Articles on Virtual Currency
Twitter co-founder starts a mobile payment company - Dec 3, 2009
Blogs This geek read with much interest Jack Dorsey's foray into the mobile payments space as I've been working in the payment industry and always mused about the importance of this industry ... Read story »Facebook, Twitter come to Xbox Live - Jun 2, 2009
Crave p> It might not be as hotly anticipated as the Beatles: Rock Band game, but Microsoft announced at its annual press briefing at the E3 Expo that Facebook and Twitter will ... Read story »Virtual credit card up for real-world award - Nov 16, 2007
Crave First Meta, a Singaporean firm that created a credit carding facility that's available for use in Second Life, is fishing for new virtual world denizen customers for its MetaCard. At the ... Read story »A brief history of downloadable console games - Jun 9, 2009
Features Downloadable games were big at this year's E3, but they're nothing new. Here's a brief history of downloadable games--and what to expect in next-generation consoles. Read story »"Put the QQ coins back in your pocket, sir, your virtual pocket" - Mar 7, 2007
Blogs A while back, I was talking with a freelance reporter based in China about whether the story on online company Tencent's QQ virtual currency was worth pursuing. The reporter argued that ... Read story »Government thinks QQ Coins not so QQute - Apr 1, 2007
Blogs Say you create an enormous community of Internet users who communicate with each other in an extensive virtual world. Then let's say you want to introduce a system by which those ... Read story »Rising fraud threats in virtual worlds - Aug 28, 2008
Crave Virtual worlds are playgrounds not just for people who want some online fantasy role-playing, but for cybercriminals who are looking for places to launder money and steal data, according to a ... Read story »TANGS to open store in Second Life - Dec 23, 2008
Crave Remember the virtual world Second Life? We don't blame you if you don't, but Singapore retailer TANGS apparently hasn't forgotten about it and the company's virtual store will open its ... Read story »Virtual worlds, real impact - Aug 21, 2006
Blogs Some of us might not realize it, but the virtual worlds that we might dismiss as frivolous games actually have a lot to teach us about ourselves and other people. Online ... Read story »Latest Internet cafe ban an exercise in futility - Mar 13, 2007
Blogs As usual, the annual full session of the National Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (NCPPCC) is proving a fertile time for crackdowns on things seen to be damaging to Chinese society. ... Read story »Jump to page: [1]
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