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2016: What’s around the corner for digital payments? Apple Pay, Bitcoin, Pingit and more

Apple Pay, one of the latest forms of digital payment via your mobile, is slowly gaining acceptance Mobile payments, biometrics and crypto currencies. These were just some of the emerging trends discussed at the recent Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar at London's Royal Society. Tech Digest’s Chris Price reports The way…

30 November 201514 January 2016 Chris Price Apple, Cryptocurrencies, iPhone, iPhone, iPhone apps, Mobile phones

The Digest: Uber dodges regulators… and 5 other things people are talking about today

[nextpage title="Next"] Uber dodges "covert" transport regulators by blocking mobile phones | Cnet "State transport regulators in Australia have gone undercover in an attempt to fine UberX drivers for ridesharing, but Uber has thwarted these attempts by blocking their mobile phones from accessing the service." [/nextpage] [nextpage title="Next"] Bitcoin value plummets as mining is no…

15 January 201516 September 2020 Stuart Apps, BlackBerry, Broadband, Cryptocurrencies, Internet, Samsung, The Digest, Uncategorized

Bitcoins were the worst investment of 2014

Bad news for fans of libertarian magic beans - Bitcoin has performed terribly this year, according to reports. Pic from here. The news comes via QZ, which reports that you'd have been better off investing in Brent Crude oil, the Argentine Peso and even the Russian Ruble. Whilst all did terribly…

16 December 20143 November 2019 James O'Malley Cryptocurrencies

Wikipedia starts accepting Bitcoin donations

That's right - there's now something else you can spend your magic beans on! I guess trading your cow for them doesn't seem so stupid after all, now that you can support such a worthy project. Pic from here. According to the Coinbase Blog the company is helping the online encyclopaedia…

11 August 20143 November 2019 James O'Malley Cryptocurrencies

Government to “explore” Bitcoin

With less than a year to go until the next General Election, Chancellor George Osborne is today to announce a new initiative sure to win over that key demographic: Weird Bitcoin zealots. Pic from here. According to the BBC, the plan is to "explore" the implications of digital currencies, and to…

6 August 20143 November 2019 James O'Malley Cryptocurrencies

WATCH: Bitcoin Girl Music Video

I know what you're thinking: Why hasn't anyone produced a parody of the song "Uptown Girl" satirising the liquidity of Bitcoin yet? Well it might just be your lucky day.

15 July 201426 October 2018 James O'Malley Cryptocurrencies

Expedia announces plans to accept Bitcoin payments

Expedia has become the latest e-commerce website to accept payments made from customers using Bitcoin as well as generic generic forms of currency. Though big news for Bitcoin enthusiasts (replete in their tinfoil hats and Ron Paul t-shirts), the acceptance…

12 June 2014 Nicholas Fearn Retail

Can Bitcoin stop game piracy? Could Bitcoin make Free2Play games obsolete?

Piracy has long been the bane of the games industry – but one enterprising pirate may just have figured out how developers could make money from piracy… by using Bitcoin. And could this have implications for how legitimate game developers…

28 May 201415 December 2021 James O'Malley Cryptocurrencies, Features

Glasgow branch of CEX to accept BitCoin

A nice promotional wheeze from highstreet second-hand retailer CEX – they've announced that for three days in Glasgow, as an experiment, they'll be accepting the infamous cryptocurrency Bitcoin. That's right – no longer is Bitcoin just for buying drugs or…

13 May 201427 April 2018 James O'Malley Features, Web 2.0

Bitcoin users raise $28,000 (almost £20,000) for the guy who isn't the Bitcoin guy

Say what you will about the Bitcoin community, but at least their hearts are in the right place. Sure, some may claim that they're all neckbearded libertarians putting their money into a quasi-legal currency that is backed purely by hype…

17 March 201421 April 2016 James O'Malley Web 2.0

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Bluesky boss unable to give correct age limit for platform, Google forced to sell Chrome browser?

‘Black November’ gets off to slow start for e-commerce, research shows

Instagram to release algorithm reset feature, UK approves Google’s $2 billion Anthropic investment

Supersonic first from Dawn Aerospace, Astro Bot leads Games Awards nominations

Roblox to ban Under 13s from messaging others, Google to launch ‘Shielded email’?

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