The Department of Homeland Security appears to have shut down the ability to use Dwolla, a mobile payment service, to withdraw and deposit money into Mt. Gox, a Bitcoin trading platform. A Dwolla representative confirmed the move to Betabeat. Chris Coyne, cofounder of OKCupid, posted ...
OKCupid’s user base isn’t exactly the kind that you’d think is familiar with or already dabbling in Bitcoins, and there’s a real irony in allowing an anonymous currency to be used on a dating site — where trust is a big factor — but the fact that OKCupid is making this move demonstrat...
Senior Tech Center Opens, Saves Us From Our Parents’ Tech Problems Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) will launch the nation’s first “senior focused technology center”, The Senior Planet Exploration Center, tomorrow night alongside a panel discussion on “Closing the Technology Ga...
Bets of Bitcoin is an anonymous platform that allows users to make bets on current events–everything from hockey to war with Iran to aliens –using the peer-to-peer digital currency Bitcoin. Users place Bitcoin bets on yes or no answers to statements, and the earlier you bet the more B...
In order to entice as many users as possible to join the gold rush, Reddit is considering accepting alternative methods of payment, including Bitcoin, the peer-to-peer cryptocurrency popular amongst the web’s more hardcore users. Bitcoin enthusiasts may have a kindred spirit in Reddit...
Of course, the Linux Foundation is about promoting an operating system that has been largely marginalized, whereas the Bitcoin Foundation will work to promote a cryptocurrency sometimes used for blackmarket activity. Bitcoin has seen its own share of PR nightmares in recent months, fr...
Reuters bases this conclusion on information from StatCounter, which “measures traffic collected across a network of 3 million websites.” So we’re not exactly talking official sales numbers broken out by region. StatCounter says Apple’s share of the mobile market in Singapore has drop...
The Wiki Weapon Project is a rather terrifying prospect; while it might seem downright pornographic to libertarians and gun-toting Tea Party patriots, it raises some uncomfortable questions about the implications of certain technologies. Would a fire arm printed using a 3D printer req...
