When it comes to money, there’s a lot of change going on. Money is one of society’s most embedded, ancient institutions; it doesn’t change quickly. Technology, on the other hand, changes at a rapid pace, and it has a habit of bringing about change at an unforeseen pace in all areas of...
A newly discovered malware variant is trying to trick users that it is not a threat by passing itself off as a component of Trend Micro , a security firm that sells security solutions. Furthermore, the Trojan drops a Bitcoin miner application to make the malware author money. While th...
A newly discovered malware variant is trying to trick users that it is not a threat by passing itself off as a component of Trend Micro , a security firm that sells security solutions. Furthermore, the Trojan drops a Bitcoin miner application to make the malware author money. While th...
Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo is expanding its international reach after revealing it will launch a wholly owned subsidiary in Singapore, offering a range of telecom services for Japanese speakers in the country. The new business is slated to begin operations on January 1 2013, and wil...
Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo is expanding its international reach after revealing it will launch a wholly owned subsidiary in Singapore, offering a range of telecom services for Japanese speakers in the country. The new business is slated to begin operations on January 1 2013, and wil...
Food journaling app Burpple has furthered its focus on social and location after it introduced Explore, a feature that brings Foursquare-like discovery and friend-finding to the service. Burpple, for those that are not aware, is a 6-month-old service where food lovers can snap, post a...
WordPress.com takes Bitcoin, Facebook spreads gifts, the BBC kicks off its original YouTube programming and Call of Duty: Black Ops II slays the competition. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday right here on The Next Web. Be sure to...
WordPress.com takes Bitcoin, Facebook spreads gifts, the BBC kicks off its original YouTube programming and Call of Duty: Black Ops II slays the competition. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday right here on The Next Web. Be sure to...
Automattic on Thursday announced you can now buy WordPress.com upgrades with Bitcoins, as part of the company’s mission of “making publishing democratic.” To justify the additional payment method, the company noted that PayPal alone blocks access from over 60 countries, and many credi...
Twitter has appointed its first pan-Asia executive (excluding those in Japan) after it nabbed Aliza Knox , formerly Managing Director of Commerce for Google in Asia Pacific, its second high-ranked Google Asia executive in six months, Techcrunch reports . The appointment comes some fiv...
Twitter has appointed its first pan-Asia executive (excluding those in Japan) after it nabbed Aliza Knox , formerly Managing Director of Commerce for Google in Asia Pacific, its second high-ranked Google Asia executive in six months, Techcrunch reports . The appointment comes some fiv...
A group of Bitcoin merchants have banded together to create Bitcoin Friday, their own take on Black Friday sales, the American Banker reports . Bitcoin Friday is set for the 9th of November. The goal of the event is to show consumers that transacting with Bitcoins can be cheaper and s...
A group of Bitcoin merchants have banded together to create Bitcoin Friday, their own take on Black Friday sales, the American Banker reports . Bitcoin Friday is set for the 9th of November. The goal of the event is to show consumers that transacting with Bitcoins can be cheaper and s...
A group of Bitcoin merchants have banded together to create Bitcoin Friday, their own take on Black Friday sales, the American Banker reports . Bitcoin Friday is set for the 9th of November. The goal of the event is to show consumers that transacting with Bitcoins can be cheaper and s...
A group of Bitcoin merchants have banded together to create Bitcoin Friday, their own take on Black Friday sales, the American Banker reports . Bitcoin Friday is set for the 9th of November. The goal of the event is to show consumers that transacting with Bitcoins can be cheaper and s...
DesignCrowd, the Australia-headquartered crowdsourcing service for designers, has kicked into the next gear of its international expansion after it entered Asia via launches in India, Singapore and the Philippines. In a nutshell, the site — which began as DesignBay before buying and m...
DesignCrowd, the Australia-headquartered crowdsourcing service for designers, has kicked into the next gear of its international expansion after it entered Asia via launches in India, Singapore and the Philippines. In a nutshell, the site — which began as DesignBay before buying and m...
Google has lasered in on Asia this week, after the search giant unveiled its Nexus 7 tablet in Japan and Korea and now the device is set to come to Singapore tomorrow. Singaporean fans shouldn’t expect a big event or stars like PSY — who put executive chairman Eric Schmidt through his...
Google has lasered in on Asia this week, after the search giant unveiled its Nexus 7 tablet in Japan and Korea and now the device is set to come to Singapore tomorrow. Singaporean fans shouldn’t expect a big event or stars like PSY — who put executive chairman Eric Schmidt through his...
Early in the month, we reported that the top US Bitcoin exchange, Bitfloor, had a security breach that resulted in a theft of Bitcoins worth $250,000 . At the time it was very much up in the air as to whether Bitfloor would be able to resume operation, but today it has announced that ...
Early in the month, we reported that the top US Bitcoin exchange, Bitfloor, had a security breach that resulted in a theft of Bitcoins worth $250,000 . At the time it was very much up in the air as to whether Bitfloor would be able to resume operation, but today it has announced that ...
When Apple’s iPhone 5 goes on sale next Friday, it will launch in a record three Asian countries: Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong. However, Apple’s would-be customers in Asia were left confused today when pre-orders began , as they appeared to be unavailable directly from Apple in the ...
As of October 9th, Argentine residents won’t be able to use PayPal to transfer funds between them. This is the announced result of a recent change to the company’s user agreement. According to the amendment , to be enforced next month, “Argentina Resident PayPal Users may only send an...
BitFloor , a major Bitcoin exchange and the biggest in the US, today suffered a devastating loss after their servers were compromised and 24,000 Bitcoins were taken — a value of roughly $250,000. The affected servers contained a backup of BitFloor wallet keys. The main files reside in...
Bitcoin, the infamous pseudonymous cryptocurrency with no centralized authority , has had a tumultuous history so far. In 2011, especially, the currency hit new highs and lows – with its US exchange rate going as high as the $30 region and as low as $2 – and reacted sharply to every p...
Bitcoin, the infamous pseudonymous cryptocurrency with no centralized authority , has had a tumultuous history so far. In 2011, especially, the currency hit new highs and lows – with its US exchange rate going as high as the $30 region and as low as $2 – and reacted sharply to every p...
Serial cloner Rocket Internet may be widely reviled, but few deny that it’s fast. In fact, some say the company is as fast at shutting down an unsuccessful idea as it is at copying a successful one. A report from SG Entrepreneuers claims Rocket has laid off employees of its Home24.sg ...
Singapore-based food journal Burpple has announced a series of changes to its iPhone app which sees it add integration with Instagram, introduce a Japanese-language version and make a series of improvements to the user experience and social layer. The link-up with Instagram allows Bur...
Exchange service BitInstant is reportedly planning to bridge the gap between the digital world of Bitcoin virtual currency and the real world of debit/credit card payments. An unconfirmed source from the company has revealed that BitInstant is in the final stages of creating a Bitcoin...
Chinese search giant Baidu has officially opened the doors on its new Singapore-based research centre, signalling its intention to develop local services for Southeast Asia and expand its presence across the region. Initially announced in February , Baidu launched the Baidu-I2R Resear...
