Singapore’s latest exchange, CRXzone, has become the first platform to offer both litecoin and bitcoin trading in the country. Like others in the Asian region, the exchange aims to attract an international customer base by offering additional bitcoin services beyond trading. One of CRXzone’s key strategies to attract a wide customer base is its range…
The biotech sector had a strong run last week thanks mostly to Roche’s agreement to acquire InterMune (ITMN) for a hefty $8.3 billion. The announcement of this deal resulted in a spike in the share price of quite a few mid-cap biotech companies that are considered to be lucrative acquisition targets. The week’s most important…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) is still taking digs at rival Apple in new ads for Surface Pro 3, but instead of slamming their rival’s best-selling iPad tablet, the tech giant knocked MacBook Air instead. In the ads, Microsoft claimed Surface is just as powerful as MacBook Air. It also boasts the tablet’s ability to be…
China is reportedly working on a homegrown operating system supported by the local government as a strategy to replace OSs from Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ MSFT) that are widely used across the country. Chinese news agency Xinhua reported of a possible introduction of an operating system backed by the local government…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ AAPL) announced that it is probing into the iCloud hacking incident and the susceptibility of the app after reports of iCloud being used to break into the accounts of celebrities and release nude photos publicly. Firsthand comments from the media show that an individual account on iCloud triggered the hack. Through iCloud,…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) and WhatsApp deal might face a new challenge as the European Union antitrust officials have sent a detailed questions to the competitors and customers of the social networker and WhatsApp. The efforts are being made to understand the difference between a social network and the messaging application. Facebook and WhatsApp deal…
