Daan Pepijn
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Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands
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5 of the worst security missteps by major tech companies in 2018
2018 marked the year that governments, businesses, and other organizations around the world started implementing GDPR — not just in Europe but worldwide. However, even as businesses have clamored for enhanced data protection, there have been major missteps along the way, many of which resulted in catastrophic compromise of important user data. Why does data … → Read More
5 Ways to Help Your IT Staff
When you neglect your IT team, the whole business suffers. Make sure you do your part to keep your helpdesk running like a well-oiled machine. → Read More
5 easy-to-use tools to discover new ICO’s and cryptocurrencies
With over 900 cryptocurrencies available for trading, it might be somewhat hard and overwhelming for an investor to know where to start. → Read More
5 easy-to-use tools to discover new ICO’s and cryptocurrencies
With over 900 cryptocurrencies available for trading, it might be somewhat hard and overwhelming for an investor to know where to start. → Read More
Big brother is here, and his name is Facebook
In his book 1984, George Orwell detailed a dystopian world wherein a person or persona called “Big Brother” saw everything that people did and where the central government pushed ... → Read More
4 ways the everyday internet user can earn from the blockchain
If you’ve been watching the news lately, you’d probably be curious about the rise of cryptocurrencies, and how it is minting millionaires and even billionaires just because of its ... → Read More
Blockchain Startups Offer Help for SMEs
For startups, whether it's registering a business or attempting to obtain funding, blockchain promises speed and convenience. Read more. → Read More
What is Bitcoin2X and what does it mean for you?
If you’ve been following Bitcoin for any length of time, you’ll notice that one of the major discussions in the marketplace is all about forks -- hard forks, soft forks, etc. The ... → Read More
Blockchain will make things even harder for blackhat hackers
Hacking can be fun. It’s also educational. And to be clear, I’m not talking about the steal-your-stuff type of hacking. I’m referring to taking things to the extreme — finding interesting ways to solve things, discovering secret entryways, maximizing hidden features, and other cool stuff. Hacking isn’t essentially evil by itself. Like any tool or … → Read More
Blockchain will make things even harder for blackhat hackers
Hacking can be fun. It’s also educational. And to be clear, I’m not talking about the steal-your-stuff type of hacking. I’m referring to taking things to the extreme — finding interesting ways to solve things, discovering secret entryways, maximizing hidden features, and other cool stuff. Hacking isn’t essentially evil by itself. Like any tool or … → Read More
Watch out Google! Blockchain will set us free from data tyranny
Do you know how much data you actually own? You would think it would be a lot, right? We’re constantly feeding the internet with our personal information, traits, habits, and characteristics — so at least some of that data should belong to us personally. That would be the case in a rational world, but currently … → Read More
5 Ways Blockchain Tech Can Benefit Businesses
The blockchain's effects on how we do business could be huge. Here are five of the major areas it could improve. → Read More
Seasonal Ecommerce Marketing Tactics
The biggest shopping season of the year is weeks away. If you haven't planned your marketing strategy yet, here are four places to jump-start your efforts. → Read More
How not to be scammed into buying crappy cryptocurrencies
How to spot and avoid “shitcoins” in the cryptocurrency industry. → Read More
What the future of Bitcoin after the scaling forks will be like
Bitcoin has recently undergone a subtle but major change. I previously discussed here on TNW the blockchain is already falling victim to its own popularity -- with limited block ... → Read More
The ultimate beginner’s guide to trading online
Thanks to technological advancements, anybody with a basic understanding of the market, trading capital, and the right trading tools, can trade online. → Read More
Is blockchain tech the missing link for the success of IoT?
Blockchains are still a fringe technology in many ways, but it’s slowly making its way into the mainstream. While blockchain technology aspires to change the world, its potential ... → Read More
What the fork is SegWit? Everything you need to know about Bitcoin scaling
If you’ve been wondering about why Bitcoin transactions have been slowing down lately, that’s because it is reaching its limit in terms of block size. In August this year, the ... → Read More
5 fintech trends SMBs need to embrace
Though smaller businesses have a lot of disadvantages compared to large enterprises, they can gain an advantage with these five innovative fintech trends. → Read More
Can blockchains replace retail giants like Amazon and eBay?
Blockchain tech is causing a massive rethink in how the internet can be used across all sorts of applications – from social networking, to financial transactions, to establishing ... → Read More