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Here’s how to make editing text on iPhones a gajillion times easier

Nov19
by on November 19, 2018 at 4:40 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Basics, life hacks


We’ve all been here before — you’re trying to text someone on your shiny pretty iPhone, and you make a spelling mistake. Or autocorrect messes up your sentence. Or you change your mind on what you want to say. You then drag your dumb, clumsy finger across the text field to your mistake, so you can fix it without starting the whole message over again. But trying to move the cursor in the text field accurately is like winning the lottery — it just won’t happen. But wait! What is this? A hack? Yes, my friends, a hack. Here’s how…

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Three types of cryptocurrency tokens explained as quickly as possible

Nov19
by on November 19, 2018 at 4:32 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork, Hard Fork Basics


Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Considering there are well over 2,000 cryptocurrencies on today’s market, the average cryptocurrency investor faces being veritably overwhelmed by choice. That certainly sounds like a lot, but pretty much all cryptocurrency falls into one of three token categories: currency, utility, or investment. Each group requires different rules and regulations to ensure their issuance and exchange is above board with government regulators. Depending on the country, cryptocurrency startups may also have to register their business with regulators…

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Asus and Gigabyte left with mining hardware surplus as crypto-hype dwindles

Nov19
by on November 19, 2018 at 3:58 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


It seems the cryptocurrency hype from last year has left tons of hardware manufacturers with more motherboards and graphics cards than people care to buy – and things might get even worse in 2019. Asus and Gigabyte are purportedly struggling to unload excess hardware stock now that interest in cryptocurrencies and mining has significantly dwindled, DigiTimes reports. Fooled by the temporary boom in the cryptocurrency market, Taiwanese manufacturers ramped up production for mining hardware in the beginning of the year. Unfortunately, following a sudden dip in cryptocurrency prices and a slew of complications from the prolonged US-China trade war, interest…

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Scaling Bitcoin: A beginner’s guide to the Lightning Network

Nov19
by on November 19, 2018 at 3:39 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork, Hard Fork Basics


Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. The Lightning Network is getting so big that its capacity has recently surpassed the $1.5 million mark. Its proponents peg the Lightning Network as Bitcoin’s most promising scaling solution. It’s said to be able to handle 50,000 transactions per second – a figure nearly double what VISA claim to process. But if the Lightning Network isn’t a blockchain, what is it and how does it work? This article will try and answer these questions as…

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