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In recent weeks, the digital currency Bitcoin has soared and then dipped in value, along the way attracting more public attention than ever before and speculation as to whether it could become an established and widely accepted way to pay for goods and services. But Bitcoin isn’t the ...
The value of a Bitcoin has grown in the four years since the digital currency was invented, but there’s been little interest from mainstream business or technology investors in using it. News today from OpenCoin , a startup that today launched its own digital currency called Ripple an...
Planned city: A view of Fusionopolis, Singapore’s newest technology park. Flickr Creative Commons | yeowatzup The software that entrepreneur Terence Swee ships around the world was developed in Singapore, but you would never know it. His company, Muvee Technologies, which creates soft...
Planned city: A view of Fusionopolis, Singapore’s newest technology park. Flickr Creative Commons | yeowatzup The software that entrepreneur Terence Swee ships around the world was developed in Singapore, but you would never know it. His company, Muvee Technologies, which creates soft...
The digital “crypto-currency” Bitcoin surged into the public eye last year, tantalizing enthusiasts with the promise of money unfettered by any government before falling victim to digital heists (see “Crypto-currency Security under Scrutiny ”) and short media attention spans. But $130...
