Monthly Archives: March 2014

Bitcoin “Is Heading Towards a New High”

etoro, the social investment site featured an interesting advertisement on my facebook page.

It claimed that

[“Bitcoin is heading toward a new high” -Yahoo Finance.]

then adds:

Believe in Bitcoin?

Aside from the dated claim (new high while the market today is below $600/bitcoin) and its reference to yahoo finance without any link, can you read what it says on the bottom right?

Fees are charged in US dollars

Fees are charged in US dollars

Twitter Says It Is Standing By Its Users In Turkey, Hopes To Have Access ‘Returned Soon’

#turkiye #turkey

Microsoft Now Offering $100 Discounts To Get Consumers Off Windows XP

FireChat For iOS Is A Hyperlocal Anonymous Chat Network That Doesn’t Need An Internet Connection

Google To Pay $15 For Each New User With Debut Of Google Apps Referral Program

How much are you worth to google?

London Fitzrovia

Views of Fitzrovia, London

Goldman Sachs: Bitcoin Is Not A Currency

NSA’s Public Relations – Coincidence?

This from today’s New York Times newsfeed.

12.12 Feinstein Publicly Accuses C.I.A. of Spying on Congress

12.17 N.S.A. Nominee Warns Cyberthreats Will Only Increase

NSA-Nominee-warns-cybrethreats

New Jersey Becomes Third State To Ban Tesla’s Direct Sales Model

Media Watch – Ukraine, Crimea Old News Already?

Is it because the issue is too complex?

Is it because this is just grand posturing?

Is it because we are approaching a solid week-end of sports?

Whatever the case may be, the focus on the situation in Ukraine seems to have faded from social media and, at least in the UK, newspaper front pages.

Last week-end 1/2 – March – 2014

Click here for more front pages from today.

This Saturday 8 – March – 2014

Click here for last Saturday’s front pages.

Twitter Chatter from 6 – February to 8 – March

Crisis? What crisis?

Crisis? What crisis?

But let’s leave the last word to Private Eye. (Putin says: “I think Russia are going to win the shooting”)

PrivateEye Putin