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PSPINC What's New Newsletter Vol. 106 "WordPress Site Management"

3月

11日

Many site owners use WordPress to manage their sites. However, it’s also often used as a stepping stone for hacking and hijacking because it’s a system many people use. For this reason, WordPress constantly makes updates. Without it, the site itself would have a lot of vulnerabilities. Needless to say, WordPress sites, including plugins, need to be updated frequently to eliminate vulnerabilities from external attacks.

Additionally, WordPress websites are often created by professionals that know about WordPress site creation and development. In some of these cases, the creator of the website (and not the owner) are the only ones that can access the WordPress admin panel. Which can result in websites being completely abandoned if the creator of the website cannot be reached.

Fortunately, Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. (PSPINC) offers a dedicated WordPress hosting environment. As a company, we provide you with all the services you need to update and manage your WordPress site. This includes updating your plugins, managing site access, and creating or modifying your site. We can even migrate your site to our environment for maintenance and management, even if you’re no longer a site administrator. If you want to host your site with WordPress, please consider Dreamersi, our hosting service.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

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NFTs Explained

3月

9日

Over the past couple of years, you may have heard of the term, “NFT”, which stands for non-fungible tokens. You may even be vaguely familiar with the concept. Maybe you associate it as a different kind of Bitcoin but in the simplest of terms, it’s actually more of a way to authenticate digital purchases. The big difference between an NFT and a Bitcoin is its value. Each NFT is worth a different amount whereas Bitcoins (as well as dollar bills, in fact) are all worth the same. For example, you can exchange a ten-dollar bill for two five-dollar bills or ten one-dollar bills because they’ll be worth the same amount. And that’s what’s called a “fungible” asset.

However, NFTs are different because they can’t be replaced or interchanged. For example, if you bought concert tickets, each one would be different. Even if all the concert tickets were priced the same, each ticket corresponds to a different seat as well as a specific date, so they don’t hold the same value if you tried to trade them for another set of tickets. NFTs are stored on what’s called an open blockchain, making it possible for anyone to track them as they’re created, sold, or resold. They also use smart contract technology, which allows the original artist to continue earning a percentage in all subsequent sales as long as they set up the NFT that way. Because of this, it also means that people can’t create fake NFTs or circulate fake ones because you can trace them to the original creator or issuer.

What Are NFTs Used For?

a crowd of people standing in front of the mona lisa in the louvre, some of which are taking photos

NFTs have gotten big in the world of digital assets, specifically the ownership of them. These digital assets include art, music, gaming items, and even investment and collateral. After buying an NFT, you gain ownership of that asset. But it can still end up online somewhere, open to the public and free to view. The difference between the image of that asset that circulates online and the NFT is the authenticity and ownership of the original. The buyer owns the original asset. The image, or images, of it that circulate online is just a copy.

For example, there are thousands of Mona Lisa images online. And if you go to the Louvre, you can see it in person and take a picture of it. But your picture, as well as the thousands of other pictures of the Mona Lisa you find online, are just copies. The Mona Lisa in the museum is the original and the Louvre has ownership of that painting. It’s the same for NFTs. The only difference is that the original is very often not a physical possession. It’s a digital asset. So, it begs the question, why are some NFTs so expensive?

The Pricing of NFTs

someone holding and counting money in his hands

The current record for the most expensive NFT ever sold is by creator and artist, Mike Winkelmann, who goes by Beeple. In March of 2021, his artwork titled, “The First 5000 Days” sold at Christie’s (an auction house) for just over $69 million. Other examples include Jack Dorsey’s sale of his first-ever tweet as an NFT, selling for $2.9 million, or the musician, Grimes, selling some of her digital art as an NFT for more than $6 million. Now, these are just some extreme examples. The truth is, some NFTs may resale for less than what you paid for it. Or it might not even resell at all. It all depends on demand.

The value of an NFT is entirely dependent on what someone is willing to pay for it. And while images of it can circulate online, it actually increases in value the more it’s seen on the internet. How you may ask? Because when it makes its rounds online, it gains popularity. And with it increases demand. It may seem like an odd concept but NFTs contain built-in authenticity and proof of ownership. If we bring it back to the Mona Lisa example, it means much more if you said you owned the original Mona Lisa painting as opposed to a picture of the Mona Lisa. NFTs work the same way, except again, it refers to a digital asset rather than a physical possession.

The Rising Popularity of NFTs

While NFTs have been around since 2015, they’ve only recently gotten very popular as cryptocurrency and underlying blockchain frameworks are becoming normalized. Today, the NFT marketplace is valued at $13 billion. The most recent use of NFTs on a large scale is Twitter’s new feature to include an NFT as profile pictures, which went live at the end of January 2022. For people who make the change, their profile picture changes by showing a new hexagon outline (instead of the standard circle). And that enforces the authentic nature of NFTs because only the owner of that NFT can have both that profile picture and the hexagon outline that comes with it.

However, it’s come back with mixed reviews. While the NFT community largely loves flaunting their status in the community, many users have found it’s not worth the hassle. While it’s seemingly easy to set up (all users have to do is connect their digital wallet), there is one big barrier: it requires users to pay for Twitter Blue (Twitter’s new subscription plan). But for those making a lot of money with NFTs, it’s a small hurdle.

The NFT Community

four people with their arms wrapped around each other laughing

The new NFT profile picture on Twitter usually includes an NFT avatar, which again, is unique. With it, it represents their place and status in the NFT community. The use of an NFT avatar already signifies that they’re part of the NFT community. But what it looks like says more about the user. For people who have bought into a given NFT avatar project, they have something in common whether it’s a shared mission, set of values, and/or a shared sense of aesthetics and appreciation for the same style of art.

So, whether or not you really get NFTs, it’s a community that continues to grow. It may have been first introduced in 2015 but people didn’t really start getting on the bandwagon until more recently. Twitter is already incorporating them into their platform so who’s to say other platforms won’t follow suit? By the looks of it, the rise of NFTs doesn’t seem to be slowing down any time soon.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

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Announcement: Dreamersi System Maintenance

3月

5日

Dear valued customer,

Thank you for choosing Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

We are always looking to improve the services we offer you.
As such, we will be conducting Dreamersi system maintenance.

You may experience downtime for a few seconds during the maintenance time below.

The schedule is as follows:

* USA
- March 7th (Mon) 9:00 - 9:30am

* Japan Time
- March 8th (Tue) 2:00 - 2:30am

PSPINC provides services with uptimes of 99.9%

If you have any questions, please contact us at 1-800-232-3989 or email us at support@pspinc.com.

We would like to answer your questions by phone call.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

PSPINC What’s New Newsletter Vol. 105 “Store and Share Your Passwords Securely with Pass Wizard”

3月

4日

Earlier this week, we announced that our password management software, Pass Wizard, officially came out of its beta stage. Pass Wizard was specifically designed to securely store and share passwords. We still have a free plan available, but we are now offering a paid plan for just $1.67/month (billed annually).

Pro users will have access to additional features for both individual users as well as groups. With the free plan, users can store up to 30 passwords. When using Pass Wizard Pro, users can store an unlimited number of passwords as well as take advantage of password-sharing features within their group. For small businesses, this is ideal as it eliminates the security risk of sharing passwords with employees via sticky notes or insecure shared documents.

For a full breakdown of some of the amazing features offered with Pass Wizard’s new pro plan, please check out our announcement blog post.

If you and/or your organization need a password management system, get Pass Wizard! You can store up to 30 passwords with our free plan or store and share an unlimited number of passwords starting at just $1.67/month (billed annually), making it one of the most affordable password managers on the market today.

Get started for free!

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

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Pass Wizard - Pro Plan Now Available!

3月

2日

We’re excited to share with you that Pass Wizard, our password management system, is now officially out! We still have a version that is free-to-use (store up to 30 passwords). However, we’ve also added a Pro version packed with many more features, including storing an unlimited number of passwords. At just $1.67/month ($19.95/year), Pass Wizard is one of the most affordable password manager programs on the market today.

What is Pass Wizard?

Pass Wizard is PSPINC’s password management system, which allows users to securely store and share their passwords. With Pass Wizard Pro, users can store an unlimited number of passwords as well as utilize the new group feature.

We’ve designed the system to focus on security by utilizing secure hardware and state-of-the-art systems with two-factor authentication (2FA) to ensure your data’s safe and protected.

Additionally, it’s an ideal management system for small businesses to securely share company account credentials with their employees. However, it’s also great for individual users who just want a safe place to store their passwords.

How much does Pass Wizard cost?

Pass Wizard offers a free plan which includes the ability to store up to 30 passwords. Our new Pro plan is just $1.67/month, billed annually at $19.95/year, which includes the storage of an unlimited number of passwords and a group feature if you buy multiple user accounts. For customers that want to add more users to a plan, an additional $19.95/year will be charged per user.

What can you do with Pass Wizard?

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• Store an unlimited number of passwords
• Add users to their group for an additional $1.67/month (billed annually)
• Share select passwords with other users within their group

How does the share feature work?

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When adding a new password entry, Pro users have the option of sharing passwords by checking the “Share with group” option at the bottom of the page. When selected, that password will then be shared with other users that are a part of the group. Only passwords with that option selected will be shared with the group. The rest will be stored securely under the “My Passwords” tab. In addition, only the individual who shared the password will have the ability to edit or remove it.

Interested in trying Pass Wizard yourself? Visit us online and sign up for a free account to get started. If you enjoy the system and have more than 30 accounts to manage, you will be able to upgrade your account to Pass Wizard Pro from the My Plans page.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

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Announcement: PassWizard Service Downtime due to System update

3月

1日

Dear valued customer,

Thank you for choosing Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

We will do the system update for Pass Wizard as scheduled below.

Please note that there will be one minute downtime during the update period below.

The schedule is as follows:

* USA Pacific Standard Time
- March 1st (Tue) 12:30-1:30pm

* Japan Time
- March 2nd (Wed) 5:30-6:30am

If you have any questions, please contact us at 1-800-232-3989 or email us at support@pspinc.com.

We would like to answer your questions by phone call.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

PSPINC What's New Newsletter Vol. 104 "How Restaurants Can Use NewsMAIL"

2月

25日

Do restaurant owners always sell the same dishes every day in the same way? Based on experience, they probably think about how much food to buy based on how much food they think they’ll use each day. However, it’s not always possible to buy ingredients at the same price every time. Plus, there may some leftover ingredients depending on the day.

Wouldn’t it be nice to offer specials to customers when you’re able to purchase inexpensive ingredients? Wouldn’t it be great to offer special dishes using leftover ingredients before they go bad? That way, you can use them before they go bad instead of discarding them.

But specials lie that can’t be planned. If you happen to have inexpensive ingredients or a surplus of certain ingredients, it’d be nice to use them to make special dishes. Ones that aren’t normally on the menu. Therefore, it’d be nice to inform customers of today or tomorrow’s specials.

Fortunately, Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. (PSPINC) offers a service that sends out emails to customers who sign up. With it, users can send 2,500 emails per month for $20 per month or 10,000 emails for $60. So why not use NewsMAIL to help your restaurant reduce food waste?

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

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What is the Metaverse?

2月

23日

By definition, the metaverse is a virtual reality space where users can interact with a computer-generated environment and other users. Culturally, it’s becoming a much bigger buzz word. Especially now that every big tech company is announcing that they too are joining the metaverse. But what is the metaverse really?

In the most simplistic terms, it’s a virtual world that includes a mix of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Before this past year, the metaverse felt like some sci-fi term that could someday become our future. But when huge companies like Meta (previously Facebook), Microsoft, and Roblox start talking about how they’re investing in “metaverse economies” and creating virtual reality internet, you know it must be a big deal. And for other large tech companies that seemed to miss the metaverse boat, most of them are just trying to scramble up whatever they can to catch up with everyone else.

How Tech Companies are Building Out the Metaverse

employees sitting in a meeting with papers and two laptops on the desk

As of right now, users can play video games, socialize, and take part in a digital economy. However, as exciting as all this sounds, it all sounds a lot like what you can do with a lot of video games already. Namely, Fortnite. Epic Games (the Fortnite creator) is definitely building parts of the metaverse in a big way but now tech giants like Meta (formerly Facebook), Microsoft, Roblox, Nvidia, and many more are starting to do the same.

Eventually, they want the metaverse to become an entirely virtual world in itself. For example, Meta posted a video about where they wanted to see the metaverse go. In the video, a woman goes from seeing a snippet of a concert on her Instagram feed to virtually joining the crowd, despite the fact that the concert was occurring on the other side of the world. Mark Zuckerberg even goes on to say that the metaverse will eventually include the capability of interacting with digital objects in the physical world, which will “respond and react realistically”. More than that, they’re actively working on it with the help of Spark AR.

The Potential Pitfalls of the Metaverse

a man wearing a vr headset while also holding two controllers in his hands

While it all sounds great and exciting, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t come with its drawbacks. While the inventor of PlayStation, Ken Kutaragi, completely dismisses the idea of the metaverse, he does bring up a very good point. There’s one very big issue with the metaverse. One that tech giants have largely avoided: VR headsets.

They’re somewhat clunky, uncomfortable to wear for long periods of time, and can even cause pain to users. Or as Kutaragi puts it, “annoying”. Especially those who get motion sickness easily. In Meta’s video, they don’t show how users entered the metaverse. And they may have done that on purpose. Many users in the video were shown wearing glasses, but AR glasses have certain limitations that simply wouldn’t work for the metaverse.

But realistically, the metaverse continues to build into an all-encompassing virtual world, it will continue to excite the tech industry worldwide. As long as they can figure out their headset problem and figure out how to price it all at an affordable price. It’s already got companies like Meta, Google, Apple, Microsoft, and many more fighting to gain relevance in the future that will be the metaverse. Someday soon, we may just see the metaverse as the new internet.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

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Announcement: Pilot Service Downtime due to maintenance

2月

19日

Dear valued customer,

Thank you for choosing Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

We will do the maintenance on logs in Pilot as scheduled below.

Please note that there will be around 15 minutes downtime for Pilot services during the update period below.

The schedule is as follows:

* USA Pacific Standard Time
- Feb 21st (Mon) 12:00-12:30pm

* Japan Time
- Feb 22nd (Tue) 5:00m-5:30am

If you have any questions, please contact us at 1-800-232-3989 or email us at support@pspinc.com.

We would like to answer your questions by phone call.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

Announcement: Mail Server Update

2月

19日

Dear valued customer,

Thank you for choosing Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

We are always looking to improve the services we offer you.
As such, we will be conducting mail server update.

You may experience delay in sending and receiving emails for a few seconds during the time below.

The schedule is as follows:

* USA Pacific Standard Time
- Feb 20th Mon 8:30 - 9:00am

* Japan Time
- Feb 21st Tue 1:30 - 2:00am

PSPINC provides services with uptimes of 99.9%

If you have any questions, please contact us at 1-800-232-3989 or email us at support@pspinc.com .

We would like to answer your questions by phone call.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPINC Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

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PSPINC What's New Newsletter Vol. 106 "WordPress Site Management"

NFTs Explained

What Are NFTs Used For?

The Pricing of NFTs

The Rising Popularity of NFTs

The NFT Community

Announcement: Dreamersi System Maintenance

PSPINC What’s New Newsletter Vol. 105 “Store and Share Your Passwords Securely with Pass Wizard”

Pass Wizard - Pro Plan Now Available!

What is Pass Wizard?

How much does Pass Wizard cost?

What can you do with Pass Wizard?

How does the share feature work?

Announcement: PassWizard Service Downtime due to System update

PSPINC What's New Newsletter Vol. 104 "How Restaurants Can Use NewsMAIL"

What is the Metaverse?

How Tech Companies are Building Out the Metaverse

The Potential Pitfalls of the Metaverse

Announcement: Pilot Service Downtime due to maintenance

Announcement: Mail Server Update

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