Why PayPal is Right For You
Posted on January 8, 2012
With all of the technological advancements we’ve seen in the past couple of decades, the world of consumer payments has fallen woefully behind. The same plastic, magnetic-strip credit cards used in the 1970s are still out there today.
Consumers and businesses who deal with online transactions realize just how bulky and outdated our payment methods are. While several different services have arisen that offer options to consumers and businesses, none have had the impact that PayPal has had.
What is PayPal?
At its most basic level, PayPal is simply a payment medium. It’s a way for one party to get money to another party. In that sense, it’s not much different from the way that most of us use a checking account.
What is different about PayPal is that all of the transactions happen virtually. You transfer money to
Why Chrome Is Winning the Browser War against Firefox
Posted on January 30, 2012
Since its debut in 2008, Chrome has made steady gains in the browser wars. While it isn’t about to overtake pack leader Internet Explorer anytime soon, it’s been beating out Firefox for the past six months or so. That’s no small feat for such a relatively young product.
Why does Chrome continue to show up Firefox? There are several reasons, some to do with Firefox itself:
- Firefox is slow. It loads more slowly than other browsers. While Firefox 4 loads quicker than previous versions, it’s still terribly slow when compared to Chrome. The same goes with page loads; Chrome is able to get