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Bitcoin Weekly 2015 June 10: ShapeShift iOS app, Bitcoin mugging, Voxelnauts, T0.com cryptobonds, and more

By Kyt Dotson Jun 10, 2015

The news out of the Bitcoin community this week is extremely electric and involves numerous businesses and projects continuing to expand innovate. ShapeShift, Erik Vorhees’s no-registration bitcoin/altcoin exchange, is getting an iOS app. Voxelnauts…

Eco is a Minecraft-like game that teaches ‘ecology and environmental literacy’

By Eric David Jun 10, 2015

Ever since the meteoric rise of survival and block-building simulator Minecraft, dozens if not hundreds of similar games have been released trying to recreate that success. So far, most of them have been little more…

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Cisco flaunts new switches and hybrid cloud capabilities at Live 2015

By Maria Deutscher Jun 10, 2015

Hot on the heels of the big launches from HP and Nutanix Inc. at their respective events, it’s now Cisco Systems Inc.’s turn in the spotlight with the introduction of new solutions on the…

PlayStation Now lets you stream PS3 games on Samsung Smart TVs

By Eric David Jun 10, 2015

At the end of 2014, Sony Corp announced that PlayStation Now game streaming would soon be arriving on non-Sony devices, and now that day has finally arrived. PlayStation Now subscribers can now stream PlayStation…

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Google open-sources homegrown SDN configuration tech

By Maria Deutscher Jun 10, 2015

While the stated goal of the software-defined networking movement is shifting managment up the stack, it’s also driving significant changes at the bottom layers, where Google hopes to enable some much-needed standardization with an…

Facebook Messenger has reached 1 billion downloads on Android

By Eric David Jun 10, 2015

Facebook Messenger has now been downloaded over 1 billion times on Google Play, joining an exclusive club made up of only the top apps in the Play Store. Facebook Inc.’s standalone messaging app has…

Streaming music on fire: Spotify increases users to 75m, 20m of them paid subscribers

By Duncan Riley Jun 10, 2015

Spotify AG is facing a good fight against Apple’s new streaming music service Apple Music, but it goes into that battle well set, with numbers released today showing their service is thriving. In a…

HP fronts up $100M to settle Autonomy-related shareholder suit

By Mike Wheatley Jun 10, 2015

Hewlett-Packard Co. is forking over another $100 million as the courtroom drama over its ill-fated $11.7 billion acquisition of Autonomy Corp. continues In the latest round, HP said it’s decided to cough up the cash…

Mesosphere’s Data Center OS launches into general availability

By Mike Wheatley Jun 10, 2015

Mesosphere, Inc. has announced the general availability of its Data Center Operating System (DCOS), the latest gambit in its bid to rule the data center and make everything fully virtualized. The company said the…

Microsoft launches 1TB Xbox One and gives 500GB console a permanent price drop

By James Farrell Jun 10, 2015

Microsoft has unveiled a new Xbox One with 1TB of storage. The new console, which will come with a wireless controller and a 3.5mm headset jack, will go for $399 and start shipping on…