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Say goodbye to plastic! The era of mobile wallets is coming
For half a century the civilized world does not think of life without plastic cards. However, having saved us from the need to mess with cash, “plastic” inevitably became a problem itself. Today, the average American carries only six bank cards in his wallet (and that is not counting all sorts of discount, etc.)! It is necessary to remember which and when to use, to pay for the issue and maintenance, to take care not to “light up” the room in a doubtful place. In short, there is a paradox: while remaining the pinnacle of financial and technical thought, the plastic card has simultaneously become a technological brake. Continue reading
Gadget for nothing: how low prices for modern technology will fall?
MP3 player. The first portable MP3 player appeared in March 1998 and was released by the Korean company SaeHan Information Systems. A device called Eiger Labs MPMan F10 had 32 MB of memory. Music lovers, who thought that this volume was not enough, could send the player to the manufacturer and for some 69 dollars get the player already with fabulous 64 MB. This memory was only enough for 12-15 songs. The price of the world’s very first MP3 player was $ 250. Today it is difficult to find a player with similar characteristics, but even the most modern iPod Nano with a 2.5-inch touch screen, only 5.4 mm thick and 16 GB of memory will cost 1,500 hryvnia.
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What can be dangerous social networks?
Since the advent of social networks, their popularity has been growing every day. And it is so high that almost every user of the Internet is registered in one or another social network. We all know about the advantages of this virus-like segment of the Network, but are we thinking about its disadvantages?
Some social networks have just a huge number of users registered – for example, recently one of the networks celebrated the registration of forty millionth user. Just think about this figure! As it is known, even since ancient times a mass gathering of people has always attracted lovers of money and deception of gullible citizens. In this article we will talk about the real dangers and harm that social networks inflict on us. Continue reading
