Bitcoin slowly goes global as businesses like Overstock expand to international customers – I haven’t posted a lot about Bitcoin, but I’ve been watching its interesting and sometimes odd movement in the news. Now, though, that Overstock is going to be using Bitcoin, it definitely seems to be gaining traction. ... more >
[themify_box ]Michelle Michiko Sagara is a Japanese-Canadian author of fantasy literature, active since the early 1990s. She has published as Michelle Sagara, as Michelle West and as Michelle Sagara West. She lives in Toronto and is employed part-time at Bakka.[/themify_box] Kameron Hurley wrote an interesting post here: “Someone once ... more >
This week I want to talk about the use of captivity in the Romance genre, but before I do, I want to clarify a couple of points that cropped up in discussion of my last post and in other discussions of the genre. In my last post, commenter Katie raised ... more >
Samsung’s Next Smartphone Could Make Us Soon Forget The iPhone’s Retina Display – Apple’s iPhone 5 isn’t moving as many units as previous iPhones and Apple stock has dropped because of it. Apple’s competitors are cranking up the tech in their upcoming devices. Samsung’s next release has a screen that ... more >