Did you know that behind every computer is a woman? I didn’t. When I was growing up, I assumed men were behind the advent of desktop computing. Indeed, as PCs became more mainstream, the rising stars of the industry onl...
In what may be a historic payout, TikTok has agreed to settle a $92 million dollar class-action lawsuit that argued the company illegally collected data on its users without consent. The suit alleges that TikTok violated...
Customer privacy and security have always been at the core of our values, and remain a top priority at Namecheap each and every day. As a business, we strongly champion privacy standards and reinforce our stance by provi...
You’ve created your business website and you’re bringing in customers. Did you know that your website or blog can also bring additional revenue streams with affiliate marketing? Your website/blog has fixed costs, but wha...
Drum roll please… you can now register .BEAUTY, .MAKEUP, .SKIN, .HAIR, .BOND, .LAW, .FORUM, and .QUEST domains here at Namecheap. If you’re looking to start a business, share a passion, or add to your growing collection ...
It’s International Women’s Day on March 8 and we’re celebrating women and websites that honour and/or support female empowerment and celebrate women’s achievements. We’ve teamed up with our friends at the Radix registry ...
Around the world, individuals and organizations are contributing to the International Women’s Day 2021 #ChooseToChallenge campaign in a rich variety of ways. To help play our part, we invited senior women executives fro...
If you own a Mac and think you’re safe from viruses and malware, think again. As reported on the Red Canary blog on February 18, security researchers discovered malware code running on about 30,000 Macs. Researchers don’...
Are you a… Graphic designer? UX designer? Writer? Artist? Photographer? Web developer? A digital creative? If you answered yes to any of the above, you should definitely have an online portfolio. If not, you’ve come to ...
SSL certificates are a must-have for websites on today’s web. Not only are they vital for creating secure connections between your users’ devices and your site’s server, but it’s basically mandatory for many web browsers...
Make no mistake. Providing an optimized, personalized experience for your website visitors is crucial. According to official statistics, it takes a website visitor just 50 milliseconds to form an impression of your webs...
A massive data breach leaked more than 3.2 billion email addresses and passwords in cleartext. In particular, according to Cybernews, as many as 200 million Gmail addresses and 450 million Yahoo email addresses could be ...
On February 12, we flagged suspicious DDOS (Distributed Denial-of-Service) activity patterns in the system and took action to prevent them. We use a variety of different methods to protect our customers from DDOS and ha...
Did you know that in the US alone, 35% of the nation’s workforce are freelancers? Whether you prefer the term “freelancer,” “solopreneur,” or “self-employed,” the only way you can realistically thrive and pay your bills...
If you use WhatsApp, you may have received a pop-up message on 4 January asking you to accept their new terms and conditions, which involves sharing more of your data with Facebook. It’s proved controversial, with millio...
For decades we’ve been dazzled by new technology, buying better computers, phones, music players, and cameras. It’s easy to assume that the next game-changer will arrive inside a shiny box like the Apple iPhone in 2007. ...
It’s our first Web Security Sale of 2021 and to mark the occasion we have huge discounts on SSL Certificates, VPN, and PremiumDNS, as well as bonus offers on Private Email and .NET domains. The sale will run from Februar...
Do you think your online privacy is purely your responsibility? It’s an interesting question. Do you know if your domain or hosting provider protects your privacy from third parties? Sadly, we know the answer to this que...
Unless you’ve been doing business under a rock, you’ve heard something about Bitcoin or BTC, a type of digital currency that eliminates the middlemen (banks and governments). Instead, people can pay each other directly a...
Do you watch Netflix, listen to Spotify, or tune into your favorite podcast on your iPhone? Well, my friends, you are technically a “streaming services user.” Streaming is, in essence, a method of viewing video or liste...