Neowin News Feed for: Currency

Microsoft confirms new bug affecting numerous versions of Windows in Croatia

Usama Jawad — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 06:42:01 +0000

Windows client and server users in Croatia may see discrepancies in currency data due to their country recently joining the Eurozone. Microsoft has issued a workaround as is working on a patch. Read more...

Apple resumes sales in Turkey, increases prices by 25%

Moshe Jacobs — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:22:01 +0000

Apple sales have resumed in Turkey after the Cupertino company halted them due to a currency crash. Unfortunately, due to the devaluation of the Turkish lira a sizeable price hike has been introduced. Read more...

El Salvador becomes first country to adopt Bitcoin as an official currency

Usama Jawad — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 13:06:01 +0000

El Salvador has become the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. The move has been welcomed by many and protested by others citing a lack of confidence in the unstable currency. Read more...

Bitcoin hits $40,000 but will the bull run continue?

Paul Hill — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 00:06:01 +0000

The price of bitcoin briefly reached $40,000 on Thursday before retreating a bit. It's not clear what will happen to the price going forward but it has certainly piqued people's interest. Read more...

Steam games will become much cheaper in select regions soon

Usama Jawad — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:26:01 +0000

In a surprise move, Valve has announced that it is making games much cheaper in select regions such as Bangladesh and Pakistan. The company has also introduced support for more currencies. Read more...

Bitcoin posts new exchange rate record, reaching $1,700

Paul Hill — Tue, 09 May 2017 22:26:01 +0000

The bitcoin cryptocurrency has reached a new high of $1,700. Several analysts have remained optimistic saying that even if a correction hits the price the overall trend is an upward one. Read more...

Rutgers study shows people have many misconceptions about Bitcoin

Paul Hill — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:02:01 +0000

The first peer-reviewed study on Bitcoin is out but is expected to be published in May. It investigates participants knowledge about Bitcoin, why some don't use it, and its barriers. Read more...

OnePlus announces European price increases of up to 17%

Andy Weir — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 17:26:01 +0000

OnePlus says that it is currently selling its handsets at a loss in the EU due to the continued decline of the euro - and as a result, it must increase the cost of its handsets there by up to €50. Read more...

Apple Russian store back online with major price increases

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:46:01 +0000

Apple's Russian store is back online after a brief absence but shoppers will likely be dismayed to find out that the company's products now cost approximately 35% more than they did last week. Read more...

PayPal could add Bitcoin currency option, says eBay CEO

James Walker — Sat, 17 May 2014 19:22:12 +0000

eBay CEO John Donahoe has suggested that the growing digital crypto-currency Bitcoin could be offered as a new currency option for PayPal balances in the foreseeable future. Read more...

Xbox 360 update kills off Microsoft Points

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:27:36 +0000

Microsoft began rolling out the Xbox 360 dashboard update that converts Microsoft Points to local currencies on Monday morning for all users following a beta that Read more...

Microsoft to change Microsoft Points to real money in next Xbox 360 update

John Callaham — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 04:22:00 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it will officially retire its Microsoft Points system on the Xbox 360 to a system based on real local currency with the next Xbox 360 software update. Read more...

Microsoft sets Xbox One game prices at £50 in UK

Anthony Tosie — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 12:47:28 +0000

Microsoft has revealed the cost of Xbox One games in the U.K. to be £49.99, the same price as the cost of newly released Xbox 360 games. The company previously announced the U.S. price of $59.99. Read more...

UK Xbox game prices raised in new real-money Dashboard

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:24:54 +0000

The public beta for the new Xbox 360 Dashboard will convert your current balance of Microsoft Points into real world currency, although the conversion doesn't line up to the converted game prices Read more...

Federal authorities seize Bitcoins for what may be the first time

Paul Ferson — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 21:21:54 +0000

In what may be the first case of its kind, federal authorities have seized Bitcoins, the all-digital currency, from a South Carolina man for breaching the Controlled Substances Act in the USA. Read more...

Rumor: Microsoft Points to be killed in favor of real currency, gift cards

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:45:04 +0000

According to a report, Microsoft is finally gearing up to properly kill off their Microsoft Points system in favor of real currency and gift cards that can be used across many stores. Read more...

WordPress begins to accept Bitcoins as a currency

Paul Ferson — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:50:38 +0000

WordPress has added functionality today, allowing bloggers across the world to pay using the digital Bitcoin currency while side-stepping issues such as PayPal being unavailable or limited. Read more...

PayPal to stop conversions of Argentine pesos to USD

Paul Ferson — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:03:30 +0000

After the government in Argentina passed a ruling to limit dependency on the US dollar, PayPal became the easiest method of converting. As a result, the functionality is to be pulled in Argentina. Read more...

Facebook shares reach all-time low

Paul Ferson — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:54:27 +0000

Facebook's stock prices reached an all-time low on Tuesday's trading, having declined 43% since their initial availability in May. Stocks were trading at just over $20 on the markets during the day. Read more...

Google considered launching its own currency

Andy Weir — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:18:32 +0000

Eric Schmidt, Google's Chairman, revealed at Mobile World Congress that the company once considered launching its own digital peer-to-peer currency - Google Bucks. Read more...

QuickTime hack allows Second Life currency theft

Steven Parker — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:10:26 +0000

Security researchers Dino Dai Zovi and Charlie Miller have found a way to exploit an unpatched QuickTime vulnerability to steal Linden Dollars from users in the Second Life virtual world. Dai Zovi (the hacker behind... Read more...

MMORPG currency exchange defrauded for $3,000

Thu, 24 Jun 2004 16:31:13 +0000

Gaming Open Market closes all currency exchanges but one; files claims with PayPal and the FBI. The massively multiplayer online game currency exchange Gaming Open Market will be closing its doors to... Read more...