Mark Karpeles: We are hoping, with the sale of Bitcoins.com, to provide some relief to the people impacted by the Mt. Gox bankruptcy. And will be putting at least half of the sale amount toward that purpose.
Category: Web
Amazon’s ‘Wearable Technology’ store debuts in the UK
Dedicated to the wearable devices, the store features over 100 different products from brands like Sony, Samsung, Jawbone and emerging companies like Misfit and Basis!
Google’s YouTube joins Netflix in the slow streaming blame game
Following Netflix, Google has started pinning the ISPs, blaming them for the slow streaming and buffering videos!
Celebrity homes blurred in Google Street View
The rich and famous homes of celebrities are vanishing from Google Street View, as a result of the “right to be forgotten” ruling!
Google’s Matt Cutts to take 3 months off
Cutts will also unplug from work email during the time off to have fun with his wife in ballroom dancing, cruising and spending time with parents.
Facebook seeks Indians to call with new ‘missed call’ ads
The social networking giant is likely trying to boost ad revenue in India with the new ads unit addressing the common ‘missed call’ behaviour!
Facebook’s secret 2012 psychological experiment under inquiry by UK regulator
The social networking giant could face up to £500000 penalty over its ‘unethical’ emotion study involving user’s privacy rights!
Google to wrap-up Orkut on September 30
Google’s original and successful social network will head to graveyard after 10 years of connecting people!
Google Hangouts on Chrome will work without plugin
The video chatting application doesn’t need any plugin anymore if launched through Chrome.
Facebook now provides 70 gender options to choose from in the UK
The social network recently introduced over 20 new gender options in the UK in a bid ‘to reflect society’.
YouTube rolls out new Fan Funding & Subtitles features at VidCon 2014
Seems like YouTube is to get a whole lot better, with the video footage to look more than awesome with frame rates of 60 frames per second!
Google starts forgetting Europeans
Less than a month after the ‘right to be forgotten’ form was pushed live, Google has already started acting on the requests.
Brits consuming more online news than newspapers, Ofcom survey says
As online news overtakes newsprint, TV remains the primary source for consuming news.
Twitter testing ‘retweet with comment’ to replace ‘quote a tweet’
The ironclad 140-character limit is likely loosening up a bit!
Facebook is still teenagers’ favourite
Forrester: The sky is not falling. Facebook does not have a problem attracting or retaining teen users.