MasterCard’s Hackfest to go global, aims for massive influx of coders from multiple cities

MasterCard announces to go global with its well-known hackathon event 'Masters of Code'. The company is expanding the event to multiple cities in the search for best coders.


A new Coalition of the Willing fights another war: unemployment

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BlackBerry appoints Cisco’s warhorse Carl Wiese as its new global chief of sales

BlackBerry Limited announced Carl Wiese as the president for its global sales operations. Wiese will lead the company's global market sales stratagem in an attempt to throttle the declining sales for BlackBerry.

Taylor Swift donates $50K to a sick fan with leukemia; crowdfunding site GoFundMe changes rules

Taylor Swift's generous donation of $50,000 via GoFundMe has led the well-known crowdfunding website to raise its fundraising limits.


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UK's leading energy supplier, British Gas unveiled its all-new and next-generation thermostat for its associated home brand Hive along with a host of other smart home devices.
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European Union reform of the securitized debt market to help to revive the region's economy is likely to be binding on member countries to speed up change, a senior official from the bloc's executive body said on Tuesday.
Oil dropped on Tuesday after Iran and six global powers reached a landmark nuclear deal that would see an easing of sanctions against Tehran and a gradual increase in its oil exports.