Bitcoins Crash and Burn, Value Drops to $500 / €363

Bitcoins are crashing, just a few weeks after reaching the biggest values in the currency’s history. The price per Bitcoin has dropped under $500 (€363) for a while, a far cry from the $1,200 (€872) from a few weeks ago. The incredible price drop seems to indicate what economists across the world have been suspecting for months – that the Bitcoin was in a bubble. The Bitcoin bubble, like many others before it, only lasted for a few weeks and there are plenty of reasons explaining the burst and why the cryptocurrency is back to the value it had about two months ago. The rapid rise in price put the currency on the to-do list of numerous governments who felt the need to take a formal stance towards Bitcoin. The Chinese officials said...

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Vivo Xplay 3S Official as World’s First 2k (2560 x 1440 Pixels) Smartphone

Today, Chinese mobile phone maker Vivo has made official the first smartphone in the world to arrive on the market with a 2k screen, in the form of Vivo Xplay 3S. The new handset made headlines quite a few times during the past few months, and it is now finally official with a 5.7-inch screen. As the vendor has announced, the new Vivo Xplay 3S can deliver a pixel density of 490ppi, proving to be one of the smartphones with the most advanced touchscreens out there. However, the 2k panel (also known as Quad HD or QHD), is not the only appealing feature that this Android-based device arrives on shelves with, as PhoneArena notes. Vivo made it official today with a Snapdragon 800 8974AB processor inside, with four Krait 400 cores clocked...

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