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For some, it’s hard to pin down exactly what DevOps is, but it’s not hard to describe what it means: better collaboration between development and operations using a method designed to speed up the lifecycle of releases from development to deployment. DevOps …
Last Minute Bitcoin Christmas Gift Buyers Guide 2014
It’s been said that 2014 would be the year of merchant adoption—and with numerous merchants climbing on board it’s been exactly that. Now, the Yuletide is upon us, you likely have bitcoins jingling in your digital wallet, and you’re wondering what to …
Last Minute Bitcoin Enthusiast Gift Guide for 2014
It’s been a banner year for bitcoin when it comes to new merchants adopting it as a digital currency, so it’s not difficult to figure out what to buy someone with bitcoins for the holiday, but what do you buy someone who …
Bitcoin Weekly 2014 December 17: Time and Microsoft embrace Bitcoin, favorable mention by Ford Motor Company, Blockchain.info ‘hacker’ returns BTC
It’s the end of the year and Christmas is coming early: Microsoft and Time Inc. have both started accepting bitcoins. This continues a strong trend over 2014 of businesses adopting the digital currency. Although right now there’s a lot of eyes on …
Bitcoin cited in Ford’s 2015 Global Consumer Trends and Futuring report
Ford Motor Company has released a its “Looking Further with Ford” publication for 2015 [PDF link] that includes studies commissioned about the future of many different technologies as well as expected trends. Bitcoin made a debut with four mentions across the publication. …
Microsoft’s early Christmas gift to Bitcoin is this year’s big news
In 2013, a survey of Bitcoin luminaries led to a single consensus about 2014: this would be the year of merchant adoption. Not only has 2014 lived up to this prediction, it has exceeded it in surprising ways with Overstock.com, TigerDirect, Dell, …
Bitcoin Weekly 2014 December 10: Blockchain.info discloses security issue, BitQuest Bitcoin Minecraft server, Tim Draper buys into US Marshal’s auction again
The dominant story this week is all about how security is extremely important in the Bitcoin world–not to mention the Internet in general–when money is digital, it makes sense to keep it safe. Extremely popular wallet service and blockchain explorer Blockchain.info recently …
This week in DDoS: Xbox Live and PlayStation Network edition
Over the past week, the online gaming services that support Microsoft’s Xbox consoles and Sony’s PlayStation consoles have faced service disruptions thought to be caused by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The hacker group Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility in multiple …
Star Citizen reaches $66 million in crowdfunding through sales and Black Friday
Star Citizen continues to be an ongoing, public experiment in crowdfunding as it has reached $66 million in funds since its 2012 Kickstarter that netted the game a seed of $2.1 million. The most recent push, coinciding with the Black Friday holiday, …
Bitcoin Weekly 2014 December 3: Bitcoin Foundation copycat fraud sites, MasterCard speaks against BTC in Australia, ChangeTip $3.5m seed funding
This week in Bitcoin shows a growth happening in the community as well as the pains associated with it. On the grim front there’s some friction happening with that growth. Fraud continues to be an issue, as it is with any industry, …