Paytomat Enables Merchants to Accept 18 Cryptocurrencies In-Store
Accepting cryptocurrency payments in your store doesn’t require specialist hardware or complex integration – Paytomat is proof. The crypto payment gateway enables merchants to accept 18 cryptocurrencies including BCH using their existing equipment. To date, hundreds of brick and mortar stores across four continents have added crypto support using Paytomat. Also read: Crypto-Based Transfers Can Cut Remittance Costs in...
Crypto-Based Transfers Can Cut Remittance Costs in Africa by 90%
Remittances have become a lifeline for many people in Sub-Saharan Africa, but the cost of sending money via banks and money transfer operators remains punitively high. On average, it costs 9.3% (of value transferred) to send the equivalent of $200 to the region, the highest remittance rates anywhere on the planet, according to the new World Bank 2019 report. However, the cost drops dramatically by as much as 90% when money is sent...
Piracy Tracking Firm MUSO Secures Additional £3.5m in Funding
Anti-piracy firms often portray copyright infringers as thieves that must be stopped or eradicated. However, the people at UK firm MUSO have a different take on the piracy problem. The company offers its clients classic takedown tools but prefers to frame piracy as an opportunity rather than a threat. MUSO believes that piracy audiences are great untapped pools of wealth. This is also a message it communicates to its clients,...
Malibu Media Wants to Dismiss Piracy Case Against IT Experts, Says They Can Hide Infringing Activity
In recent years, file-sharers around the world have been pressured to pay significant settlement fees or face legal repercussions. These so-called “copyright trolling” efforts have been a common occurrence in the United States for roughly a decade, and they still are. Malibu Media, the Los Angeles-based company behind the ‘X-Art’ adult movies, is behind many of these cases. The company has filed thousands...
Nintendo Targets Amazing C64 Port of Super Mario Bros. After 7 Years’ Development
When it was released in 1982, the Commodore 64 (or C64) was a revelation. Resplendent in all its 8-bit glory, the machine packed 20 kilobytes of ROM, 64 kilobytes of RAM, the ability to display multicolor sprites and a sound chip (the now legendary SID) to die for. How many machines were eventually sold is up for debate, but with lower estimates of more than 12 million units and some as high as 30 million, it was clearly a massive...
