PayPal to integrate Bitcoin
Ebay Inc’s PayPal is in talks with Coinbase Inc and other Bitcoin transaction providers to integrate the virtual currency within its Braintree payments system
Intel’s wearable gadgets to monitor Parkinson’s disease
Intel Corp plans to use wearable gadgets such as smart watches to monitor patients with Parkinson’s disease and collect data that can be shared with researchers
PlayStation 4 sales continue to soar
Sony Corp said that sales of its PlayStation 4 video game console, launched in November, has surpassed 10 million units
Google to build undersea cable
Search engine Google Inc and five Asian telecom and communications companies have agreed to invest about $300 million to develop and operate a trans-Pacific cable network
Chinese search engine told to get rid of porn
Chinese search engine giant Baidu has been told by authorities to clean up its content after pornographic files were found on its online storage service
Assange warns Snowden about travelling
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange urged US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden to watch his “physical security” if he travels abroad
Symantec revenue on the rise
Symantec Corp, best known for its Norton antivirus software, reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue as more customers renewed their subscriptions
R80 million U.S. solar plant to open in Cape Town
United States company Jinko Solar will open its R80 million, 120 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) module production facility in Cape Town
Japan to launch “Space Army”
Japan is planning to launch a military space force by 2019 that would initially be tasked with protecting satellites from dangerous debris orbiting the Earth
Apple cuts jobs at Beats
Apple Inc intends to lay off about 200 people at Beats Electronics following its $3 billion acquisition of the headphone and music streaming services company
Copper theft on the decline
The Copper Theft Barometer decreased for the first time last month since February, the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry has said
Facebook shuts down gift shop
Facebook Inc will shut its 2-year-old Gifts shop as the world’s largest social network tests other ways to let consumers buy products on its website
Microsoft unveils selfie phone
Microsoft Corp’s hardware chief has given employees a sneak peek at a ‘selfie’ phone featuring a 5 megapixel forward-facing camera
E-tv fined R10,000 for “adult material”
E-tv has been fined R10,000 for airing adult material before 8pm, the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of SA said