The Basics of Mining Cryptocurrency

With the rise of cryptocurrencies in full force there is a massive curiosity as to what digital currencies are all about. Almost everyone has now heard the term ‘mining cryptocurrency’ too, and there is plenty of interest in the practice as a potential way to make money off the recent digital currency hype.

There are an estimated 1,037 different types of cryptocurrencies, and 626 of these have listed market caps of a minimum of $100,000. Bitcoin may be the most well known, but Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin, NEM, Dash and IOTA are also attracting attention and market share. Read more…

Innovative technologies continuously enhancing everything we do and the world is becoming more and more digital-dependent. Smartest countries would embrace, understand and better adopt the strategies to blend physical with the digital to turn things flawless and accurate. The emergence of Bitcoins and its growing popularity are signalling towards a future enriched with swift, secure and fast money transaction. Comparing to the conventional financial systems such as banks, Bitcoins offer compelling advantages with the huge potential to transform the entire financial sector. It is quickly becoming the currency of choice and businesses all over the world are now starting to accept them.

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Rewinding a little, do you remember the feature Facebook introduced that recognized you and your friends in your photographs and suggested to tag them? Now the moment you upload a picture, Facebook tags everyone for you.

This amazing technology is known as Face Recognition. The improved algorithms help in identifying your friends’ faces after they have been tagged for a few times. It is surprising to know that a human developed technology can recognize faces with maximum accuracy, just like humans. Read more…

It is safe to say we are now living in a very social world. While the likes of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat may once have seemed a bit of a novelty, they have quickly grown to become an integral part of the lives of many of us.

According to the 2017 Digital Economy Compass, a research dossier published by Statista, globally there are now 2,789 million monthly social media users, with the UK being home to an extraordinary 42 million alone. Looking specifically at Facebook, Business Insider points out that people spend on average almost an hour a day using its suite of apps, while a new function even allows people to look for jobs on the site. The use of social media is so high that there are even tools like Everypost and Feedly now to help people cope with keeping on top of where and when they are posting updates. Read more…

The idea of becoming self-employed and rich is an obsession of the millennials. No wonder there are so many seductive offers to make quick money. While some of them might still be worthy, the most of these schemes are too suspicious. It is better to stay away from these twenty get rich schemes that are likely to become your nightmare.

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Believe it or not, algorithms are really cool and interesting. I mean, they give us our search results, after all.But how does Google’s algorithm work any guess? And how has it moving forward over the course of so many years?

Algorithms don’t just read the content on the page before determining if it answers your query, they check how recent the information was, whether it is likely to be spam and if the location is relevant to the user. All these things matter if you are trying to rank your website. Understanding how Google algorithms works. Read more…

On the Internet, there are a lot of slangs and phrases that you would come across in your routine browsing/surfing. The internet is a place where things overnight turns into a sensation. This article is intended to make you aware of the trendiest ones out there.

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Who gets the top crown of global ecommerce king – American Amazon, or Chinese Alibaba? Here we look at some of the key things that separate these platforms from each other; and what that means for sellers, shoppers, and investors. Let the ecommerce games begin… (Need to brush up on your Alibaba knowledge first? Check out these Alibaba infographics for an instant refresher).

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Julian Assange is one of the famous journalists of this time due to his founding of WikiLeaks. He is an Australian publisher, journalist, and computer programming expert. He found the WikiLeaks, a non-profit organization in 2006. He has been the editor-in-chief since the establishment of the WikiLeaks.

Although there is much information already floating on the internet about Julian Assange but there is much more about this legend still to discover. His interesting personality makes us more curious to know more about him. Read more…

The worldwide population is more than 7 billion and of that 7 billion, 3.5 billion have internet access. 2.3 billion People worldwide are active social media users.

The world seems smaller now as there are various apps available now which help you communicate with people across the globe. Using social media, you can share news with a friend thousands of miles away and share it with other like-minded people around the world. This can be both a blessing and a curse. Read more…

The recent US elections have triggered another grave problem in the social media networks which is quite worrying. While the millennia’s consider Facebook as the major source of news from the world over, the fake news pouring in and out of this popular social media network have them thinking over an alternative source.

The news publishers had been quite worried about this new trend. In fact, the issue was so grave that almost up to 60% of the Facebook users never went beyond it for keeping themselves updated on whatever was happening around them. But during the US elections, the way fake news was spreading through Facebook had even the people directly involved with it quite worried. Read more…

Do you know what percentage of the world population uses the Internet every day? Which population uses the Internet the most? How many countries do not have an Internet connection? Here are some of the top facts on worldwide Internet usage.

It is also important to know that these do not consider data from all countries because of various factors. For example, statistics regarding Internet penetration in North Korea are not made public. Nevertheless, many analysts agree that worldwide Internet penetration is on a steady rise in both developed and developing countries. Read more…

Entrepreneur is the word that has been doing the buzz all around, isn’t it? With so many opportunities that technology has to offer, everyone now, at least, tries their hands at it.

Since childhood, we are told to study and to study a lot, get a graduation degree. But, nobody told us that getting a college degree would cost us hundreds of thousands of dollars and also merely getting a degree doesn’t bring us success, you still have to work hard a little more with each passing day but you would be astonished to know that most of the successful entrepreneurs whose services and products are an integral part of your life never completed their graduation i.e they are college dropout. There are extraordinary people who took a different route and bear the fruits of their step for the rest of their lives. Read more…

Data encryption is where messages are encoded in a way that only those allowed can read the information. Although it does not prevent interception, it does prevent the content of the message from being read by those who do not have permission to do so. Encryption is used to protect data that is being transferred by networks, mobile phones, wireless microphones, wireless intercom systems, Bluetooth devices, and ATMs. Sensitive data should be encrypted. These include:

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Internet has become a big word. Well, I’m certainly not talking about the number of characters. But rather its ambit! We already live in an age when nothing goes well without internet. This would be so much more in the time to come. Just imagine, new born of 2025 may ask their newly become parents to bring a special smart app to feed them or say your boss in the year may even assign you work and get it delivered via videos and more videos.

This is ironical to what Dr. Mike Short, an expert from the Institution of Engineering and Technology, has predicted about Mobile phone’s future, “…in future we’ll move towards fuller data services such as video- much more video to video calling, much more screens on the wall in your home, may be more video television downloaded.” Read more…