India’s biggest internet association forms committee to build a ‘blockchain ecosystem’

Despite the Reserve Bank of India’s directive that prevents Indian banks from working with cryptocurrency businesses, the country is still forging ahead to explore blockchain technology. In a tweet yesterday, the Internet and Mobile Association of India announced the forming of a blockchain committee. IAMAI Forms Committee For #Blockchain . The group will identify opportunities…

Google tweaks Android licensing terms in Europe to allow Google app unbundling — for a fee – TechCrunch

Google has announced changes to the licensing model for its Android mobile operating system in Europe,  including introducing a fee for licensing some of its own brand apps, saying it’s doing so to comply with a major European antitrust ruling this summer. In July the region’s antitrust regulators hit Google with a recordbreaking $5BN fine for…

Blockchain media startup Civil is issuing full refunds to all buyers of its cryptocurrency – TechCrunch

Many doubted The Civil Media Company‘s ambitious plan to sell $8 million worth of its cryptocurrency, called CVL.  The skeptics, as it turns out, were right. Civil’s initial coin offering, meant to fund the company’s effort to create a new economy for journalism using the blockchain, failed to attract sufficient interest. The company announced today…