Walmart has made known that it will ditch it’s online shipping minimums for patrons who hold a Walmart+ membership in an effort to become a better competitor against Amazon.
Starting Friday Walmart+ members will automatically qualify for free next day and two day shipping despite the amount of their orders. Exclusive customers will qualify for free shipping whether items total $35 or not. Walmart’s “Chief Customer Officer said “being able to toss an item in your cart, regardless the total, and check out right away lets them knock little things off their to-do-list in no time. Walmart+ went live in September and cost 12.95 per month or approximately $98 per year. The membership includes gas discounts the ability to skip long checkout lines and grocery deliveries.
Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday Americans are expected to shop online like never before and scammers have self appointed themselves alongside retailers looking for opportunities to cash in. The FBI’s section chief Steven Merrill, said via a phone interview that the “agency” is preparing for cybercriminals to put in extra work to negatively capitalize on consumers this year. He also stated that many are “economically distressed and people tend to make decisions that they wouldn’t normally do because circumstances are different.” While also cautioning shoppers to do their “due diligence and be careful.” Here a five tips to keep the bag secured this holiday season.
1. Make sure the site you are shopping on is legitimate-Digital thieves are known to set up fake e commerce stores so make sure the place you’re purchasing from is credible and when in doubt buy the item (if available) from an established retailer.
2. Update Security Software-Downloading your phones/laptops latest security update can alleviate general bugs lagging on your device and strengthen out of date firewalls.
3. Do not click on advertisements sent to your email unless you are certain the source is valid.- Email phishing scams are common and clicking on an unknown link can grant a hacker permissions that give them access to your devices personal settings including financial information and passcodes.
4. Do not use public or free WIFI connections while shopping with a credit or debit card.- They’re typically less secure than home networks. If able use a VPN or virtual private network it possesses the ability to hide your location or ISP online.
5. When shopping online check for “HTTP” in the websites address.- The absence of a lock icon/http is a direct affirmation that the site is unsecure.
Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday Americans are expected to shop online like never before and scammers have self appointed themselves alongside retailers looking for opportunities to cash in. The FBI’s section chief Steven Merrill, said during a phone interview that the “agency” is preparing for cybercriminals to put in extra work to negatively capitalize on consumers this year. He also stated that many are “economically distressed and people tend to make decisions that they wouldn’t normally do because circumstances are different.” While also cautioning shoppers to do their “due diligence and be careful.” Here a five tips to keep the bag secured this holiday season.
1. Make sure the site you are shopping on is legitimate. Digital thieves are known to set up fake e commerce stores so make sure the place you’re purchasing from is credible and when in doubt buy the item (if available) from an established retailer.
2. Update Security Software: Downloading your phones/laptops latest security update can alleviate general bugs lagging on your device and strengthen out of date firewalls.
3. Do not click on advertisements sent to your email unless you are certain the source is valid. Email phishing scams are common and clicking on an unknown link can grant a hacker permissions that gives them access to your devices personal settings including financial information and passcodes.
4. Do not use public or free WIFI connections while shopping with a credit or debit card. They’re typically less secure than home networks. If able use a VPN or virtual private network it possesses the ability to hide your location or ISP online.
5. When shopping online check for “HTTP” in the websites address. The absence of a lock icon/http is a direct affirmation that the site is unsecure.
The most magical place on earth this past year has been the power of staying in the house and not vacationing something that hasn’t faired to well for the “Walt Disney Co” Theme Parks. The companies recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission has stated that it plans to layoff more than 32,000 people in the first half of 2021. The pandemic induced the shuttering of it’s California attractions while social distancing guidelines & attendance restrictions have caused the subsequent reduction of it’s enchanting staff. A Disney spokesman confirmed that the latest numbers also represent the 28,000 that were slated for unemployment earlier this year.
This years prospect of intermittent quarantining has monetarily worked for a few companies with ROBLOX being one of the recipients.
The digital gaming company has been a hit with children during their newly homebound status due to the current pandemic, widely increasing it’s value. On Thursday ROBLOX initiated paperwork to go public by years end after it’s revenue rocketed by a whopping 91% or $242 million. In simple financial terms ROBLOX has filed to enter the stock market as a company and offer shares or pieces of it’s empire with the public for purchase. That means if your children play this game you can invest in this tech giant and likewise benefit from any possibility of further growth or the contrast. “ROBLOX’s platform” according to NBC consist of millions of games and interchanging characters that can be accessed across multiple mobile devices/ systems and a variety of consoles. Is your Robinhood ready?
Apple couldn’t charge it’s way out of it’s latest lawsuit and it’s admission of “protecting degrading batteries” has a 113 million dollar price tag attached to it.
The tech mecca has agreed to pay a second settlement to 34 states after it’s attorney’s sued the company for “hiding and throttling” battery performance and life to it’s iPhone customers according to The Verge. The action was said to have enabled Apple to increase it’s bottom lines by making customers shove out undue money for new phones. Apple has denied any wrong intentions but has agreed to make an atonement with this multi million dollar settlement. Is there really no lesson like a paid one?
Twitter launched “Fleets” on Tuesday in what some have called an effort to compete with Snapchat, Instagram and Clubhouse.
Fleets is a feature that allows Twitter users to post full audio, picture or video images “reactions or plain texted that vanishes after 24 hours. Twitter’s design director Joshua Harris stated that “people feel more comfortable joining conversations on Twitter with this ephemeral format because what they’re saying lives just for a moment instead of feeling like it’s around forever”. An addition that has already proven popular with millennials as they flocked from other social media formats creating twitter accounts and sharing their names with established audiences on the news. Stock rose for the company on Thursday in early trading hours by 23% however the rollout has been momentarily paused to address bugs and safety concerns according to Yahoo. Do you use social media? Are those stocks in your portfolio?
Apple couldn’t charge it’s way out of it’s latest lawsuit and it’s admission of “protecting degrading batteries” has a $113 million dollar price tag attached to it.
The tech mecca has agreed to pay a second settlement to 34 states after it’s attorney’s sued the company for “hiding and throttling” battery performance and life to it’s iPhone customers according to The Verge. The action was said to have enabled Apple to increase it’s bottom lines by making customers shove out undue money for new phones. Apple has denied any wrong intentions but has agreed to make an atonement with this multi million dollar settlement. Is there really no lesson like a paid one?
Twitter launched “Fleets” on Tuesday in what some have called an effort to compete with Snapchat, Instagram and Clubhouse.
Fleets is a feature that allows Twitter users to post full audio, picture or video images “reactions or plain texted that vanishes after 24 hours.” Twitter’s design director Joshua Harris stated that “people feel more comfortable joining conversations on Twitter with this ephemeral format because what they’re saying lives just for a moment instead of feeling like it’s around forever.” An addition that has already proven popular with millennials as they flocked from other social media formats creating twitter accounts and sharing their names with established audiences on the news. Stock rose for the company on Thursday in early trading hours by 23% however the rollout has been momentarily paused to address bugs and safety concerns according to Yahoo. Do you use social media? Are those stocks in your portfolio?
Earlier this week Tesla owner and creator Elon Musk decided to share his latest experience testing for Covid-19 eluding to the antigen test being flaky.
Musk alleged that while testing four times in one sitting “two test came back negative, two came back positive.” In addition on Tuesday morning Tesla stock rose dramatically after news broke of it’s intended S&P 500 inclusion shooting Musk’s wealth upwards by $15 billion. He is now in the running to for the “third richest” person in the world and can definitely afford elite testing. What do you think about his results?
