BIG NEWS! Expansion of onsite payment options! Service Rate Changes! Discounts! Online Billing Update! Oh, and did I mention the quarterly newsletter already went out August 3rd??? I seem to have this habit of major changes taking place within a month of official communication having already taken place! Ah well,…
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The Browser Hunt
It’s a smokey summer Sunday afternoon and I am stuck inside thanks to allergic asthma. This tends to mean surfing Facebook, reading the news, looking at emails, etc. All these activities involve the use of a browser. Now I’m not the type to sit there surfing on my phone. Heck…
Ghost-Miner: The Latest “Threat” to Land in Cyber-Space
As alt-coins get more popular, particularly Bitcoin, Litecoin, Etherium, and their lesser but also well-known counterparts Doge and Dash, cyber-criminals have found new wealth to extract from people’s machines. It should be noted that over the past decade or more, cyber-criminals realized they could get far more cash by searching…
Bitcoin Kiosks Popping Up in Kelowna
In the single year I’ve been writing about Bitcoin in the Kelowna area, it’s price has gone from the $1k ballpark to the $20k briefly and down to around the $4k mark now, a full year later. Whoever chose to invest this time last year has had a wild ride,…
Tax Time! BTC Meets Canada Revenue Agency
Tax time in Canada! That time of year when people begin collecting pay stubs, receipts, loan statements, and various other reports to compile and learn how much they earned and how much they owe the government, or the government owes them. This year, I have a new item on my…
Pawsitive Veterinary Care ~ BTC In the Local Marketplace
Bitcoin in the Central Okanagan region has been slow to hit the mainstream. Reasons vary widely, but visibility of those who accept BTC as a valid form of payment remains quite low. Here in Kelowna, over 13 companies accept Bitcoin as payment, and some even offer to exchange your cash…
Link-Building and SEO Observations in 2017
Link-building has always been a touchy subject in the world of search-engine optimization, or search-engine positioning. Massive changes in how Google, the largest search behemoth does things has meant equally massive changes in healthy and safe ways to get websites out to where others will find them. Tonight I found…
The World of Bitcoin in Kelowna BC Canada
Kelowna BC, Canada appears to have a bipolar view of itself as a general rule. On the one hand, it continues to be known as the fruit basket of Canada, exporting agricultural goods around the world and winning awards with vine and tree fruit every year. On the other hand,…
FCS Joins Ranks of Businesses in Kelowna Accepting Bitcoin
As of May 2017, FCS is pleased to announce that we are now one of 10 businesses in the Kelowna/West Kelowna region accepting Bitcoin for services rendered. Check out this screenshot above: To visit an interactive version of this map, go to: http://coinmap.org/#/map/49.88060425/-119.46161655/12 One of the 10 businesses even boasts…
New Business Model, New Workflow
FCS has completed the move to a pre-paid tech support model. A company I used to work for in the early 2000’s did this for their clients and it always ensured available paid time for those who needed it. Some industries refer to this as the retainer model whereby you…