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The Altcoin Rises

O n May 11 2020, the crypto world experienced the phenomena knows as Bitcoin halving . For those who are still a little looney-toons regarding this phenomena, here's the lowdown . Moral of the story is that, as the Bitcoin supply decreased and it's 21 million market cap slowly approached, it was widely accepted that the low supply and high demand will increase the price of the cryptocurrency back to its previous highs. Basic business right? Wrong! Source: Equity Trust Company BTC prices actually fell and after briefly holding steady, are only just rising above the 10000 USD range. Surprise eh? Well, we are not done yet. Because while the most valuable crypto coin wasn't showing it's expected gains, some other cryptocurrencies shot to outer space. There was no SpaceX rocket nor a Tesla Roadster involved. These "altcoins" bumped up in their market value thanks to the entire underlying system of cryptocurrency: investor speculation.  But what exactly are these ...

What is the Best Car in 2018

... At least according to Top Gear 😂 Car Of The Year 2018 Ford Fiesta ST Supercar Of The Year 2018 Ferrari 488 Pista Sports Car Of The Year 2018 Renault Alpine A 110 SpeedWeek Winner 2018 -Basically the Best Driver's Car of 2018 Renault Alpine A 110 For more crazy Awards  like Biggest Wings, Voice of the Year and etc. visit Top Gear.

Will The AirPods 2 achieve Success ...

...Like the AirPods 1? There have been many things in life that have horrified my friend Bryan, but none so more than realizing the iPhone 7 was missing one key element of any standard phone when it was first released: the headphone jack.  This gave him many more sleepless nights than when waiting for his AS level results. You see, Bryan was as entangled in the Apple ecosystem as Flynn Rider was in Rapunzel's hair. He had Macbooks, the Mac Mini, the iPhone 6s and well, the traditional Earpods. And being a gargantuan battery eater, he always had an assortment of power banks, with obvious lightning cables. The only non-Apple thing in his house, besides his clothes or food or books...was the Razer earbuds he used when he preferred quality sound ( even if I told him they were basically gamer related earphones) But the decision of Apple left him stumped. No headphone jack meant he couldn't connect his pair of Razer earphones. He would have to use the tiny in-box don...

A Brief Timeline of The Nadella Era at Microsoft

2014: Takes the CEO Position On 4th February 2014, Satya Nadella was appointed CEO of Microsoft, becoming just the 3rd CEO of the multinational company, after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer Microsoft begins its first acquisition in the Nadella period by buying Mojang ( best known for its Minecraft game) for USD 2.5 billion.   2014 and 2016 Microsoft starts allying with Linux and in 2016 Microsoft joins a premium Linux Group 2015: Microsoft unveils their first powerful laptop lookalike The Surface Book was the first entry for Microsoft into the laptop market. While still a 2-in-1 it revolutionized the concept of Microsoft devices by actually looking like a laptop. 2016: Surface Studio and new apps for IOS Instead of belittling Apple, Microsoft realized that it was possible to give them Windows-based applications to the 'i' devices. The subsequent releases of apps like Outlook and Powerpoint increased Microsoft's relationship with Apple. Oh...