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David Mattin

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David Mattin is a journalist and writer based in London. In 2009 he wrote and presented the BBC Radio 4 documentary The Flight from Tehran.

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Got a great idea for an app? Join the queue

Jun 17, 2013

Got a great idea for an app? Join the ever-growing queue of budding entrepreneurs. Read article "Got a great idea for an app? Join the queue"

RIP Google Reader

Jun 17, 2013

We look at alternatives to Google Reader, which will become a thing of the past on July 1.Read article "RIP Google Reader"

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Aden College is sadly tedious despite its promise

Jun 21, 2013

In Two Boys from Aden College, the Yemeni author Qais Ghanem lets down his traditional coming-of-age tale tale in the telling. Read article

Jeffery Deaver: 'My biggest fear is disappointing my readers. It keeps me awake at night'

Jun 18, 2013

'I do look at writing as a business. I read the numbers and demographics,' says the American thriller author Jeffery Deaver. Read article

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Trendspotting: Virtual assistants

Mar 4 , 2013 | 02:10PM GST

inspireplanning

Worth mentioning as well is the large number of specialized virtual assistants that do everything from create an online marketing plan to help you publish your book or do your taxes.

Trendspotter: Digital currency makes for immaterial world

Dec 27 , 2012 | 09:16AM GST

Michael Hardy

Some of the statements of alleged facts in this article are extraordiarily confused. It says "The leading example of a virtual currency, Bitcoin (bitcoin.org), took a step closer recently to legitimacy by becoming a registered payment services provider under European law." But Bitcoin and bitcoin.org are not the same thing, and Bitcoin is not an entity or organization and did not become a registered payment services provider. Rather, it is Bitcoin Central that became a registered payment services provider. It's almost as if this was written by someone who thought those three things, two of which are organizations and one of which is not, are the same thing. Then it says "The thief then flooded the market with stolen Bitcoins, causing the value of a single Bitcoin to fall to $0.01." Where did _that_ information come from? The price fell to that level only on the site that got hacked, and only for a day or two, until the security problems were fixed. Most of the stolen bitcoins were recovered. The market did not get flooded with them. The price drop on one site was caused by that site's security problems, not by any flood, and affected only that one site.

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