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APPLE: THE HOUSE THAT STEVE BUILT
We are in the middle of 2018 and two great landmarks have occurred. First was Jeff Bezos, reaching the $150 billion mark in personal wealth/assets in mid-July. Second, was Apple, who hit the $1 trillion market value in the first week of August. Both companies, in the tech sector, have built a network effect around …
FOUR THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT STARS
26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Isaiah 40:26 New International Version (NIV) Stars are formed when clouds of gas …
QA: MUONS
Q: What are muons? A: Muons are negatively charged subatomic particles (smaller than an atom or occurring within an atom) that come from the lepton family – the same family as electrons, though muons are much heavier. Like electrons, muons are not thought to be made up of any smaller particles, making them a so-called …
Improving Tech Development & Talent Export
Some years ago (the early 2000s), $ 1 million was invested in a tech company in Nigeria and it made great news. Everyone in that sector was so happy because it seemed, then, to signify the symbolic finger in the sky that held the promise of better things to come. I think the key word …
WAYS OF PREVENTING SOCIAL ENGINEERING
“Thou shall not steal.” Deuteronomy 5:19 Social engineering is the art of manipulating people so they give up confidential information such as passwords or bank information, or access to their computers to secretly install malicious software that will give them access to your passwords and bank information as well as give them control over your …
How Solar Power Works
The sun is a nearly perfect sphere of hot, glowing gas. Its source of power lies buried deep in the central core, where a nuclear furnace rages nonstop, turning matter into pure heat and light. Slightly bigger than a typical star, the Sun is large enough by volume to swallow 1.3 million Earth. It contains …
Combating Phishing on the Internet
Astronomical growth in Information Technology has become an integral part of our lives, permeating all facets of human endeavour. Every discipline today employs information technology to facilitate and boost its productivity and communication. The internet, while revolutionising business beyond recognition in the past few decades, has also made personal information more accessible. In other words, …
How does a Cell Phone Work?
The Bible says knowledge shall increase at the end of the days. But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. (Daniel 12:4 King James Version) Perhaps the greatest evidence for the rapid growth …
The Internet: A Force for Good
The internet is a large global network of computers which provides standardized facilities for storing and exchanging digital information. The internet dates back to 1960s, where it was a research project sponsored by the US Military. It gained prominence in the last decade of the twentieth century, by which time the commercial world had seen …