HTC Vive dev kits for free to select developers
In order to get its new virtual reality (VR) device out onto the market as quickly as possible, Valve will be offering free development kits for the upcoming HTC Vive to a small handful of developers. Valve Corporation and HTC Corporation have …
Bitcoin Weekly 2015 March 25: Noble Markets and Nasdaq software, ChangeTip Twitch.tv integration, Paybase woes, and Cryptoine hacked
This week had some interesting revelations with the Noble Markets exchange licensing Nadaq’s own software. ChangeTip began support for live streaming website Twitch.tv opening up a chance to tip bitcoin to our favorite streamers. And Coinapult has re-enabled withdrawals from its exchange …
ChangeTip integrates with Twitch.tv and it’s that easy to get started
Over the years Twitch.tv has distinguished itself as an extremely potent platform for live streamers to attract and entertain audiences. While there are a number of monetization options that streamers can use to make money from their performances, donations happen to be …