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Online Entrepreneur: Popular Software for Managing Business Processes

“Location independence, freedom of movement, financial flexibility, and stability. That’s the baseline we’re all seeking,” says Dan Andrews from Tropicalmba, a lifestyle business podcast. For several years, along with his business partner Ian Schoen, Dan has been in the freelancing business market. They have built a community of successful freelancers and a multi-million dollar e-commerce ...

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An entrepreneur at work.

Top 5 Most Expensive Countries in the World

Out of all the things that unite us as human beings, complaining about the rising cost of living has to be at the top of the list. With that in mind, let’s take a look at Ceoworld’s annual survey of the most expensive countries in the world. Another thing that has to be right up there ...

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A waterway in Berne, Switzerland.

Water on the Moon: Launching a Space Economy

The existence of water, in the form of ice, has been confirmed on the Moon. The evidence has given NASA potential ideas for establishing a space economy, which can propel the future of lunar expeditions. Water on the Moon  In mid-2018, a team of scientists, headed by Shuai Li of the University of Hawaii and ...

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Astronaut near Lunar Lander leg on the Moon.

Strangest Planets in Our Universe

Our universe is not made of stars and planets that are neatly ordered into infinity. There are numerous anomalies, strange systems, and wonderful sights all within the observable part of the universe. What’s happening over on the other side is anyone’s guess. We’ve been taught about the planets in our solar system and we’re quite ...

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The observable universe.

Apps That Bring Out the Artist in You

The main difference between those who are successful and those who are not is the ability to make the best out of a situation. There are some apps that can help with this. Where people prone to failure view a situation from a defeatist perspective with a victim mentality, winners see an opportunity. They see ...

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Young female dancer in water.

The Complicated Science of Parallel Universes

When physicists talk about the universe, they don’t really mean the entire universe. They’re referring to the observable universe. And that’s not much. It’s just the part we’ve so far been able to see. When physicists talk about the multiverse or parallel universes, they are referring to distinct hypothesized models for the universe. These are ...

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Parallel universes.

How Safe Is It to Travel to China?

Even though international travel is currently at an impasse due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many countries are looking forward to allowing it as soon as possible. This includes China, where the government has restricted travel for the longest time. However, is it safe to travel to China when the government does allow it? Read on ...

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Airplane coming in to land.

Top 10 Countries With the Smallest Armies in the World

An army keeps a country safe from outside threats. When thinking of armies, the first picture that comes to everyone’s mind will probably be thousands of soldiers marching in unison, followed by tanks and other weapons, with jets flying overhead. However, not every country can gather such an impressive show of force. Some nations just ...

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Two soldiers in the Gambian army.

Password123: Is This Your Password?

Setting all passwords to password123 or any of its variations is just not good enough. Why? Because everyone’s doing it, and the hackers know too well. According to a report by Securelink, 80 percent of all hacking is related to weak or stolen passwords. This does not just apply to personal computers, but to company networks ...

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A hacker.

How Instagram Started (+Cool Insta Facts)

Considered by some the most engaged social media platform in the world, Instagram has more than 1 billion users, half of them using Instagram Stories every day. If tweets are mostly male-dominated and pins are female, Instagram is the more evenly distributed member of the fraternity. Two nerds from Stanford started Instagram Bourbon and whiskey ...

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The Instagram logo.