The first ecommerce sale was made in 1994 … and can you guess what it was? It was a Sting CD. Dan Kohn, a 21-year-old who ran a website called NetMarket, sold Sting’s Ten Summoner’s Tales CD to a friend who purchased it with his credit card for $12.48 plusContinue Reading
“Unriddled” is HubSpot’s weekly digest of the tech headlines you need to know. We give you the top tech stories in a quick, scannable way and break it all down. It’s tech news: explained. Unriddled: The Tech News You Need 1. A former Facebook executive is taking the lead atContinue Reading
Even the best on-page SEO efforts aren’t enough to rank on Google. Today, the search engine accounts for over 200 factors when it determines a SERP’s pecking order, so it’s nearly impossible to optimize your website and content for each of its ranking factors. But even though you can’t optimizeContinue Reading
Is having a great product the only requirement to run a successful business? For most companies, the answer is no. Why you ask? Well usually generating sales requires potential customers to understand that a product exists, how it works / what it does and why this product is better thanContinue Reading
Google has announced a number of upcoming changes concerning the development of new extensions for Chrome. Users of the web browser will soon benefit from improved security and better protection against malware including hidden miners and tools used to steal cryptocurrency. Also read: A Guide to Building Your Own CryptoContinue Reading
Communication skills are more important than ever, but what if your grammar doesn’t quite make the grade? Fifty years ago, you would’ve walked over to your coworker’s desk or called up to the second floor to ask a question. Now, whether your coworkers are in the next cube or halfContinue Reading
When Facebook announced last Friday that 50 million user accounts had been compromised, many of us weren’t sure what to think. Did that mean 50 million users had been exposed to content from a coordinated misinformation campaign, a la the 2016 U.S. presidential elections? Or did it mean that theirContinue Reading
Every month, there are over two billion active users on Facebook, one billion on Instagram, and 365 million on Twitter worldwide. In the U.S. alone, 77% of the population has a social media account of some kind. Whether it’s to chat with friends, stay connected to people across the globe,Continue Reading
My path to becoming a professional writer is a slightly unconventional one. In college, I majored in economics, took one English class, and originally thought financial advising was my destiny. But today, instead of walking people through their retirement plan, I spend 90% of my work day writing — andContinue Reading
What is Google Search Console? GSC (formerly Google Webmaster Tools) is a free platform for anyone with a website to monitor how Google views their site and optimize its organic presence. That includes viewing your referring domains, mobile site performance, rich search results, and highest-traffic queries and pages. At anyContinue Reading
This article is a step-by-step how-to guide for creating bitcoin paper wallets. It walks through choosing a paper wallet generator, securing the computer environment to use it on, configuring and printing the wallets, cleaning up before and afterward to thwart hackers, and physically securing the wallets. Also read: 160 Crypto ExchangesContinue Reading
This past Sunday BCH proponent and developer, Jonathan Silverblood, revealed a project he’s been working on called Cash-ID. The Cash-ID concept is an open protocol for online identification purposes that provides users with the ability to sign in to web pages using their bitcoin cash keys for login credentials. AlsoContinue Reading
The number of cryptocurrency ATMs in Belgium and the Netherlands is growing, according to newly released data. Amsterdam is leading among major cities in the Benelux region, with 12 machines supporting digital coin transactions. Luxembourg, which is a global center of traditional finances, is lagging behind in terms of availableContinue Reading
So many of our decisions are based on fear of the worst case scenario playing out. Of course! We want to avoid those disasters, naturally. But what if we chose to live our life, always expecting that something wonderful is about to happen? What if it works out? What ifContinue Reading
