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Should You Consider Using Bitcoin?

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Recent news on the Cyprus banking crisis has brought Bitcoin back into the public view. As the total value of Bitcoins surpasses $1 billion and more merchants jump on the Bitcoin bandwagon, you may be wondering if you should look into Bitcoin yourself. Let’s take a closer look. What is Bitcoin?

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200.000.000 mobile users, for starters – Q&A with Viber CEO Talmon Marco

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The company is based in Cyprus with development centers in Belarus, Israel and China. Funding is still “friends and family” We never did an institutional round of financing. million Windows Phone units in Q1 and BlackBerry’s announcement of 1 million units in its first quarter of sales are encouraging.

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