When was the last time your savings gave you a decent return? We’re living in a low-interest world, with borrowing costs down by historical standards, meaning interest rates have fallen to almost zero.They may rise agai...
Featuring an interview with Evan Greer (Director, Fight for the Future), and Utsav Gandhi (Researcher & Campaigner, Fight for the Future).We enjoy what is known as Internet freedom if we can search, save, view, or r...
Avast ye gamers and other scallywags! In a strange twist of fate, people playing pirated versions of many popular video games may have to pay a much higher price than what an official copy of the game would have cost.Gi...
Whether you’re an SSL newbie or an old hand, there are probably myriad topics related to online encryption that you don’t know about. One that causes a lot of confusion is the difference between SSL certificates and code...
The value of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ether has fluctuated a lot. Prices have fallen from their highs this year but are still up substantially compared to a year ago when you could buy one bitcoin for about $...
Did you know that micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) account for over 90% of all firms, 70% of total employment, and 50% of GDP?If you’re a solopreneur or small business owner, let those statistics from ...
This week on Father’s Day, a 17-year-old Minecraft YouTube streamer known as “Ranboo” won the right to display his GIF—a logo/calling card for his character—on the New York City Times Square billboard for 24 hours. To w...
Imagine where we would be if computers had never been invented. We wouldn’t have cell phones, video games, smartwatches, robots, or even the Internet. You wouldn’t even be reading this article right now.All of these thi...
Believe it or not, in a World Wide Web filled with department stores and mass retailers, small businesses have the opportunity to shine more than ever. A well-designed e-commerce site can be used to share your brand stor...
Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com, has acquired the personal journaling app Day One. Day One is an app that simplifies personal journaling by removing the paper and putting the process on computers and mob...
Domain names ending in .CO are ubiquitous among startups these days. But .CO wasn’t always a popular domain choice. In fact, they couldn’t be registered by businesses outside of Colombia for many years.So how did we get...
Your domain names are valuable. Losing access to — or ownership of — a domain name you use for your website and email could be catastrophic to your business.With thieves regularly trying to crack into email accounts and...
In Monday’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple announced a number of new software updates. Nothing seemed to catch the attention of the tech world—and many small businesses—like their new Mail Privacy Protectio...
WordPress can rightly be called one of the most popular content management systems in the world, if not THE most popular one. The simplicity for users, paired with extreme flexibility (with the right themes and plugins, ...
Business is good. Really good. But there’s something that’s been nagging you: your subpar domain name. When you originally developed your web presence, you chose a longer domain name than what you wanted. Why? Do any of...
On June 8, Amazon.com will automatically enroll your Alexa-enabled devices in Sidewalk. This is a free wireless mesh service for Amazon customers that allows you and your neighbors to share Wi-Fi connections. Unfortunate...
With an average of 3.5 billion Google searches made every single day, the search engine results page is a prime target for fraud. Search engine poisoning is a malicious tactic used by hackers to trick innocent online use...
Let’s face facts: cybercrime is on the rise. We at Namecheap have always taken fraud and other online abuse seriously, and over the years have invested significant time and money in our effort to fight against crime acr...
As well as being the official start of summer (in the Northern Hemisphere that is), June also rings in Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Business Day, and you can celebrate with us at Namecheap with incredible deals through...
Like a fine wine or a bottle of whisky, many domain name investors place a high value on “aged” domains. The idea is that the best domain names were registered a long time ago, so the older the domain’s registration date...