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eToro cuts cryptocurrency investing costs to push mainstream adoption

Oct11
by on October 11, 2018 at 8:04 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


In an effort to stimulate the wider adoption of cryptocurrency and blockchain tech, social trading platform eToro is making it significantly cheaper to invest in crypto-assets. The global company, which already boasts more than 10 million users, has reduced fees for spread trades on its platform by more than half for a number of assets, including Bitcoin. The updated spread trade fees can be found here. “We’re committed to supporting the mass adoption of crypto. We want to make it as simple and accessible as possible for investors to buy, sell or hold crypto,” said CEO Yoni Assia. “Cutting costs…

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UK payments startup SumUp launches a 3G-powered credit card reader

Oct11
by on October 11, 2018 at 8:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


SumUp, the London-based payments startup, today launched the SumUp 3G Reader — a card terminal that lets merchants process payments without the need for a mobile app or a constant Wi-Fi connection. Previous iterations of SumUp’s card reader hardware required users to tether the device to either a smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth. This approach has one major disadvantage: if your phone runs out of power, or you forget to bring it with you, you’re unable to take card payments. As the name suggests, the SumUp 3G Reader comes with an integrated mobile data connection, allowing merchants to take payments…

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UK payments startup SumUp launches a 3G-powered credit card reader

Oct11
by on October 11, 2018 at 8:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


SumUp, the London-based payments startup, today launched the SumUp 3G Reader — a card terminal that lets merchants process payments without the need for a mobile app or a constant Wi-Fi connection. Previous iterations of SumUp’s card reader hardware required users to tether the device to either a smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth. This approach has one major disadvantage: if your phone runs out of power, or you forget to bring it with you, you’re unable to take card payments. As the name suggests, the SumUp 3G Reader comes with an integrated mobile data connection, allowing merchants to take payments…

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Social media is being weaponized at a terrifying rate

Oct11
by on October 11, 2018 at 7:41 am
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


Social media reliance is so rampant in today’s landscape that it has come to drive some of our best and worst impulses and experiences. Outside of cyberbullying and poor treatment, there are much more serious implications—like when a community turns these platforms into a weapon to smear and systematically destroy the lives of others. It’s a form of weaponization that turns a relatively good-natured platform into something more sinister. But there are real-world implications for the improper and unethical use of social networks. Some recent examples include the backlash and subsequent firing of James Gunn for old jokes, the purported Russian interference…

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Social media is being weaponized at a terrifying rate

Oct11
by on October 11, 2018 at 7:41 am
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


Social media reliance is so rampant in today’s landscape that it has come to drive some of our best and worst impulses and experiences. Outside of cyberbullying and poor treatment, there are much more serious implications—like when a community turns these platforms into a weapon to smear and systematically destroy the lives of others. It’s a form of weaponization that turns a relatively good-natured platform into something more sinister. But there are real-world implications for the improper and unethical use of social networks. Some recent examples include the backlash and subsequent firing of James Gunn for old jokes, the purported Russian interference…

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