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Facebook opens an office in Indonesia, its fourth largest country with 65m users

Mar21
by on March 21, 2014 at 5:27 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia

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Facebook has opened an office in Indonesia, the Southeast Asian country that is its fourth-largest market with 65 million registered users. Daily Social reports that the US firm already has key personnel on board — having hired a country manager, ‘growth manager,’ and engineers — but a physical presence will help ramp up its hiring and increase its engagement with the local community. “It’s very exciting because when we look at Indonesia, it’s one of our priority markets for expansion, so it’s exciting to think about how we’re going to grow that business over time,” Facebook Vice President of Asia…

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Chat app Line is launching a Netflix-like video streaming app for kids TV shows in Japan

Mar21
by on March 21, 2014 at 4:26 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia

Messaging app Line is branching out into video content in Japan, where it has announced plans for an app that caters to kids programming. The Bridge reports that the app — initially for iOS, an Android version is due in spring — will include over 1,500 programs from 28 animation series, including Doraemon, Pokemon, and Thomas and Friends. Users will be able to watch for 40 minutes for free per day, beyond that they can pay 500 yen ($5) a month for up to 300 episodes or 400 yen ($4) for unlimited access to all episodes from any single program. As ever…

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Mt. Gox finds $115 million of ‘lost’ Bitcoin, but is still missing 650,000 BTCs

Mar21
by on March 21, 2014 at 3:39 am
Posted In: Around the Web, bitcoin, Insider

Mt. Gox, the fallen Bitcoin exchange, has chanced upon a significant discovery after it found 200,000 ‘lost’ Bitcoin (worth around $115 million on today’s rates) in an unused account, Endgaget reports. The Tokyo-based company has misplaced around 850,000 Bitcoins, owned by both its customers and the company itself. The exchange is investigating the discovery, which gives some cause for optimism from those who had given up all hope of getting their stash back. Mt.Gox began allowing users to check their balances last week, a positive turn after rumors of its struggles came true when it imploded and disappeared offline last month. Things are still…

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Twitter gets blocked in Turkey, as its Prime Minister threatens crackdown on other social media

Mar21
by on March 21, 2014 at 2:50 am
Posted In: Around the Web

Turkey has cracked down on social media — not for the first time – after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan blocked access to Twitter and threatened to “wipe out” the microblogging service after it was used to expose alleged government corruption. The BBC reports that its correspondent was unable to access the site from Turkey, where Twitter is estimated to have some 10 million registered users. Twitter hasn’t issued an official response, but it did offer instructions to help users send tweets using SMS: Turkish users: you can send Tweets using SMS. Avea and Vodafone text START to 2444. Turkcell text START to…

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