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Bitcoin and the Hype

This un-regulated , open sourced  and virtual currency(BTC) has gathered a lot hype. With the estimated worth of $10 Billion, there are plans to install Bitcoin ATMs into the real world. One of the most valuable currency at around $950 per BTC, the concerns over its stability are rising. Without going further, it is essential to know what actually is a Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer payment system and digital currency introduced as open source software in 2009 by pseudonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto. What has made it so popular is the number of advantages that bitoins carry. bitcoins are transferred from person to person, that is no need to use banks as intermediary. As a result, the transaction fees ( like that of Paypal or Banks ) is very minimal. Transferred immediately, free from government rules and open sourced The same currency (BTC) can be used in various countries to buy and sell goods. No need to exchange the currency. Can use Mobile Phones, tablets to tra...

Best HTML5 Mobile Apps UI Frameworks

While the fight is still on whether HTML5 Apps are better or Native Mobile apps , the market is flooded by both and the number of free downloads are expected to grow to 138,809 Millions by 2014 as per the Gartner Report .  Since the growth rate of paid apps is much less than the free apps, there has to be a way to keep the cost of developing apps low.HTML5 Mobile Apps are in the market for quite some time and they have evolved a lot.  There’s no doubt that the HTML5 apps are a cheaper means to develop because of the following reasons : HTML5 Apps are built on WORA concept( Write Once Run Anywhere ), one can develop for iOS, Android, Windows and BBM by writing the same code. ( You can read how to develop HTML5 apps by clicking here )so the cost of development is very low. The cost for  Maintaining and Supporting  HTML5 Mobile Apps is less as there is only a single code base . So  in this article, we will tell you some of the leading UI Frameworks that will h...