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Why you should pay attention to these 8 emerging tech hubs

The Next Web

From Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, and Berlin’s hip coffee shops to East London’s Silicon Roundabout , the world is well versed in the global innovation boom towns. But have you heard of what’s going on in Cyprus, Sweden or North Carolina? Nicosia, Cyprus?. What other global cities are being put on the map of innovation?

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Should You Consider Using Bitcoin?

Up and Running

Recent news on the Cyprus banking crisis has brought Bitcoin back into the public view. Instead of hedging one currency against another, Bitcoin attempts to hedge against the entire global currency system as a whole – a novel approach if you hold multiple currencies and aren’t interested in gold. Let’s take a closer look.

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

The Next Web

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. Viber is quite global. Obviously, we index better in some countries (and worse in others), but it’s pretty much a global phenomenon.

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