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Apple will allow Bitcoin and other virtual currency apps if they comply with local laws

Jun03
by on June 3, 2014 at 6:09 am
Posted In: Around the Web, bitcoin

Apple has finally confirmed its position on Bitcoin and other virtual currencies after updating its App Store Review Guidelines with the following new stipulation, as noticed by TechCrunch: Apps may facilitate transmission of approved virtual currencies provided that they do so in compliance with all state and federal laws for the territories in which the app functions. The company had previously made no public statements about virtual currencies, despite pulling all transaction-based apps from the App Store — including popular services Blockchain and Coinbase. It isn’t clear whether apps will be permissible in some countries where Bitcoin is legal, but not others where…

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Intel introduces incredibly thin Llama Mountain reference design running Windows 8.1

Jun03
by on June 3, 2014 at 6:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

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Intel has a long history of presenting reference designs to the public and OEMs as a means to show off new technology. Today’s Llama Mountain prototype presented at Computex is an ultra-thin Windows 8.1 computer shoved into a tablet. The Llama Mountain design is a Broadwell-based two-in-one prototype that contains an incredibly thin motherboard with a sisterboard that contains storage and a Wi-Fi radio. The team decided to make the boards single-sided to go very thin. “This is by far the smallest full motherboard that exists in the world,” says director of marketing for the PC Client Solution division, Gary Richman. Because of the…

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Intel introduces incredibly thin Llama Mountain reference design running Windows 8.1

Jun03
by on June 3, 2014 at 6:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

0603_intelref_llama7
Intel has a long history of presenting reference designs to the public and OEMs as a means to show off new technology. Today’s Llama Mountain prototype presented at Computex is an ultra-thin Windows 8.1 computer shoved into a tablet. The Llama Mountain design is a Broadwell-based two-in-one prototype that contains an incredibly thin motherboard with a sisterboard that contains storage and a Wi-Fi radio. The team decided to make the boards single-sided to go very thin. “This is by far the smallest full motherboard that exists in the world,” says director of marketing for the PC Client Solution division, Gary Richman. Because of the…

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As Bing turns five, Microsoft believes it alone can provide the search experience of the future

Jun03
by on June 3, 2014 at 5:46 am
Posted In: Around the Web, bing

Latest Technology Innovations Introduced At 2010 Consumer Electronics Show
Bing turns five years old today, since it made its debut on June 3 2009. Microsoft says it created the search engine to help people “do more, not just search more.” Even after five years though, Google is still the search engine most people go to. Bing ended last year with an all-time high in US search activity, making up 18.2 percent of all searches in the country, but Google took a majority of 67.3 percent market share in December 2013. However, Microsoft is optimistic about things in the future. It says that Bing has “shifted its focus to be in position to be…

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As Bing turns five, Microsoft believes it alone can provide the search experience of the future

Jun03
by on June 3, 2014 at 5:46 am
Posted In: Around the Web, bing

Latest Technology Innovations Introduced At 2010 Consumer Electronics Show
Bing turns five years old today, since it made its debut on June 3 2009. Microsoft says it created the search engine to help people “do more, not just search more.” Even after five years though, Google is still the search engine most people go to. Bing ended last year with an all-time high in US search activity, making up 18.2 percent of all searches in the country, but Google took a majority of 67.3 percent market share in December 2013. However, Microsoft is optimistic about things in the future. It says that Bing has “shifted its focus to be in position to be…

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