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Gutenberg: the block editor for a better WordPress

Gutenberg: the block editor for a better WordPress

It’s no secret that many people turn to WordPress when creating a new website. On average, over 500 new sites are built every single day using WordPress. Enthusiasm for WordPress is global, with more than 1,000 locally-o...

World Intellectual Property Day: Defend Your Ideas

World Intellectual Property Day is coming up on April 26, 2021. Do you ever worry that you might fall victim to someone stealing your business name, invention, literary, or artistic work — even your slogan? And how do yo...

[News] Robodogs: the new wave of law enforcement?

Earlier in the year, the New York Police Department acquired a new police dog. This isn’t your everyday canine unit, however. This addition to the NYPD is a ‘Spot’ robodog affectionately named Digidog.The robotic dog wa...

How Namecheap is helping empower creators

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”Those inspiring words from Maya Angelou ring especially true on this World Creativity and Innovation Day.At Namecheap we’re celebrating with everyone a...

7 digital tools to boost your creativity

7 digital tools to boost your creativity

As the genius Albert Einstein once said, “Creativity is intelligence having fun.” But why does fostering creativity sometimes not feel so fun?Be it fatigue, stress, or lack of motivation, we’ve admittedly all hit that ...

[News] Our future is monkey mind-pong

The future is here, and it’s monkeys using brain implants to play the video game Pong with their minds. Neuralink, a company owned by SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, released a video last week that shows Pager, a nine-ye...

Talking about domain investing on Clubhouse

Talking about domain investing on Clubhouse

Everyone is talking about the hot new social media app Clubhouse. Clubhouse is like a call-in radio show where people get together to talk about just about anything: music, relationships, entrepreneurship, technology and...

Why you need to take password security seriously

Why you need to take password security seriously

Recently we reported on ‘COMB,’ the combination-of-all-breaches hack that exposed over 3.2 billion account details. Many secure passwords and email addresses were posted on a hacker forum for others to use in this breach...

The social dilemma behind the attention economy

The social dilemma behind the attention economy

Have you ever checked your emails, and two minutes later, mindlessly refreshed them? Maybe you have an urgent deadline for work, but keep jumping back and forth from YouTube or Twitter and fail to complete it on time. If...

[News] Massive Facebook data breach

In what seems like ‘what else is new’ news, this week we experienced yet another major breach of consumer data. This time personal data from over 533 million Facebook users was posted online in a hacking forum.Business ...

Tasty domains for foodies

Tasty domains for foodies

It’s been a difficult year for foodies who enjoy going out for a gourmet meal. Pandemic lockdowns have forced them to turn to takeout, delivery, or — gasp! — cooking gourmet food themselves. Dishwashers have seen a lot m...

Email’s 50 years as a tech world A-lister

Email’s 50 years as a tech world A-lister

Just like those famous Hollywood stars, email is instantly recognizable. All grown up from its humble beginnings as a simple messaging system, email is now the number one direct marketing tool for business. Email’s cool...

[News] Congress grills Big Tech execs

The CEOs of Twitter, Facebook, and Alphabet/Google testified in a hearing to the US Congress on Friday, March 26. The goal of the five-hour hearing with Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sundar Pichai was for Congress to...

10 FUN domains for COOL people

10 FUN domains for COOL people

In 2015, web design agency Huemor decided it wanted a domain name that added color to its brand. It wanted a domain name extension that complemented its image.So it ditched its .COM domain name and switched to huemor.ro...

It’s a big World Wide Web!

It’s a big World Wide Web!

Most Namecheap customers have just one domain name in their account. 90% have ten or fewer.Because most of us own one or two domains, you might be surprised to hear the total number of domain names registered by people ...

[News] Are shrimp tails a cereal killer?

Floating around on social media this week, you might have seen a story about a man who claimed to have found shrimp tails in a box of cereal. Initially, it seemed like a lesson in the power of Twitter and the importance ...

.CO and .IO domains surge in popularity

.CO and .IO domains surge in popularity

The domain name kitchen.co sold for €70,000 in February, making it one of the top ten most expensive .CO domain names ever reported.It’s part of a larger trend for .CO domains and .IO domains. Many businesses are opting...

How important is your domain for online marketing?

How important is your domain for online marketing?

Everyone wants a good domain name for their website. A good domain name is also helpful when marketing your business.Let’s take a look at the importance of a good domain name for both offline and online marketing, and h...

Test Drive EasyWP for Free

Test Drive EasyWP for Free

For anyone interested in trying EasyWP, the fastest WordPress Managed hosting, for the first time, we’ve got some big news. Last year we offered trials of our Starter and Turbo plans for a limited time only. Going forwar...

[News] Microsoft Exchange servers under attack

Microsoft is racing to patch its Microsoft Exchange Servers after identifying a massive server hack as cyber-espionage in recent weeks.Microsoft says it suspects Hafnium, a Chinese state-sponsored outfit primarily focus...