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From Cattle to Cryptocurrency: Offcloud’s History of Money (Part 4)
Here we are at the fourth and final blog post the retraces the history of money from cattle to cryptocurrency. If you have not read the exciting first three parts of this blog series, feel free to visit Parts 1, 2 and 3 right here, here and here, respectively. It helps to fully understand how far we’ve come from and how far we [...]
From Cattle to Cryptocurrency: Offcloud’s History of Money (Part 3)
Money may still be a mystery to many. But hopefully a little less mysterious for most of you who have read our last couple of blog posts. We are now in the third part of a series of four that retraces the history of money. If you have not yet read Parts 1 and 2, you can read them all right here and here, respectively. Then come back [...]
From Cattle to Cryptocurrency: Offcloud’s History of Money (Part 2)
Do you know that the earliest form of money was cattle? If not, then perhaps you might want to read Part 1 of this blog post series right here. In that article, we retraced the historical forms of money up to the earliest predecessor of the modern-day coins that is still in circulation today. Then come back here to read the rest [...]
From Cattle to Cryptocurrency: Offcloud’s History of Money (Part 1)
What is money? From 9,000 B.C. to the 21st Century, money has taken various forms. While many of us know how to earn it, and many more are masters of spending it, not many of us know how money came about and evolved over the centuries. Here is a brief look of the evolution of money from cattle to cryptocurrency. Cattle Need is the [...]
A New Alphabet? It’s Google’s New Holding Company
We live in the age of the Google. About two-thirds of Internet users use its powerful search engine daily. That’s not counting other developments like Google Maps, YouTube, Chrome and Android. But Google has so much more in store for us. Hence, they boldly did a major corporate restructuring to prepare for future expansions beyond [...]
The Genesis of Cloud Computing: The 21st Century and Beyond (Part 3)
Hello once again and welcome back to the third and final part of this series. This is Part 3 and we are on the last lap of our journey of retracing the elusive and complex origin of the term and the idea of cloud computing. If you have not read the very interesting beginnings of cloud computing, you can read Part 1 right here and [...]
The Genesis of Cloud Computing: The Pivotal Years (Part 2)
Welcome back! This is Part 2 of a series and we’re continuing our journey of retracing the origin of the term and the idea of cloud computing to understand this elusive and complex concept. If you have not read the very interesting beginnings of cloud computing, you can read Part 1 right here. Quick recap As a quick recap, we mentioned [...]
The Genesis of Cloud Computing: The Early Beginnings (Part 1)
We are in the age of cloud computing. And we do not even fully understand what that means. We are still at the threshold of this new era and the possibilities are endless. Not many enterprises have truly migrated to the cloud despite its apparent benefits as it still is a rather complex concept. So it pays to trace its origin to [...]
Information on Cloud Concepts
Even now, “the Cloud” as a concept is still fairly new, and yet there are so many things that are done with the Cloud that it’s impossible to know about all of them without a bit of research to help you along the way. Thankfully, there’s reams and reams of information on the Internet about all things cloud-based, [...]
Let’s Talk About Chromebooks
Computing technology is absolutely everywhere these days, with new features being designed every day. Until fairly recently, though, there was a distinct lack of choice when it came to operating systems; largely the choices were Windows, or Mac OS. Discounting the choice of Linux operating systems (as they’re less popular with [...]