Budding game designers take note: independent gameMinecrafthasn’t even left beta yet, and according to creatorMarkus Persson, it has already brought home around US$33 million in gross revenue. In athread on Reddit, Persson — who goes by the username xNotch — invited redditors to ask him questions about Minecraft and the indie game business. The thread reveals quite a bit of interesting information about the game’s income, and Persson shares some advice for independent game developers who are just starting out....

Indonesia’s e-commerce scene isgaining momentumand the government is quick to respond by enacting a new law that regulates financial transactions between non-banking companies and services such as PayPal, KasPay, and Doku to protect online consumers. According to the newlaw, these non-bank companies, including most telecommunications operators, must obtain government approval to run transactions involving money within the country,Daily Socialreports. Government officials said that the regulations have been created to protect banks and customers although critics are already raising concerns on corruption....

Indonesia’s House of Representatives proposed last December anIntelligence billthat reflects the government’s fear of technological threats. The bill, which is still in debate, would give the authorities a free pass to monitor conversations and exchanges on the Internet if enacted into law. Social media has revolutionized a new type of civic engagement globally. However, in the eyes of the bill’s drafters in Indonesia, technology is considered a threat. The proposed bill would give legal justification to the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) to detain anyone suspected of threatening public security based on exchanges on social networking sites such as Twitter or Facebook....

WithSnapdeal’ssuccess and Groupon’s much hyped Indian entry with itsacquisitionof SoSasta, Coupon sites are dime a dozen in India. However, more companies are still jumping onto the bandwagon, vying for a share in this lucrative coupon business. Indyarocks, an Indian based social network is the newest entrant to it. Indyarocks has launched a daily deal site called “DealYantra.com” which will offer hyperlocal deals in food, lifestyle, clothing etc across 6 major cities in India namely, the Delhi NCR region, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune....

Rackspace, a cloud computing and cloud hosting company based in Texas, has put together a brilliant infographic depicting the advances in data storage over the last decade. From the “I love you” virus becoming the most expensive virus in computer history, to P2P networks, PCs,IBM‘s Millipede chip,YouTube, cloud computing,Twitter, TB hard drives, the iPhone, BluRay technology, and holographic storage. As technology advances rapidly, it leaves behind obsolete artifacts in its wake, and re-shapes society forever....