These are a few of my favourite things
by Bryan Peters
Keep the good times rolling.
The move follows on the heels of several other large businesses moving to accept bitcoin payments: Overstock, Dish and Expedia have all come aboard in recent months, expanding the options for where bitcoin users can spend their money, and further legitimizing the currency.
The Verge:
Nine new automakers have committed to supporting Apple's CarPlay in future models of their vehicles. Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Audi, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Mazda, and Ram are joining the existing 20 companies that have already announced their plans to integrate CarPlay, Apple's iOS-powered dashboard for vehicles.
Since I've only had my car for a little more than a year, I'm most interested in seeing the aftermarket set-ups from Pioneer and others..
Barry Silbert is more optimistic than most about the future of Bitcoin. Here's my favourite prediction of Silbert's:
1. Bitcoin will enable Facebook to provide remittance, banking and person-to-person money transfer services to its users.
Rumors that Facebook wants in on the e-payments game at home and overseas are making the rounds, but the billion-member social media mammoth has yet to confirm a single one of them.
Silbert told us that because of Bitcoin and other cyber currencies, Facebook will become a go-to platform for moving money from person-to-person, domestically and across borders. He also thinks it will also provide a host of basic banking services utilizing the Bitcoin currency and protocol.
That would be huge for Bitcoin's growth.
Parenthood.
The good news for Bitcoin is mounting. I have a feeling we're going to see a significant increase in both adoption and value over the next 12 months.
Great link from Daring Fireball. This is a excellent video and campaign from Always.
The reason for the Bloomberg report is the U.S. government is going to start auctioning off the Bitcoin they seized from Silk Road. But really, the video turns more into a general Bitcoin discussion between Barry Silbert and Matt Miller. It's pretty informative and shows what they think the future of Bitcoin could be.
You gotta read some of the quotes in this article. Government representatives of North Korea have some pretty wild things to say. Here's a taste:
"A film about the assassination of a foreign leader mirrors what the US has done in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Ukraine," he added. "And let us not forget who killed [President John F.] Kennedy – Americans. In fact, President [Barack] Obama should be careful in case the US military wants to kill him as well."
They also call Rogen a "gangster filmmaker" and some other funny stuff.
Should be an interesting keynote at Noon EDT today. We're supposed to see a new version of Android, some home automation stuff, and apparently an Android TV set-top box.
This one is almost a week old, but an interesting follow-up to an earlier post about Musk opening up Tesla's patents.
Go get 'em Gruber. I couldn't agree more. Really? Apple trying to "prove" they can innovate against Samsung. That's actually pretty funny.
Somebody should get fired for that minor miss.
I lucked out on that one. I've got the first iMac model with Bluetooth LE/4.0. Follow the guide to check yours.
I find the Firefly feature interesting and the unlimited cloud photo storage seems like a real winner. I really wish Apple would do that. It's just such a great selling feature for a phone.
Bezos seems pretty confident in how good the camera is. We'll have to see how it stacks up.
Looks like it won't be available in Canada, at least not initially.
Sam Jackson is so cool.
[via Gawker]
This is a must watch if you are a baseball fan. A few great stories in here. It sounds like Tony Gwynn was a pretty great guy.
Coin Pocket so far. I'll post more as they come up.
Available for iPhone and Android. Interesting idea on the "pay to play" dynamic.
Released several hours ago. Let's hope this one is more stable. iOS 7 Beta 2 was usable.
This has been making the rounds for about 10 days, but it's a pretty good PSA about using your mobile phone while driving.