Did you really think that the richest man in the entire United States would live in a three-bedroom house in the suburbs with a nice lawn and maybe a pool in the backyard? Guess again! With an estimated net worth of $81.5 billion, Bill Gates likes to spend his money frugally and is well-known for…
Do you know all the ways your agent can help? There’s a reason that 88% of homebuyers use a real estate agent when buying a home, according to the National Association of Realtors® 2015 Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends report. However, most people don’t know about all the ways an agent can help them…
One thing most people try to understand is how your credit score is calculated. After all, credit scores can be influential to mostly everything in life. It is known that credit card utilization is one of the most important factors credit scoring models use to calculate your credit score. You can figure out your utilization rate…
There’s no question that women are underrepresented in science and technology fields. According to the organization Girls Who Code, 74 percent of girls in middle school express interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), yet only .3 percent of high school girls choose STEM as a college major. Girls Who Code is a nonprofit…
Even self-driving cars can cause fender-benders. That’s what Google admitted when it said one of its self-driving cars was at least partially responsible for an accident with a city bus. Google has previously said there were 17 minor accidents involving its self-driving cars, but said none of them had been the cars’ fault. But on…
This week, Microsoft made Windows 10 a “recommended update” that will automatically download for many Windows 7 and 8.1 users. This is just Microsoft’s latest move in aggressively pushing Windows 10–here’s how we got to this point. Windows 10 is better than Windows 8, and probably a good upgrade for most Windows users at this point. But there…
A skill EVERY Entrepreneur Needs You should worry less with power point decks, pitches, or any of the usual prep. Your customers want YOU to be PRESENT. Improvisation skills are the key to wining in sales conversations. Entrepreneurs are constantly in the position of having to make things up on the fly. As a result there’s…
Antivirus tools are the aircraft flotation devices of PCs: They give you a false sense of security. Despite efforts by security companies to thwart cyber-attacks, hackers keep finding new ways into unsuspecting people’s computers and systems. That’s why Microsoft is adding a new feature to its Windows Defender line of anti-hacking tools: When hackers do…
Software restriction policies are a new feature in Microsoft® Windows® XP and Windows Server 2003. This important feature provides administrators with a policy-driven mechanism for identifying software programs running on computers in a domain, and controls the ability of those programs to execute. Software restriction policies can improve system integrity and manageability—which ultimately lowers the…
One thing I personally appreciate deeply is how Bill Gates does engage to make a difference in the world, not only with technology but also in very basic aspects. The image below alone says it all… Seeing one of the richest and most powerful person in the world normally speaking with poor persons, understanding their basic…