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Lowdown’s iPhone app for smarter meetings goes free and includes its HERE notification service

Jan23
by on January 23, 2015 at 11:25 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Lowdown has just updated its iPhone app that informs users about the location and the attendees at their next meeting. Version 2 waives the $7.50 (£5) monthly fee and features a simplified user experience. In addition, Lowdown also incorporates the functionality of its HERE companion app, which lets people you’re meeting up with know when you’ve arrived at the venue. The app launched last March in the UK and has since opened up to over 20 markets across Europe, North America and Australia. The latest version has been over the past two weeks, but Lowdown chose to hold off on making an announcement…

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Winklevoss twins to launch US-only Bitcoin exchange

Jan23
by on January 23, 2015 at 7:39 am
Posted In: Around the Web, bitcoin, Insider

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After dabbling in various Bitcoin-related ventures that have gone south in the past couple of years, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are betting on themselves by heading up the first regulated Bitcoin exchange for customers in the US. Set to launch in the coming months, Gemini will allow users to buy and sell Bitcoins for American dollars. The New York City-based company is staffed by just over a dozen employees, including engineers from reputable hedge funds. In addition to providing a secure exchange for individuals and businesses to trade in Bitcoin, Gemini says it is working with federal and state governments to…

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