Tech News World – Trawling porn sites used to be the best way to pick up an electronically transmitted disease on your smartphone. That’s not the case anymore. Every one in five times a mobile user is redirected to a malware site on the Internet, it’s done through a malicious ad, according to a report released last week by Blue Coat. That’s three times what it was two years ago. One reason malicious ads have been able to outperform porn sites is they can garner more traffic than the smut peddlers. “We’re seeing a shift in mobile user behavior,” said…

Wall Street Journal – These days it’s easier than ever to pay for goods and services – without cash, card, pen or paper featuring anywhere near the transaction. Most financial obligations can even be met with just a few taps on a smartphone screen. But for American businesses, the old-fashioned paper check remains the preferred payment method, writes CFO Journal’s Vipal Monga, and that legacy comes at a cost. A survey last September by the Association for Financial Professionals found U.S businesses still pay half their bills by check. “In this day and age it doesn’t make sense,” says Mr….

Wild Jack Casino was the right place to be for Ralf T. from Germany. While playing Jackpot Deuces, a progressive video poker game at the online casino, Ralf placed a bet of 5 euros and hit a staggering 41,991.05 EUR jackpot. “Video poker and table games are among the most popular games at Wild Jack Casino, and Jackpot Deuces is a particularly exciting game,” said Casino Manager Mary Wise. “In addition to offering top payouts for all hands, this progressive jackpot game gives players an even more enticing challenge: to go for a Diamond Royal Flush and trigger the progressive…

Calvin Ayre – Comcast has made the news twice in the last two weeks. First it announced a planned $45.2 billion merger with Time Warner Cable, which would give it a third of all the pay TV subscribers in America. Then word leaked of the deal struck between the cable giant and Netflix to make sure the latter’s content streams maintain consistent quality. The proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner wouldn’t affect competition locally since the two companies operate in different markets, and that will be the main argument the government’s antitrust regulators will lean on when they consider…

SBR – Bitcoin sportsbook Bitbook.biz has announced that it is closing. SBR last reported on February 27 that Bitbook.biz was suffering from continued DDoS attacks. Bitbook.biz released a statement on their webpage today informing users of the closure and that bets are no longer being accepted. Bitbook claims it will be paying all users. Bitbook.biz lists a 48-hour time-frame for these final payouts. SBR advises players to request their balances ASAP. Bitbook.biz website statement: “Important Announcement We have decided to shut down BitBook.biz. Although BitBook is shutting down, we are not running off with user funds. We ask that users…

Poker News – The Coalition for Consumer and Online Protection completed its initial three-week, $250,000 media campaign to fight against a federal ban on Internet gambling, spending the money on advertisements that ran on the home pages for the websites of The Washington Post, the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Politico. The coalition took over the front page of The Washington Post’s site in the D.C. region with a banner ad across the top of the front page, additional boxes on each side of the Post masthead and a rollover box giving facts above the site’s popular stories. The ads urged…