Dish Network announced this past Thursday that it will become the largest company to date to begin accepting bitcoin for payments. The satellite television company confirmed that it will begin to permit its customers to pay for their satellite services in digital currency by September … [Read more...]
IDC predicts Apple (AAPL) smartphone sales growth to continue through 2018, though slowing is likely
Top analysis firm International Data Corporation, or IDC, issued its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report, including data on Apple Inc. and the likely continued success of the iPhone through 2018. According to forecasts made by Ramon Llamas, IDC's Research Manager, and the … [Read more...]
“Boy Wonder” creates innovative power usage solution for Google data centers
A leading data center engineer at Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) – Jim Gao, nicknamed ‘Boy Wonder’ – has developed an amazingly innovative solution for monitoring and handling the company’s power usage efficiency levels (PUE) across its data center network. Following his participation in … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) plans slim, round iWatch, possibly with sapphire screen
An American source has finally confirmed that the iWatch is indeed an actual product, and has provided some details on Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) mysterious smartwatch product. Rosenblatt Securities' Brian Blair recently returned to the United States from Taiwan, where, it is … [Read more...]
Twitter growth on a decline in the United States and Europe
The growth of Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) has depreciated markedly in Europe and the United States, The New York Times reported, with its stock plummeting on Friday to its lowest closing price since the company went public. However, the article also notes that Twitter’s increasing … [Read more...]
Study finds medical debt ruining American credit reports
Millions of healthcare patients across the United States are suffering from large sums of medical debt due to the growing costs of medical care, a paucity of insurance and questionable practices of healthcare institutions. It is quite easy for a patient to rack up anywhere from … [Read more...]
BitPay processing $1 million per day; Overstock.com gets $1.6 million in bitcoin payments
BitPay has become one of the biggest success stories in the bitcoin economy. Each month, the bitcoin payments processor continues to add merchants and businesses to its growing list – some of the names on its list include Zynga, TigerDirect, WordPress, Virgin Galactic, Euro Pacific … [Read more...]
Study discovers one-quarter of Americans saving nothing for retirement
The Great Recession, a crisis in the labor market and the rising cost of living are often some of the reasons why a significant number of Americans fail to save enough for a rainy day or for their retirement. According to Country Financial’s new Financial Security Index, … [Read more...]
Facebook Wallet now allows users to send and receive bitcoin instantly
Bitcoin has finally made it into Facebook Inc.'s (NASDAQ:FB) Wallet. A new startup app called Quickcoin has found a way to transfer Bitcoin, by following a few simple steps. Bitcoin is a popular choice for many people, who want to conduct transactions on the internet, but has not … [Read more...]
Polish bitcoin miners subjected to 23% VAT
Miners of peer-to-peer decentralized digital currencies, like bitcoin and litecoin, will be subjected to a 23 percent value-added tax (VAT) in the Eastern European nation of Poland if they wish to continue to sell these virtual currencies. The announcement came after a bitcoin … [Read more...]
Hacker ‘Oleg Pliss’ holds Apple Inc. (AAPL) devices hostage in strange cyberattack
A hacker going by the handle of Oleg Pliss is attempting a daring new type of cybercrime against Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) mobile devices such as iPhone and iPads, according to recent reports. To extort money from people owning consumer electronics from the Cupertino firm, Mr. Pliss … [Read more...]
Google Webmaster Tools adding a new feature to the “Fetch” function
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is working on improving their Googlebot tools, by adding a new feature. The revised Googlebot Webmaster tool, now includes a modified ‘Fetch’ feature. Before the change, the popular ‘Fetch’ feature used to show just an output of code, and the relevant HTML. … [Read more...]
Bitcoin’s $1,200 value allegedly manipulated by ‘Willy’ the bot
Late last year, bitcoin was dominating headlines when its price was soaring from just $13 in January to as high as $1,200 by the end of the year. This was a massive emergence for the peer-to-peer decentralized virtual currency and many had speculated it had to do with the Chinese … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) seeks $203 million enhanced damages from Samsung
Apparently unable to take "no" for an answer, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) filed a Motion for a Judgment as a Matter of Law (JMOL) against Samsung, its Korean competitor, last Friday, May 23, 2014. Doggedly returning to the attack on the now-familiar charges of patent violations, the … [Read more...]
AOL to invest up to $1 million in Israeli startups
AOL is moving ahead with its new project called Nautilus, an initiative that would see the Internet company invest up to $1 million in Israeli startups. AOL noted that it would invest at least $100,000 in as many as 10 projects at a time. With a development center in the Middle … [Read more...]
Report: Financial planning degree programs popular at universities
With Baby Boomers on the verge of retiring en masse and the financial situations of millions of Americans in question because of the financial crisis a few years ago, there is one field of study that is becoming increasingly popular: financial planning. It was reported by CNBC last … [Read more...]
Google launches video series to help developers use compression algorithms
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has launched a new video series aimed at helping application and website developers to use compression algorithms more effectively. The aim is, for the set of three videos, to highlight various ways to make smaller and better apps, and websites. At … [Read more...]
Canadian inflation rate jumps 2% amid higher energy prices
Canadians will experience a higher cost of living this year as the inflation rate increased to a two-year high of two percent, according to a report released last Friday by Statistics Canada. The federal agency reported the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 1.5 percent from the … [Read more...]
Problems with Windows Phone 8.1 and Facebook
Anyone using Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) through Windows Phone 8.0 and 8.1 are having a difficult time at the moment, if they have downloaded the latest update. The new version of Windows Phone 8.1 titled 8.1.6.0 is reportedly making Facebook crash frequently. The update has just been … [Read more...]
300 American Fortune 500 corporations holding $2 trillion offshore
Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ) published a report earlier this week entitled "Dozens of Companies Admit Using Tax Havens: Hundreds More Likely Do the Same, Avoiding $550 Billion in Taxes" that highlighted how 301 American Fortune 500 corporations are holding more than $2 trillion … [Read more...]
