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In the July 2000 edition of Harper’s Magazine, Dennis Cass wrote about Silicon Valley: Let’s go Silicon Valley! Wherein the author stalks the flighty, green-backed webhead in his natural habitat From Let’s go | Harper’s Magazine He wrote about “the kinds of things you’ve heard bores like Nicholas Negroponte drone on about in Wired magazine,Continue reading “Let’s go | Harper’s Magazine”

xxx The kidnappers have demanded the ransom, a record amount for an abduction in Brazil, be paid in pounds sterling and divided into four bags of cash, Veja reported. From F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone’s mother-in-law ‘kidnapped in Sao Paulo’ – BBC News xxx

xxx This provides the consumer with a full rail of digital payment choices, whether it be credit, prepaid, debit, or direct to bank account without a debit card in between. From Mastercard Talks VocaLink Acquisition | PYMNTS.com xxx

xxx Twitter has long come under criticism for not doing enough to police abusive behavior on the often-freewheeling messaging service. From Twitter announces crackdown after online abuse of ‘Ghostbusters’ actor | Reuters xxx

`xxx Zimbabwe is running out of cash and needs to print more money—so its central bank will print a new currency pegged to the U.S. dollar. From Zimbabwe Ran Out of U.S. Dollars. So, It Will Print Its Own. – The Atlantic xxx

xxx Authenticators may be provided by a CSP as part of a process such as enrollment; in other cases, the subscriber may provide their own, such as software or hardware cryptographic modules. For this reason, we refer to the binding of an authenticator rather than the issuance, but this does not exclude the possibility thatContinue reading “DRAFT NIST Special Publication 800-63B”

xxx Building a digital marketing program around the social media trio of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn is a popular strategy by banks aiming to heighten their brand’s visibility, and ultimately, lure new customers. However, social media’s value as a business acquisition tool may be greatly exaggerated. From Facebook ‘Likes,’ Twitter Followers Won’t Buy You CustomersContinue reading “Facebook ‘Likes,’ Twitter Followers Won’t Buy You Customers | Bank Think”

xxx he exposure of IP addresses to peers was abused to perform denial of service attacks against victims, a problem that became distressingly common in the world of e-sports. From Skype finalizes its move to the cloud, ignores the elephant in the room | Ars Technica xxx

xxx The Inland Customs Line which incorporated the Great Hedge of India (or Indian Salt Hedge[1]) was a customs barrier built by the British across India primarily to collect the salt tax. From Inland Customs Line – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia xxx

The futureagenda paper on the “Future of Currency” talks about “currencies of meaning” and says that the reputation of people, organisations and objects will become the dominant currency of meaning. I think is broadly agree with this.