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Solar energy has had a topsy-turvy ride the past couple of years. Worldwide capacity has grown exponentially over since 1992. New installations in 2018 are also estimated to have added around 100 gigawatts to the global grid pushing total capacity to over 500 GW.  Despite this, the space saw...

While the cryptocurrency market has moved away from its record levels, the market has become more stable and mature. Amid the recent long-term correction, the main winners have been stablecoins and security tokens – two phenomena that pledged to transform the payments and securities markets...

A research study conducted by Bain & Company revealed that an average company could conveniently spend 15% of its collective time in meetings. An HBR study showed that C-level executives could spend as much as 300,000 hours per year prepping for meetings, commuting to meetings, or attending...

In 2018, Telegram announced it would be conducting an ICO with a view to launching its own blockchain-based ecosystem. Telegram's ICO swiftly became one of the top ICOs of all time, raising $1.7 billion from only 200 investors. Only the EOS ICO managed to raise more funds.  The runaway...

Retirement planning experts roundly agree that you should have at least 30 years’ worth of retirement funds available to you. People are living longer, working later into their lives, and increasingly in need of expensive medical care as they age. Effective ways to stretch your retirement...

Forget marijuana stocks and cryptocurrencies, one of the latest disruptive trends investors are looking to capitalize on in 2019 is professional video gaming. Electronic sports, commonly called “esports,” brings millions of spectators around the world together both online and on-...

Picking the right mix of investments to add to your financial portfolio is a challenging undertaking. Most of us focus on the performance of financial instruments vis-a-vis the 52-week high and low figures, trading volume, bullish or bearish sentiment, charts, graphs, analyst opinions, et al. But...

The cryptocurrency market began rather unspectacularly with the release of Bitcoin (BTC) in 2008. The enigmatic Satoshi Nakamoto unveiled the Bitcoin White Paper to rapturous applause from tech aficionados and blockchain enthusiasts. At inception, this digital currency and its peer-to-peer payment...

Recent numbers from the Labor Department in the US released Wednesday revealed good news for American workers. According to the Labor Department, wages are increasing at a rate that puts them not only on par with inflation but actually beyond it.  This growth in workers’ paychecks marks...

For companies with a strong digital presence, a Denial of Service (DoS) attack amounts to closing the storefront, shutting the warehouse doors, unplugging the phones, and halting most other critical operations. A DoS or DDoS attack is nothing more than a simple shakedown, but they still happen in...

Immersive virtual reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technology have started gaining traction over the last decade. An eclectic mix of start-ups and top technology brands such as Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), and Sony Corp (NYSE: SNE) are simultaneously...

2018 is already shaping up to be an interesting year in the IPO market segment on Wall Street. The debut of highfliers such as Spotify, DropBox and DocuSign is setting up an upbeat tone for the market. Wall Street analysts, investors, and trend spotters are hopeful that the likes of Uber, AirBnb...