Tim Berners-Lee, the Father of Web, has called for an online Magna Carta that will safeguard the openness, independence and neutrality of the Internet, TechCrunch reoprted.
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China's FDI increases 10.4% in first two months of 2014 but holidays cause slowdown in February
The foreign direct investment of China went up 10.4% from January to February this year but the holidays of the Lunar New Year caused February figures to drop, Reuters reported.
Predictive tech is growing but it comes with risks
As predictive technology and the rise of wearable technology grows, concerns also abound about their use and the privacy and related issues that they bring, VentureBeat reported.
Developers launch cryptocurrency Potcoin for marijuana transactions
Three developers whose real identities are not yet revealed have created and launched Potcoin, a cryptocurrency that can be used by the marijuana community to conduct transactions with dispensaries.
More venture capitalists compete to support startups worldwide
Venture capital investors are competing with each other to support promising startups, particularly those outside the US, as young companies now have more access to capital, VentureBeat reported.
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China's regulators have already given their assent for the creation of an international trading center in the free trade zone in Shanghai, Reuters reported citing the bourse's Chairman Gui Minjie.
Venture capitalists are putting their support on travel tech startups that seek to enhance the travel experience of consumers even with the popularity of travel booking platforms, TechCrunch reported.
The console market is apparently facing a substantial decline based on North American console sales from January 2007 and that of January 2014, TechCrunch reported.
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said Google was very worried about the growing inequality in democracies, particularly San Francisco, and proposed three solutions to address the issue, TechCrunch reported.
The loan-based crowdfuning sector of the UK will be subject to stricter regulations by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority to safeguard the interests of investors and make it more transparent, the Yorkshire Post reported.
Venture capital investment in New York City for the first quarter of 2014 has reached a record of $1.3 billion to date, with startups in the Big Apple raising nearly $200 million in the past two days alone, TechCrunch reported.
From a rosier outlook for the PC industry in December, IDC changed gears and predicted a continuing decline for PC sales this year until 2018, TechCrunch reported.
Japan will be setting out rules this week on how it would treat bitcoin under its existing rules. This is seen as the country's first step in dealing with the digital currency after the closure of Mt. Gox, Reuters reported.
"The venture capital industry as an industry is contracting." This is what Warburg-Pincus Senior Adviser and tech investor Bill Janeway told Forbes Contributor Igor Stenmark in an interview.
