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Black Media Firm Blacture Edges Closer To Finally Launching (#GotBitcoin?)
Pras Michel, co-founder of the hip-hop group the Fugees, advertised in last February’s Super Bowl to promote Blacture, a media platform for African-American voices he expected to make live by March. Black Media Firm Blacture Edges Closer To Finally Launching Fugees co-founder Pras Michel spent big to tease his new…
Over 60, And Crushed By Student Loan Debt (#GotBitcoin)
Older Americans are struggling under the burden of student loans—their children’s and their own. Over 60, and Crushed by Student Loan Debt One generation of Americans owed $86 billion in student loan debt at last count. Its members are all 60 years old or more. Many of these seniors took…
Bitcoin Graveyard And Bitcoin Obituaries Is Where Anti-Bitcoin Fudsters Go To Die
Fewer Pronouncements of BTC's Death In 2019, But Here Are The Top 5. Bitcoin Graveyard And Bitcoin Obituaries Is Where Anti-Bitcoin Fudsters Go To Die Bitcoin has long been disregarded as a speculative asset class that is doomed to fail by mainstream media outlets around the world. The apathy toward…
Famous Black Inventors And Innovators (#GotBitcoin?)
Can you imagine life without blood banks, personal computers, or touch-tone telephones? These innovative creations—and more—wouldn't exist today if it weren't for the brilliant minds of these African American inventors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEPT9lwpEjw&list=PLU1KxUVqGmaMp4AcsdNE1brYYgG9qrJ8e 1. THOMAS L. JENNINGS Thomas L. Jennings (1791-1859) was the first African American person to receive a patent in the…
Marie Van Brittan Brown: Home Security System Inventor (#GotBitcoin?)
Marie Van Brittan Brown and her husband, Albert, created an early closed-circuit television system to be used for home monitoring. That security system was the forerunner of all advanced home security technology in use today. Marie Van Brittan Brown: Home Security System Inventor How Marie Van Brittan Brown Became an…
How To Use Spy Cameras To Boost Business (#GotBitcoin?)
New technologies let store owners use spy or covert camera systems as business-boosting tools and also for sharpening their marketing efforts. How To Use Spy Cameras To Boost Business These newer cameras can track things like where customers linger in a shop and how the layout of the store blocks the flow…
The ‘Cartel’ Is Back: 8 Banks Caught Rigging Government-Bonds
First it was the Libor-rigging cartel, then the FX exchange-rate manipulation cartel, now, European regulators have moved on to prosecuting "anti-competitive" practices in euro-denominated sovereign bond markets. The 'Cartel' Is Back: 8 Banks Caught Rigging Government-Bond Markets One month after the European antitrust regulators charged Deutsche Bank, Credit Agricole and…
Ironically, Tech Titans Spend Ad Dollars On Traditional Advertising vs Digital Online Advertising (#GotBitcoin?)
Those firms’ recent splurging on TV advertising marks a somewhat ironic twist for companies that grew to become the three largest players in digital advertising, racing to persuade advertisers to shift their ad budgets online and away from TV. All three companies also built platforms that let people watch shows,…
The World’s Biggest Brands Want You To Refill Your Orange Juice And Deodorant (#GotBitcoin?)
P&G, Nestlé and others try to curb plastic waste; Tropicana in glass bottles, Tide in metal cans. The World’s Biggest Brands Want You to Refill Your Orange Juice and Deodorant The world’s biggest makers of shampoo, detergent and packaged food will test selling their products in reusable containers, adopting a…
Kick The Tires on Car Insurance To Understand What You Get (#GotBitcoin?)
Experts say we tend to overpay to cover small known costs, while going without protection against the really big risks. Kick The Tires on Car Insurance To Understand What You Get It’s easy to go off course when picking car insurance, especially if you don’t fully understand what you are…
Scamming Grandma: Financial Abuse of Seniors Hits Record (#GotBitcoin?)
A federal law enacted in May allows bank employees to report suspected cases of elder financial abuse to police and adult protective services. Scamming Grandma: Financial Abuse of Seniors Hits Record (#GotBitcoin?) Banks report 12% increase of suspected cases as they step up efforts to detect and stop fraud. Scamming…
Ultimate Resource For Lightning Network Updates (#GotBitcoin)
The Lightning Network Is Going To Change How You Think About Bitcoin. Ultimate Resource For Lightning Network Updates (#GotBitcoin) The vote wasn’t close. In early June, 62 of the 84 members of El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly – a whopping 74% – voted to make bitcoin official legal tender. “History!” tweeted…