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Top Crypto jobs paying thousands of dollars monthly

Explainers,  Feature

From developers to crypto analysts, Bitcoin’s boom has created a significant amount of wealth and jobs that are rooted in a variety of skill sets. As blockchain technology disrupts the global economic system at an exponential rate, it’s no longer news that the cryptoverse has created immense job opportunities, increasing the prominence of blockchain and […]

July 21, 2021 / 0 Comments
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As technology evolves, many devices and tools that once felt essential have gradually faded from daily use. Items we once relied on have been replaced by faster, more advanced alternatives, making them obsolete. When a technology becomes outdated because of newer innovations, it is considered obsolete. Over the past decade, several once-popular gadgets and systems have disappeared, including typewriters, landlines, and VHS tapes. Typewriters First introduced commercially in 1874, typewriters became widely used after the mid-1880s. They were essential for writing tasks in offices, homes, and schools. However, computers eventually replaced typewriters with their faster, more versatile capabilities. By 2011, the last company producing manual typewriters in Mumbai, India, shut down permanently. VHS Tapes From the 1970s until the early 2000s, VHS tapes were the standard for watching and recording home videos. DVDs eventually took over as the preferred format, offering better quality and convenience. By 2008, VHS was largely phased out. Film Cameras Photography began with Joseph Nicéphore Niépce’s first photo in the 1820s. Film cameras became widespread years later, requiring physical reels of film that needed to be developed into printed photos. The rise of digital cameras and smartphones has made film cameras unnecessary. In fact, Canon sold its last film camera in 2018, eight years after halting production. Floppy Disks Floppy disks, once a common storage medium, first appeared in the 1970s. The original 8-inch version could hold just 80 kilobytes of data, while the smaller 3.5-inch disks stored up to 1.44 MB. By the mid-2000s, USB drives, memory cards, CDs, and cloud storage made floppy disks obsolete. Interestingly, the floppy disk’s image lives on as the “save” icon in many software programs. Landline Phones Landlines were a staple for over 100 years, ever since Alexander Graham Bell made the first phone call in 1876. Today, mobile phones have largely replaced them, offering the freedom to communicate from virtually anywhere. In short, these technologies—once vital—have gradually been replaced by more efficient and versatile solutions as the digital world keeps advancing.

5 Tech Products you never thought would become obsolete

Feature,  Industry Analysis

As technology evolves, many devices and tools that once felt essential have gradually faded from daily use. Items we once relied on have been replaced by faster, more advanced alternatives, making them obsolete.

July 18, 2021 / 0 Comments
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Since 2020, Africa’s tech industry has experienced notable workforce reductions, driven by economic pressures, regulatory challenges, and shifting consumer behavior.

10 biggest tech company layoffs in Africa since 2020 — 3,160 jobs lost

Feature,  Industry Analysis

Since 2020, Africa’s tech industry has experienced notable workforce reductions, driven by economic pressures, regulatory challenges, and shifting consumer behavior.

July 18, 2021 / 0 Comments
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Facebook will now warn users of pages that constantly share fake news

Social Tech

In an attempt to curb misinformation on its platform, Facebook is launching new ways to inform people if they’re interacting with content that’s been rated as misinformation by a fact-checker as well as taking stronger action against people who repeatedly share misinformation.

January 21, 2021 / 0 Comments
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