The succinct statement details the government’s pending official definitions of blockchain regulations. Publicly announced fundamentals may seem comparatively innocuous or even prudent, but such official justifications are an obvious attempt to restrict rather than develop decentralized technologies. Even a rudimentary preliminary investigation of the statements highlights what can generously be labeled contentious logic.

“China is prepared to publish official standards on blockchain technology next year, and an official told Xinhua that they will” provide the industry with some guidance “on the technology.

Li Ming, director of the Blockchain Research Office at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), told Xinhua Economic Information Daily that work had already started to form the standards. Li, however, made it clear that while the standards would provide some guidance to blockchain developers, authorities did not expect the official guidelines to “advance rapidly in the development” of the industry. Despite efforts to clamp down on financial risks associated with cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings, the Chinese government has sought to show its support for blockchain development. China was the world’s largest source of blockchain patents in 2017, while a blockchain research center was opened last September by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, a research institution under the MIIT.

The new standards being developed by the Blockchain Research Office will include guidelines for the application of blockchain in terms of business, information security and reliability, Li told Xinhua. Despite the exciting potential surrounding blockchain, the technology remains in an early stage. Without clear regulations, security issues have caused nearly $ 2.9 billion worth of losses worldwide between 2011 and 2018, according to Baimaohui Security Research Center, an online security specialist who has worked with Alibaba and Huawei.

In the last two years alone, US $ 1.9 billion has been lost due to blockchain security issues, according to Baimaohui. Not only are China’s leading tech companies and banks applying for blockchain patents and investigating how the technology can improve services and increase public trust in supply chains, China’s Ministry of Public Security is also studying how to implement the technology in terms of data storage. Earlier this week, data from the Chinese Intellectual Property Office showed that the Ministry of Public Security had filed a patent application for a blockchain system that would securely and transparently store unalterable data in the cloud. Police across the country could use and share such a system, allowing data to be quickly shared between multiple agencies. (CGTN) “

To begin with, let’s not forget the differentiation of decentralized capacities versus centralized services. A regionally authorized service naturally adheres to the applicable geographically specific legislation. For example, an international fast food chain may, in some European countries, sell alcoholic beverages over the counter, while the same operator typically cannot do so in North America. This variation is possible because the use of the service is localized. Having ‘official’ guidelines for decentralized capacities would be to imagine that the access and / or use of decentralized services is regional, or under the same legislation. Maybe not. It is decentralized.

Second, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has estimated that the 2008 financial crisis cost $ 12.8 trillion. This also omits subsequent bailouts, unemployment, and the far-reaching damaging consequences suffered by millions.

The causes of the 2008 financial crises have been largely attributed to deregulation, securitization (double dip and pooling), subprime mortgage sales, and the Federal Reserve rate hike to subprime borrowers. In short, actions carried out by the government, banking and financial industries.

By contrast, losing less than $ 3 billion on a set of activities in seven years is very small. Regardless of political stance, decentralized technologies offer the ability for individuals to independently make personal choice. Personal loss resulting from poor decision making, such as ICO investment, is contained. In addition, it is a conscious participation in which any individual can only invest or access a certain amount, which is under their immediate control. Compare this limit to the one-sided limits that governments and businesses can achieve.

Incorporating decentralized technology into the operational guidelines of a regional government may result in nothing more than redundant double-counting methods. Used by individuals who collectively may not be under the purview of a single government, simultaneously decentralized technological capability must likewise be discovered.

Looking for a fast and convenient way to be able to play any of your DS games whenever and wherever you want without the hassle of carrying all those games with you? A DS Fireline and a DS Fire Card can make this possible for you. Before you know it, you will have immediate access to your DS collection on one small card.

The ease of use of this storage device system is one of its greatest advantages. The DS Fireline, which fits in slot 2 of your DS, will provide you with a quick way to download the games you want. When you have selected your games, you can transfer them to the DS Fire Card, which fits into slot 1 of your DS. Two simple steps are all you need to be able to enjoy all your favorite games no matter where you are.

The size of the Fire Card does not matter, as DS Fireline will work with anyone. However, you will need to find out how many games you want to store in order to decide what card size you will need. Storage capacities vary, but the 16Gbit version is the most frequently purchased. This size will allow you to store a ton of games and leave you room to add more. Unless you only plan to store a couple of games, your best bet is to go for the larger 16 Gbit card. You never know when you might want to add more games, and with enough storage space, you won’t have to delete any.

Unlike other storage devices, you don’t have to rely on an external memory system like PassMe or FlashMe. The only equipment you will need is the DS Fireline and the DS Fire Card. As soon as you have transferred your games from Fireline to Fire Card, you will only need the card to play your games. You will be able to select one from the touch menu, which can also be customized with skins. Then you can enjoy such good game quality that you won’t even realize that you are playing from a download instead of the actual game.

The combination of DS Fireline and DS Fire Card is proving to be the most convenient storage mode available these days. With all the benefits that this storage device system offers, there is no reason to hesitate to purchase it. Would you rather be stuck carrying all your games wherever you go or be able to have instant access to all of them on one card? If what you are looking for is comfort, this system is the one.

After gold was discovered on nearby Columbia Mountain in 1902, the town of Goldfield, NV ranked as one of the largest and brightest mining cities in the west. In its boom year of 1906, the city’s mines produced $ 11 million in gold. A year later, in 1907, the mines generated about $ 10,000.00 per day.

The four-story, 154-room, earthquake-proof Goldfield Hotel was built on top of an abandoned gold mine in 1908 for $ 500,000.00. As the best lodging between Denver and San Francisco, the hotel was known as “The Jewel of the Desert.”

When it opened in 1908, the hotel featured an Otis elevator, then considered the most modern elevator of its kind west of the Mississippi. The crystal chandeliers of the Goldfield Hotel, the elegant lobby with mahogany trim with black leather upholstery, gold leaf ceilings and gilded columns rivaled the best hotels in San Francisco.

At a time when few homes or businesses had telephones or carpets, the extravagant hotel featured a sophisticated switchboard and a telephone in every room. The meals were “exquisite European cuisine”, with oysters, quail and squid. Customers came to dinner dressed in formal wear: black ties, tails, and ball gowns.

Once the largest city in Nevada, Goldfield was connected to the rest of the United States by five railroads and with the Goldfield mines producing more than $ 10,000.00 a day at their peak, all five city banks prospered. Goldfield even had several mining stock exchanges and three newspapers. As the city flourished, its leaders were considering bringing a streetcar to tour the city center.

But, when the mines dried up, the city lost its charm and the once splendid Goldfield Hotel ceased operation in the 1920s. During World War II, the military took over and added some upgrades including a grill to house Army and Air Force wives whose husbands were stationed and training in the remote wilderness nearby.

At the end of the war, the Goldfield Hotel was again abandoned and bricked up. Then, in the 1980s, a wealthy new owner began investing millions of dollars in modernizing the hotel. His dream of opening the ancient “Gem in the Desert” in all its original splendor was shattered before its completion. Lost property to support property taxes. Vandals took most of the newly installed bathrooms and light fixtures, eventually taking all but the bare walls.

Today, the City of Goldfield is home to fewer than 300 residents, although it remains the county seat of Esmeralda County, which with fewer than 1,000 residents is the most sparsely populated county in Nevada. There is no gas station, no bank, no grocery store, much less a newspaper, a long way from when the city was known as the “Queen of the Fields” by its more than 25,000 inhabitants.

The desolate Elizabeth pursues

With its glorious past, the unfortunate hotel remains the most prominent symbol of Goldfield’s former glory. But what contributes to its ghostly mood is the fact that much of the luxurious original woodwork has been destroyed by vandals. All the old items that today’s gold diggers have removed and sold over the years.

Before the hotel was privately purchased at a back-tax auction in August 2003, the Goldfield Historical Society opened the hotel for special “ghost” tours several times a year. Rising to fame as one of the “scariest places on Earth” when the Fox network filmed a Halloween episode of the same name that aired in October 2001.

During filming, team members observed a ghostly presence in the hallways. Feeling uneasy, a crew member left, refusing to go back inside. Later on, orbs (hazy objects like ghosts) were seen in several of the photographs taken inside, including my own photographs.

Since about 1910, room 109 has been considered haunted. Legend has it that this room is haunted by a prostitute named Elizabeth, who while pregnant was chained to the room’s radiator by the hotel’s original owner, George Winfield.

Winfield was so angry when he found out that Elizabeth was pregnant; denied him the freedom to leave. Once her son was born, they ripped him from her arms and discarded him. Thrown into the pretty abandoned gold mine on which the hotel was built.

With the elimination of Elizabeth’s son, Winfield let the young woman die and for days cried out for mercy. The rescue never came, she was found alone and abandoned. Fearing Winfield’s authority, hotel employees were afraid to come to Elizabeth’s rescue and hotel guests were unable to hear her due to the insulation of the room and the thickness of the walls.

Psychics who have visited room 109 say that Elizabeth was either left to die there or killed shortly after. His spirit is trapped within the modest room that overlooks the hotel’s brick side wall. On dark and desolate nights, passersby and nearby residents hear the baby cry.

On the first floor, George Winfield’s presence has been felt near the lobby staircase. People inspecting the hotel have periodically found the smell of cigarette smoke and ash, and an electrical worker once discovered fresh ash inside a fuse box that had not been opened in more than 50 years. The ghost hunters on the third floor have also detected a lot of psychic energy.

Many of those who enter room 109 find it colder than the other rooms and feel a presence in the room. The age discoloration on the wall where the radiator is located appears to have the outline of a human shape. Cameras are known to malfunction while inside this room.

Other ghosts have reportedly been observed in the corridors and on the lobby stairs. Doors sometimes slam shut and mysterious odors linger. Clairvoyants who have come to examine the building say that the Goldfield Hotel is located between several portals or gateways to the other world.

During the annual Esmeralda County land auction in August 2003, the Goldfield Hotel sold for $ 360,000. The new owner was said to have plans to renovate the lower two floors of the four-story hotel and open them to the public. To date, the hotel remains empty and embarked.

Goldfield is located on the corridor between Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada, on US Highway 95.

The economic recovery for most is much slower than the news would have you believe. Many people ask, “How can I supplement my income so that I can provide more for my family?” The current perceived trend to achieve this goal is to do business on the Internet, but it is not as easy as it sounds. Before opening an online store, you need to fully understand what online stores are all about.

Online stores aren’t much different from brick-and-mortar stores, except that you don’t have to worry about paying rent or having a lot of money invested in inventory. In online stores, you still have to present the right product at the right time at the right price. You still need to be very clear about what you are selling and project stellar customer service.

The first hurdle to overcome is deciding what to sell. It is always much easier and more fun to sell something that you are passionate about. That way, the long hours you spend with your online store become more attractive and less work. Many products are more conducive to selling online, such as jewelry, clothing, or school supplies, while other products are more difficult to sell when they cannot be seen in person, such as refrigerators or leather sofas. So the questions to ask yourself about what to sell in your online store include:

• Can I sell a digital product that can be shipped directly over the Internet (such as an e-book) or do I need to sell a physical product that needs to be shipped?
• Will you specialize in a category of products such as pets or party supplies, or will you offer a wide selection of products?
• Do you have to store inventory or can you find a company to ship it for you?
• Will you create your own product to sell? If so, are you going to do it yourself or do you need to establish a relationship with a supplier that makes it for you?
• How are you going to ship your product? From your home, a storage facility, or a shipper from a third-party warehouse?

The second hurdle to overcome is finding the niche of customers that will buy from you. You need to list what sets your site apart from all the other similar sites (and make no mistake, they are out there) found online. So to find the right niche:

• Study the competition and if you can’t beat them with product, price, or customer service, look for another niche. Go to major marketplaces like Amazon, Wal-Mart, Sears, Rakuten, Tiger Direct, or Newegg to see who’s already selling and make sure you can do it better, faster, or cheaper.
• Become an expert in what you sell. Show your passion for your products through original content that sets you apart from others. The more originality you add to the site, the more it will stand out
• Make sure it is easy to buy on your site. Even if the products are similar to other online sites, it will make your site stand out by making shopping easier. The faster you can get customers to like your products through the sale, the more you stand out from the competition.

There are many places on the internet that can help you open your dream store. “Build it and they’ll come” sounds good in movies, but it doesn’t work the same with online stores. Marketing your site with search engine optimization, paid search, emails, affiliates, etc. will be the subject of another article.

Make sure you partner with a company that offers a quick and easy way to get a site up and running. A business like this will have multiple website templates to choose from and will be able to sell as many products as you want. In fact, a good company will have products that are already uploaded to their site, so you can decide if you want to sell all of them or just some departments. There should be no limit to the number of pages you can create and the site should be integrated into a shopping cart so that you can start selling in less than an hour.

We go back to the original question of whether you should open your own online store. It’s inexpensive to get started if you find the right store building partner and the right product shipper for you. It can turn into a black hole if you start investing money in all the marketing plans that come up. So like any business, it takes time to build. If you are enterprising, optimistic and hardworking, then you should be in the online store business. If you think that if you pay for a site and all you have to do is sit back and watch the income stream, then the online store is not for you. The Internet is still the Wild West. Learn how to guerilla marketing on the internet with your online store, show your customers that you are passionate about what you sell and this could be a fun way to earn a living.

I’ve learned in my life that it’s the little things that get you down.

You would think that the big things are the ones that steal most of your time. But those great things stand out from the start. You know they are there, you know you have to do something about it, and you do.

The little things in life, usually unnoticed and ignored, cause most of the problems.

Everyone has their definition of what a “little problem” really is.

A little problem for me is finding the pen I need for a particular project. I have a different pen for each project and I don’t like to mix them up. Someone in the family thinks it’s crazy for me to have that kind of problem. But everyone is crazy in some way.

Another little problem for me would be finding the right book to do a little research during the day. Trust me, that little problem can turn into a big problem at the end of the day.

But then there is the kind lady of the parsonage.

You never came across a problem that you couldn’t fix and fix right away. In his opinion, no problem goes unrepaired at this time.

At some point this year, we will celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. For 50 years I have lived with her and have learned a few things about her.

For example, when something doesn’t work right, you stop what you’re doing and fix it, and if it can’t be fixed, then it really isn’t broken.

This is quite different from me. There is nothing I can fix. If it ain’t broke, I can’t even fix it. That is why we are an excellent team.

There’s nothing she can’t break and there’s nothing she can’t fix. What team we form.

There is nothing too big that she cannot fix and fix right away. I’ve always appreciated it, and I can’t imagine how much money we’ve saved by not hiring fix-it-people to come and fix something.

Truth be known, I never noticed anything was broken until my wife fixes it. What would our house be if she weren’t around?

But recently I discovered something new about her.

My wife, daughter, and granddaughter spent three days doing some shopping at a thrift store in St. Augustine. That meant I was in charge of the house for three days. I still don’t understand why he left me in charge for so long, but I don’t see a gift horse in his mouth.

Anyway, I was in charge and tried to be as careful as possible not to get in trouble. However, someone in the house dropped some cat food by the door while they were feeding the cats. I am not free to reveal that person’s name.

I never encountered any problems those three days and I enjoyed it; at least, I thought I was having fun.

My wife came home on a Thursday, and that night we went to bed, and early the next morning, while shaving, I heard a loud voice coming from the kitchen area.

“What are you doing here?”

I almost cut myself shaving, thinking we had an intruder, and I’d better go out and see what’s going on.

When I got to the kitchen, my wife was at the door, looking down with a spray can in her hand, yelling, “Get out of here and never come back.”

He didn’t know what he was talking about or who he was talking to. As I got closer, I looked down at the ground and, to my surprise, there was a whole colony of ants that had invaded his kitchen. I have never seen so many ants in my entire life.

I was afraid to ask what to do because she probably would have told me.

I try to support her for the next hour as she gets those ants out of her kitchen. Most of them did not survive. When it was over, I thought that would end and that we could get on with our lives. After all, an ant is a tiny thing and is easily removed in my opinion.

By afternoon, I had completely forgotten about the incident in the morning.

That night we went to bed, as usual, thinking that everything was fine.

The next morning, while I was shaving in the bathroom, I heard her screaming again, “You haven’t come back, have you?”

I had forgotten about yesterday, so I ran to the kitchen to see what was going on in the world.

There at the door my wife was looking down and screaming and spraying something, and I noticed it was the ants again.

“I told you not to come back again!”

They came back again and, for the next few days, they came back every morning. Eventually my wife got her way and the ants disappeared. I have no idea where they went, but I hope they don’t come back or they will be in trouble.

During the day, I thought about the verse in the Bible that said, “Ants are a weak people, but they prepare their meat in the summer” (Proverbs 30:25).

Ants are so small and yet they can create such a big problem if left unattended. Where are the guys?

Anyone who has owned or been close to horses has probably been turned away, at least once. Now if you fell, you’d never admit it unless, yeah, unless it was during a time when you were doing something daring or outlandish or there were witnesses who couldn’t wait to tell everyone else.

Being rejected generally means an injury of some kind; And in addition to wounded pride, it comes with bragging rights and as many opportunities as possible to tell the story in your own rousing performance. Which may be interpreted by some as a bit of a stretch.

Normally you cannot choose the place when a horse decides to get into the ground. Often, of course, it comes when you least expect it and is sure to add insult to injury!

Nugget was an excellent example of a mare who liked to show how good she felt by throwing her cures to the sky and her nose to the ground. It wasn’t often that she would let you know that she was feeling her oatmeal, but at the most inopportune time and place all hell would break loose. Adding an additional element to the surprise was that he rarely resisted with someone on his back. She was simply cunning about when she would decide to act! But when he did propose to duck his head, a cyclist, if he was not paying attention, would end up on the ground and probably walking home.

And that’s how it came to be that a trip to the ER was needed to make sure there were no broken bones, but that the ego remained somewhat intact. After all, a warning had been issued: “If you handle that mare, note that she will not take the glove.” Now tell me, what does an adult know that a teenager doesn’t? Apparently a lot when it came to the Nugget and about a mile from the barn, this was yet to be proven.

On a gravel drive, surrounded by friends on saddled horses, the challenge was posed of who could get back to the barn first. The race had begun and it was about the time the teenager, who preferred to ride bareback, encountered an upside-down view of Nugget’s shoulder before completing aerial antics that ended in an unceremonious encounter with the gravel road. The seconds divided in half could not have anticipated how quickly that mare deposited her rider’s elbow first into a world of pain and made her way to the stable.

The look of disgust the mare gave the teenager when she was captured and brought back to take the rider home was priceless. But since everyone knows who has had horses or has been near them, if they hit you, hurt you or not, you go back up. Especially if you have been warned.

Cloud computing is a form of computing in which all applications, information, and resources are managed in a virtual environment. The term cloud computing, specifically the use of the word “cloud”, meant to represent the nature and structure of cloud computing. Cloud computing involves virtual hosted environments that allow users to connect to hosted services over the Internet.

Google Apps is a great example of cloud computing, as businesses no longer require the need for installed word processing software, internal email servers, multiple IT staff, and many more cost-saving advantages. Google Apps allows businesses to access all services, including email, website hosting, calendar, document creation / editing, and much more directly through a web browser. The advantage of using Google Apps is higher productivity, security, lower IT costs and data backup. Microsoft has also entered the cloud computing arena by integrating its current software, such as Word and Outlook, with online storage and easy access.

Many hosting companies and even some internet retailers are starting to offer cloud hosting services. Rackspace, an internet hosting company, has started offering cloud hosting for customers who want to have personal cloud applications in a controlled environment. Amazon.com also offers cloud hosting services due to its great infrastructure and internet bandwidth capabilities. Most cloud hosting companies offer easy setup and creation of private cloud hosting with straightforward user interfaces. Most cloud hosting companies have per-use pricing instead of flat fees. Users simply pay for the amount of processing, bandwidth, and storage they use. This pricing method benefits both cloud hosting companies and end users.

There are three main variations of cloud computing:

1. IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service): The need for expensive equipment is outsourced. Instead of companies buying expensive equipment, including servers, hard drives, and network equipment, they will be used in the cloud and hosted by a cloud computing company. The business entity would use the virtual equipment based on the cost of use.
2. PaaS (Platform as a Service) – Applications run from virtually hosted cloud servers. A small business that sells cloud applications to businesses will use PaaS to “host” the cloud applications sold and have them run from cloud servers rather than internal servers. The company selling the applications pays for the services based on processor / bandwidth.
3. SaaS (software as a service): Cloud applications are paid per use and are not sold in bulk licenses. This allows small businesses to purchase on-demand licenses for applications that they may use infrequently. Instead of buying 15 licenses, a business can only pay when the software is used and remove limits on the number of machines the software can be installed on.

IaaS, Infrastructure as a Service, is currently the most widely used cloud service. IaaS allows small, medium and even large companies to reduce costs considerably. Businesses can completely eliminate the need for expensive network equipment, expensive bandwidth to support their network, expensive network storage equipment, and much more. A company only pays for what it uses from the cloud infrastructure, thus eliminating wasted capital due to lack of use of internal network equipment, bandwidth, etc. As IaaS becomes more popular and more cloud hosting companies emerge, costs may decline further due to oversupply and increased competition from cloud hosting.

PaaS, Platform as a Service, is second only to IaaS in terms of popularity and consumer adoption. A small business that sells cloud applications and / or cloud services does not have to host the applications but can host them elsewhere. The platform as a service prevents the company from selling the applications / services as expensive network equipment, bandwidth and the need for additional IT staff are outsourced to a cloud hosting company. This allows cloud application companies and even small developers the ability to enter the cloud application market without the need for significant start-up capital. PaaS has the potential to outperform IaaS in terms of consumer adoption and general use.

SaaS, Software as a Service, is the least used cloud hosting service. It is a mutual benefit for both consumers and software companies. Consumers save money as high-priced software licenses are no longer required due to the fact that consumers only pay when the software is used. The need to buy software in bulk is eliminated, and individual consumer software needs are tailored based on usage. This is also an advantage for cloud software companies as it will attract more consumers due to the custom pricing model. Consumers who could not afford the high cost of bulk software licenses will now be able to buy based on their software usage needs. SaaS has the potential to completely revolutionize the software industry and can even curb software piracy.

The personalized nature of cloud computing is what makes it such a popular and recently adopted Internet technology. It will revolutionize the way networking and day-to-day computing run. It’s a great win-win situation for both cloud companies and consumers.

Possible downsides

There are also downsides to cloud computing, specifically online storage and client applications. A business that uses cloud computing to host its email, document editing, calendars, and other applications may shut down if a cloud hosting business experiences downtime. This specific disadvantage was the case on February 24, 2009, when both Google Apps and Gmail were inactive for several hours. Downtime also reiterated that if Google can go down, so can any other hosting company. Confidence in cloud computing may have been hampered after this specific downtime, although Google has ensured that it won’t happen again. Google Apps serves more than 1 million businesses worldwide and is a leader in cloud computing applications.

Security is also a potential downside of cloud computing. Businesses that are willing to embrace the ability to host their services in the cloud may be reluctant to do so until the security of cloud computing has been thoroughly demonstrated and tested. Large companies may find that the additional costs of in-house network hosting outweigh the potential security risks associated with hosting in the cloud. A security breach involving a company’s cloud storage has the potential to cause disaster. However, hacking and security breaches are rampant for internal IT hosting, such as the theft of millions of credit card numbers, as well as detailed customer information. If cloud computing can prove your security far better than any in-house hosting, this can help you grow and exceed the percentage of companies that have in-house IT infrastructures.

Cloud computing is still in its infancy and is expected to grow and revolutionize the way of everyday computing. Many theorize that cloud computing will one day take over today’s desktop computing. Until intensive applications are developed for use in the cloud, desktop computing will remain the staple of everyday computing. Cloud computing innovation is rapid, and as new cloud technologies emerge, more people will start adopting the cloud.

Current browser technologies are not up to date with the capabilities of cloud computing, especially in the world of mobile computing. Cloud applications require various browser technologies, including Adobe Flash, JavaScript, Adobe Flex, and much more. Until browser technology evolves to accommodate cloud computing capabilities, cloud computing will remain a relatively simple computing method.

General benefits

The advantages of the cloud far outweigh the disadvantages. As better cloud computing technologies are developed and redundancy is perfected, the downsides will gradually become obsolete. As mentioned, cloud computing is in its infancy and new cloud technologies are growing exponentially. Someday we will all use the cloud. In-house IT hosting, as well as desktop computing, can become a thing of the past.

Want to learn more about America’s satellite TV business despite getting those “free” satellite TV deals?

As you may know, the satellite television business in the United States is dominated primarily by two companies, Dish Network and DirecTV. If you want to have satellite TV in your home, your options are primarily limited to the free satellite TV packages offered by Dish Network or DirecTV.

Here’s a quick look at the United States satellite television industry: It was Hughes’s DirecTV, the first high-power DBS system, aired in 1994, and was North America’s first DBS service. In 1996, Echostar’s Dish Network went online in the United States and has seen similar success.

You can get more free satellite TV information through our website (http://www.sa satellitetvissue.com with information on the history of satellite TV in America, HD satellite TV, TV deals satellite channels offered by Dish Network and DirecTV, etc.). But here, we’ll focus on these two American satellite TV giants: Dish Network and DirecTV.

And as you can see now DirecTV and Dish Network grew to become the leading provider of satellite television, offering their free satellite television system everywhere. Apparently, with these free satellite TV deals, Dish Network and DirecTV are America’s main competition for cable TV service. These two satellite TV providers had actually set off a “cut cable wave” in some of the US states.

Now, let’s take a closer look at these two famous free satellite TV providers: Dish Network and DirecTV.

DirecTV

DirecTV is a direct satellite broadcast (DBS) service that transmits digital satellite television and audio to homes in the United States. Owned by DirecTV Group, a Fox Entertainment Group subsidiary of News Corporation, DirecTV was launched in 1994 and was the first DBS Service in the world.

DirecTV typically uses smaller 18-inch satellite dishes to receive its signals. Slightly larger 18 x 24-inch oval antennas for accessing multiple satellites are becoming more common as DirecTV (as well as other DBS services) are attempting to include more programming into their growing systems, particularly at affiliate stations of the local television network, as well as hybrid stations. systems that also receive broadband satellite Internet service.

In 1998, DirecTV acquired its partner USSB for $ 1.3 billion. In 1999, DirecTV acquired PrimeStar for $ 1.83 billion. In 2003, a merger with EchoStar, owner of the DISH Network, failed. On December 22, 2003, General Motors sold the majority stake in Hughes Electronics to News Corporation.

DirecTV is often abbreviated as “DTV”. However, recently DTV has been used to refer to digital television, giving rise to the unofficial acronym “D”.

DirecTV receivers (set-top boxes) were originally called “Digital Satellite Service”, or DSS, so the services that are transmitted by both DirecTV and USSB would appear to be received by generic equipment. In 1998, after the USSB acquisition, a US court ruled that the term “DSS” was already a registered term that could not be used by DirecTV.

DirecTV offers standard television that includes local channels in most markets. Local channels are transmitted over fiber optic terrestrial networks to the Castle Rock Broadcast Center in Castle Rock, Colorado, where they are linked.

DirecTV also offers high definition (HDTV); and a digital video recorder (DVR) service in partnership with TiVo. It now has more than 12 million customers in the US and 1.5 million in Latin America. Revenues for 2002 were $ 8.9 billion.

DirecTV

DirecTV is a Direct Satellite Broadcast (DBS) service that transmits digital satellite television and audio to homes in the United States.

Owned by DirecTV Group, a Fox Entertainment Group subsidiary of News Corporation, DirecTV was launched in 1994 and was the world’s first high-powered DBS service. DirecTV typically uses smaller 18-inch satellite dishes to receive its signals. Slightly larger 18 x 24-inch oval antennas for accessing multiple satellites are becoming more common as DirecTV (as well as other DBS services) are attempting to include more programming into their growing systems, particularly at affiliate stations of the local television network, as well as hybrid stations. systems that also receive broadband satellite Internet service.

In 1998, DirecTV acquired its partner USSB for $ 1.3 billion. In 1999, DirecTV acquired PrimeStar for $ 1.83 billion. In 2003, a merger with EchoStar, owner of the DISH Network, failed. On December 22, 2003, General Motors sold the majority stake in Hughes Electronics to News Corporation.

DirecTV is often abbreviated as “DTV”. However, recently DTV has been used to refer to digital television, giving rise to the unofficial acronym “D *”.

DirecTV receivers (set-top boxes) were originally called “Digital Satellite Service”, or DSS, so the services that are transmitted by both DirecTV and USSB would appear to be received by generic equipment. In 1998, after the USSB acquisition, a US court ruled that the term “DSS” was already a registered term that could not be used by DirecTV.
DirecTV offers standard television that includes local channels in most markets. Local channels are transmitted over fiber optic terrestrial networks to the Castle Rock Broadcast Center in Castle Rock, Colorado, where they are linked.

DirecTV also offers high definition (HDTV); and a digital video recorder (DVR) service in partnership with TiVo. It now has more than 12 million customers in the US and 1.5 million in Latin America. Revenues for 2002 were $ 8.9 billion.

Dish Network

So what about Dish Network?

Dish Network satellite television is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service that transmits digital satellite television and audio to homes in the United States. Owned by Echostar, Dish Network launched in March 1996 and is DirecTV’s main competitor in the United States.

Dish Network originally used an 18-inch satellite dish called the DISH 300 that allowed subscribers to receive a signal from a satellite location. Today, Dish Network uses 20-inch satellite dishes called DISH 500, which allows subscribers to receive satellite television signals from two satellite locations simultaneously. Slightly larger 36 “x 20” dishes (called SuperDISH) are being introduced with the ability to receive satellite signals from three satellite locations simultaneously.

Both DISH 500 and SuperDISH are becoming more common as Dish Network (as well as other DBS services) are attempting to include more programming on their growing systems, particularly on local American television network affiliate stations and programming. foreign.

In 2003, Dish Network began providing satellite television services on board the American airline Song. In 2004, select music channels from Sirius Satellite Radio were added to the DISH Network audio-only channel list. Dish Network is also partnering with Starband to offer broadband satellite Internet service alongside its television service.

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We are in a unique moment that this nation and the world have never seen in our lives. The government dictates the closure of businesses, churches and social gatherings. Fear of personal safety. Staying in your own home and not even attending family barbecues or our normal family gatherings.

Yes, this is a unique moment in history. We are doing things that most people never thought of before.

Businesses have moved online. Zoom and Skype meetings are now commonplace. Graduations take place virtually. Even those large family dinners that would normally bring guests from remote locations to our homes for a visit are held virtually.

College, high school, and other classes have moved online rather than in person. All of these things have good and bad attributes. The lack of socialization is one. Lack of personal connections. Lack of privacy that we had taken for granted. Trying to learn to do things online that we never thought we would do.

All of these things make people want to talk. Needing to communicate. Trying new things to stay connected.

Enter the podcast realm for this day and time that we now live in.

If you’ve ever been thinking about starting a podcast, this is a unique moment in online history! You now have the ability to tell your story and impact people around the world. Right now, you are in a position to help people through audio and video communications that have never existed before on such a large scale.

Many people find that they need to try to earn money online. Their traditional jobs are closed, downsized, and may never return to normal. They need to learn to supplement the family budget. They need to learn to do things for themselves. They need to learn to teach their young children at home. They need you!

Think about how you could impact someone right now using online technology. You have a skill set that someone needs, right now! You have the ability to offer your services and your knowledge to someone you may never meet in person. And in this day and time that we find ourselves, they are more open to hiring you to help them online than at any time in recent memory!

A podcast can be audio or video. (Most podcasts are audio only. But video is becoming more popular.) You can share training tips in your area of ​​expertise. You record this information and then share it with those who find it online.

By using a podcast hosting platform, you will have the ability to share the links to your training with whoever wants to know what you are talking about. All from the comfort of your own home.

You can monetize your podcast by charging for access. As long as what you are providing is quality content that someone wants to pay for, there is nothing wrong with earning extra money to help them.

You really need to consider podcasting as a viable alternative to face-to-face meetings, trainings, and meetings right now. Podcasting will allow you to make and maintain your connections, impact others in a positive way, and stay safe at the same time.

Consider starting a podcast today!

AN INTRODUCTION
When it comes to disruptive technology, there is one company that reigns supreme. Amazon ($ AMZN). Amazon and its pioneering founder and CEO Jeff Bezos are responsible for disrupting more industries than I can count on my hands, and they keep going. In this article, I’m going to explain what makes Amazon such an efficient machine and the many industries that have been affected.

FIRST BLOOD
When was the last time you walked into a Barnes & Noble ($ BKS)? Or any other bookstore for that matter? How about the last time you visited the Amazon website? I’m willing to bet that almost everyone reading this has been to the Amazon website in the last few days, and I’m equally willing to bet that hardly anyone has walked into a physical bookstore in quite some time. The bookstore industry, symbolized by former giant Barnes & Noble, was the first victim of Amazon’s disruptive trends. Amazon’s roots go back to 1994 when the company founded an online bookstore. By designing itself as an online bookstore, Amazon was able to offer a much broader selection than any physical bookstore, as well as being able to offer the same selection at a lower cost to the consumer. As the free market normally behaves, consumers choose the cheapest option when offered an identical product or service. By 2007, Amazon had surpassed Barnes & Noble in book sales revenue, the same year they launched the first version of the Kindle e-book reader. In 2010, digital book sales exceeded physical book sales through Amazon. Amazon also runs the Audible company and website, one of the biggest players in the audiobook game. In 2011, Borders Group, which was only a few years earlier the second-largest bookstore chain in the United States, went bankrupt and ceased to exist a few months later. As of this writing, Barnes & Noble has a market capitalization of approximately $ 454 million. Amazon has a market capitalization of approximately $ 832 billion. Based on the market capitalization valuation, Amazon is worth nearly 2,000 times more than Barnes & Noble. Amazon’s entry into the bookstore industry and its replacement of previously established companies is simply the first of many industries that the Amazon bull has disrupted.

NO END IN SIGHT
After benefiting from direct retail sales and fees charged to third-party vendors on Amazon’s website, Amazon derives the largest percentage of its revenue from its Amazon Web Services (AWS) division. AWS has a history dating back to 2006. In the course of 2006, Amazon successively launched Simple Storage Service (S3), a file storage service as the name implies. Simple Queue Service (SQS), a service designed to automate message queues. And to end the year, they launched Elastic Cloud Computer (EC2), a service that allowed users to pay for server time to run programs and simulations. Today, around 100 different services are offered under the Amazon Web Services umbrella that can satisfy almost all digital needs. Today, almost half of all digital cloud computing is operated by Amazon. Similar to what happened with the bookstore industry, Amazon has taken over. By 2020, cloud computing is projected to be a more than $ 400 billion industry. And Amazon is poised to dominate this market for the foreseeable future.

CLAIM TO FAME
The grocery and retail industry is a perfect example of an industry that Amazon permanently changed and what they are best known for. To begin with, though, Walmart ($ WMT) has nearly three times Amazon’s annual revenue, so it’s not that Bezos and company have come to dominate the retail industry, but they’ve certainly made a dent. You could say that they have revolutionized the industry. Although they were founded in 1994, for the first four years they were just an online bookstore, but in 1998, the company expanded its catalog and began selling more than just books. Since then, the company’s online sales have grown exponentially year after year, and they have even been accused of bankrupting many traditional retailers. Amazon gets roughly 85% of its revenue from its retail business, so it’s clearly most of Amazon. By pioneering online retail, Amazon was able to establish itself as one of the biggest players in retail despite being entirely online, in part because of the convenience and lower prices. Most recently, in 2017, Amazon acquired Whole Foods, a luxury grocery store, to increase its market share in the grocery and retail scene. Through its online retail arm and physical grocery arm, Amazon is able to grab a sizable market share and keep the agency over the space. Oh, and just to put Amazon’s reach into perspective, more than two-thirds of all households have an Amazon Prime subscription.

OBJECTIVE WHAT MORE
Above I have talked about which are the biggest divisions of Amazon and why they are better known. But here I am going to talk about the lesser known parts. Amazon operates its Amazon Video service and is available to all Prime customers. This service acts as competition for television and traditional media and is popular with cable-cutters, rivals other streaming services such as Netflix ($ NFLX) and Hulu (soon to be owned by Disney, ($ DIS)), and offers thousands of movies and TV shows. shows. There’s Amazon Drive, which offers unlimited file storage for just $ 59.99 a year. They recently also acquired streaming website twitch, the largest video game live streaming site out there for Amazon in the streaming and e-sports industries. One of the first subsidiaries is A9, a highly advanced search engine and marketing company that operates on machine learning. Amazon also goes after autonomous vehicle companies like Tesla ($ TSLA) and Google’s Waymo ($ GOOG, $ GOOGL). Although, Tesla is not as advanced as many believe, nor as good an investment. Back to normal, they also have Amazon Music, Amazon Tickets, Amazon Home Services, Amazon Inspire, Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Amazon Go, Fire TV, Goodreads, Zappos, and many more. Go ahead and look for Amazon subsidiaries or services offered by Amazon that I haven’t talked about, you can probably find at least a few dozen more. A couple of days ago, Amazon even announced that they were acquiring an online pharmacy to offer an online pharmacy and drug delivery service that will revolutionize traditional pharmacies.

THE CONCLUSION
Right now, Amazon is the second most valuable company in the world by market capitalization. The only company that surpasses them is the tech giant Apple ($ APPL). Based on Amazon’s enormous growth potential and lack of equivalent competition, I believe its value will continue to skyrocket. They are in a unique position to disrupt almost every industry imaginable and succeed at the same time. Amazon is a remarkable company that will continue to expand indefinitely, and I would recommend that anyone invest in the company, despite some people believing they are overvalued.