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Samsung TV success timeline

Samsung was initially renowned for the quality phones it made but with time, the company expanded its categories and started manufacturing other electronic items such as Televisions, refrigerator, air-conditioners, cameras, monitors, wearable techs, sound systems and the list goes on. Talking about TVs specifically, the giant tech company has worked really hard in providing the consumers with a vast range of high-end televisions.

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Celebrities with Bad Spending Habits

Celebrities are known to spend their great fortunes on a variety of things - new cars, lavish trips, and even multiple homes across the world. When some celebrities have learned how to properly manage and budget their income, there are plenty of celebrities who have taken their spending habits a bit too far. 


Here is a list of seven celebrities who never cap their spending limits and what you can learn from their unique decision-making. 

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Facebook's user base grew incredibly over the years

One of the biggest social media websites, Facebook, was launched by a 19-year old student, Mark Zuckerberg, along with his classmates from Harvard University back on February 4th, 2004. Seventeen years ago, the website was called as “Thefacebook” and had one aim, i.e., to find your schoolmates and connect with them via the platform. The infographic below reveals how Facebook has grown over the years.

During the first year of launch, Thefacebook grew incredibly, was attracted by students of various other colleges, and by the end of 2004, the company was a family of 1 million users. The newly-found company also achieved a milestone of entering Silicon Valley. Moreover, the co-founder of PayPal, Peter Thiel, invested a massive amount of $500,000 into the company.

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Nintendo and its historic journey

Nintendo has been the most successful leading brand in today’s world, and why should it not? From children to adults, every gamer wishes to buy high-end products, especially when gaming is in question, that too, at home. Currently, one Nintendo console sits in every other house, to say the least. If you are wondering how or why this brand has taken over the hearts of people and the market as well, it is because of its massive transitions over the years.

From Gameboy to Nintendo consoles

It is common knowledge that nothing great ever comes overnight. To achieve the best, one must work hard enough until he starts to see it everywhere. Such is the story of Nintendo and how it evolved initially after the concept of Game Boy came to the surface in the year 1989. The iteration hit 160 million units which encouraged the company to lay out better strategies to extend the product in the future. Later on, in the years 1996 and 1998, the company released Gameboy Pocket and Gameboy Color respectively, which definitely earned them a fortune. As Gameboy proceeded further, Nintendo launched its first-ever console in 1996, which immediately stirred an uproar in the audience.

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Story of Instagram – From where it all started

Addicted to Instagram? Use the app daily for hours? From sharing your memorable pictures to fun stories, adding motivational quotes, short videos, or chatting with your friends in the DMs, have you ever wondered where and how the platform came in shape for you all? If yes, let’s find out.

The widely used picture sharing platform with billions of daily active users from all around the globe was created by a 27-year-old graduate from Stanford University, Kevin Systrom, in 2009. The very first web page created by Systrom was called Burbn, where the users could share their photos. The name Instagram is basically a combination of two different words, i.e., “Instant” and “Telegram.” The platform was created in 2009 but launched in 2010.

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A successful decade of Instagram

Last week, Instagram celebrated its 10th birthday by rolling out a couple of new features for its users. One of the most widely used social media platform Instagram was launched on October 6th, 2010 and has evolved so much in the past ten years. Can’t believe it has been a decade already, feels like yesterday, no? Let’s learn about Instagram’s ten glorious years of success from the timeline;

2010 – The legendary launch


  • October 6th was the first day of Instagram, and the company had already hit 25,000 users in a single day. It was the day when the first-ever picture was uploaded on the platform by the co-founder of Instagram, Kevin Systrom. He added an image of his pet dog who was a golden retriever with the caption “Test”. Since that day, the total posts having #dog are counted as 278 million.

2011 – Hashtags were introduced


  • Hashtags were introduced by the company to make posts more attractive. Every user started creating their own relevant hashtags to make their post stand out. The current top used hashtag in the history of Instagram is “#love”. Around 1,824 billion posts have #love in the caption.

2012 – Mark Zuckerberg now owns Instagram & the company rolls out “Explore” feature


  • Instagram, despite having only 13 employees and no revenue at all, was bought by the Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg for several billion dollars. Since then, it has become Facebook-owned Instagram.
  • In the same year, Explore Page was made available for the users worldwide. This page is no less than a blessing for Instagram users till now as you randomly get to see engaging posts of your interest based on your search activities. 

2013 – Video sharing, photos of you & direct messages


  • For the first two years, the users were only allowed to upload a single image on their newsfeed; however, a new feature of uploading a 15 seconds video was launched in 2013.
  • Getting tagged by your friends in various photos but kept on losing them? Well, now you have a segregated tab named “Photos of You” where all the images that you are tagged in are present.
  • Sharing memes with your friends are always fun. Felt the need to sharing Instagram posts and memes with your friends too? Well, the company has just released Direct Messages feature to connect with your family and friends to chat with them privately. 

2014 – Image editing section added


  • What could be better than editing your image prior to the upload in order to make it more attractive? Instagram added a cool editing section where users could not only apply Instagram filters on the picture but also adjust the contrast, brightness, sharpness, highlights, etc.


2015 – Short video ads


  • For the first time, Instagram allowed advertisers to share video ads not exceeding 30 seconds limit. Since the platform now had millions of daily active users, advertising there would have been extremely beneficial.

2016 – The only year with most of the releases


  • 2016 could be stated as one of the best years for Instagram users and the company as well because several new features were rolled out that attracted more and more users. To start with, the company needed a revamp in its application hence changed the icon and in-app design. However, the updates changed the entire look of the app but were made for the good and reflected creativity.
  • Story feature pretty similar to Snapchat stories was launched where the users could add images or videos that would disappear after 24 hours. This is possibly the best and most widely used update ever as almost 500 million daily users upload stories on their Instagram accounts. 
  • E-commerce also stepped into the platform as Instagram introduced shopping tags where prices can be seen by tapping on the tags. 
  • Finally, the company allows users to post minute-long videos on their feeds. 
  • Last but not the least, Instagram goes Live as the feature was rolled out in November 2016. The users were allowed to go live for as long as an hour. 

2017 – Multiple pictures in a single post


  • Adding one single image from a good picture day was undoubtedly pretty difficult. Most of the users got indecisive and spammed the entire feed with their photoshoot. To help the users, Instagram launched carousel posts where one could add up to ten pictures in a single post rather than uploaded ten single photos one by one. The number of images attached in a carousel post is mentioned on the top right of the image and can be viewed by swiping left and right. The update was not only for images; videos can be uploaded as a mini album as well.

2018 –Instagram achieves a milestone & IGTV introduced


  • The company was awestruck to hit a massive milestone of one billion monthly active users on the platform. At that time, Facebook was the number one social media platform used with 2.23 billion users, followed by YouTube on second having 1.9 billion users. Instagram succeeded in settling in third place.
  • Now the limit for videos was exceeded even more and those longer than a minute were categorized as Instagram TV (IGTV) videos. The feature allows users to upload a video with a maximum limit of 10 minutes. However, content creators with greater followers were allowed to upload IGTVs of about 60 minutes. 

2019 – Hidden likes & shopping checkouts


  • The company first tested the feature of hiding likes counts and made it available globally shortly. Only the user who uploaded the post can view the number of counts.
  • Since Instagram saw a great response on online businesses, it took the Shops to higher-level, i.e., launched checkouts on Instagram. The feature was much appreciated by the users and sellers both as it was pretty time saving and made sopping a lot convenient. 

2020 – IGTV monetization & launch of reels


  • Now the IGTV creators can make money from their videos as announced by the company itself. However, the IGTV videos will now be interrupted with short and automatic ads.
  • Instagram launches reels allowing the users to create short videos not more than 30 seconds. Reels can be shared on the newsfeed and found on the Explore Page as well. 

All these years, Instagram didn’t stop for once instead kept on evolving and making efforts to make the platform better and more engaging for its users. Let’s all wish Instagram Happy 10 years of incredible success and hope for more improvements in the coming years.

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How far have online purchasing come?

At the start of the previous decade, people rarely knew that a thing like online shopping exists. There were very few online shopping hubs that too, restricted for particular regions. But, time passed by in a blur, and the e-commerce consumer journey made its way began at a faster pace. By now, e-commerce has been evolving continuously, and millions of people are inclined towards online shopping.

The e-commerce consumer journey has an extremely interesting history and how it evolved drastically with time. As per the infographic attached below, consumers nowadays rely on various social media platforms, devices, and channels to find the products of their interest.

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How Long It Would Take The 30 Richest Americans To Make America's Median Annual Salary
Every year, Forbes releases the Forbes 400, which provides a definitive ranking of the 400 wealthiest Americans. Combining all of their wealth would amount to a staggering $2.96 trillion. Of course, the net worth of the obscenely rich is constantly fluctuating based on the stock market, selling and purchasing of shares, investing, and donations. Even life changes can have significant impacts on net wealth. For example, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently went through a divorce with his wife in 2019. She walked away with 25% of Amazon’s stock, increasing her wealth by $38 billion. This has pushed her up to rank 15 on the Forbes 400 list.

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If you wish to associate the name of a corporate with your name, then MBA is your go-to! Exposure to international firms, expertise over management and communication skills, development of business skills, and introduction to the business network are just a few reasons students prefer an MBA. However, one of the key features for a successful future as an MBA degree holder is to find the perfect institute for it. A renowned institute makes your professional life struggles ten times easier and equally productive.

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If you have a website, you need to make sure that you get hits on it every day. It is the key to a successful digital business. The traffic on your website impacts the number of people interacting with it and doing business with you. Online presence is significant, but maintaining it isn't easy.

For digital excellence, your website should come up in the search on the different search engines such as Google and Bing. This increases the chances of people clicking on your website and having the potential of being a customer. However, coming up on the search engines cannot be achieved easily, which is why you need to optimize your website for the search engines. This process is known as Search Engine Optimization (SEO), and there are few techniques to achieve it.

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System Analysis and Program Development

System Analysis and Program Development (SAP), is a company which is basically a result of five mastermind engineers who believed in carrying out their potential after they were ordered to call off their project. As the previous AI employees of IBM, their experience in artificial intelligence was more than enough to boost their career in future. The moment these five engineers agreed upon the decision of founding their own software and programming company, their entire lives took new turns.

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The rise of Hewlett-Packard (HP)

We all are pretty familiar with the top Information Technology companies, and one of those widely known is 'Hewlett-Packard (HP)'. The foundation of this company was laid back in 1939 by two genius co-founders Bill Hewlett and David Packard, who were then fresh grads of Stanford University. Both the geniuses shared studied the same degree i.e., Electrical Engineering. They started working on the project to invent a precision audio oscillator, also known as the Model HP200A. They had the supervision of their professor, Fredrick Terman.

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Millionaire Club: Is it easy?
Once upon a time, the title of a billionaire – even millionaire was limited to the seniors of society. In fact, it seemed impossible for young adults under 35 to even come near the rich category. However, opportunities in technology and the business arena broke the stereotypes and now even teenagers in their early twenties are fast becoming part of the millionaire club.

Take, for example, Kylie Jenner who is the youngest self-made a billionaire with a net worth of $1 billion at the age of 23. Similarly, Evan Spiegel, the co-founder, and CEO of messaging app Snapchat has $1.9 million to his name at 29 while Patrick Collison, the co-founder of Stripe payment gateway has an accumulated net worth of more than $3 billion.

And of course, we cannot forget about the success stories of Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Ma of Alibaba and famous investor Wang Jianlin who not only made billions but also changed our lifestyle with their great ideas.

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8 essential steps to success
Success can be in any formation. And to our surprise, successful people have various attributes that do not require general intellect. People often suppose that success depends on high IQ, and it passes through intelligent people only. But the truth is another way around; success can be as distinctive as every individual on the earth. The key to success is the encouraging skills that have nothing to do with the IQ level. These skills do not come naturally, but they are the polished qualities of successful people that helps them to achieve big goals.

Essential things for success rather than intelligence

People often believe that it is the IQ which leads to success. But the findings show that emotionally intelligent person has a better understanding of success. In contrast, according to research, personality attributes are a more fine medium of success than actual talent levels. 

The five significant personality factors:

  1. Faithfulness,
  2. Agreeability,
  3. Sociability,
  4. Sincerity,
  5. Stability of emotions.
As compares to the systematize test points, singles with high levels of these attributes were more suitable to gain high grades. Also, researches from the Carnegie Institute of Technology found out 85% of the success in finance is produced by the skills of people, whereas 15% of the success in finance is because of technical knowledge. People like to do work with trustworthy individuals and not with someone they do not trust. Intelligence can take you a long way. To reach the top, you need to work hard and develop social skills. 

8 Attributes of being successful

  1. Self Control: it means to manage your emotions successfully. The first step is to take time before you respond to any situation and can be reasonable to the negative situations to be successful in any area. 
  2. Growing Mentality: individuals with a growth mindset accepts new challenges and welcome them openly. They not only believe in their skills but defeat the ones with no growing mentality, even if they have a low IQ. 
  3. Flexibility: Intelligence is commendable, but not being able to handle things that are going wrong is not. Rather than surrendering to failure, flexible people go another way round to find different solutions instead. 
  4. Obsession: following anything which you are not obsessed about and just good at it does not let you succeed in it. While knowledge can be a significant way, but an obsession with your passion leads you to guaranteed success. 
  5. Togetherness: putting yourself in the same situation as your client or teammate enables you to build bonding and reduce anxiety. Affection can lead you to success if you try to understand what others have to say.
  6. Faithfulness: Faithfull people are controlled, cooperative, and excellent at making plans ahead. Rather than presuming what they already have, they faithfully make efforts in everything they do. 
  7. Sincerity to experience: if you are peculiar to know how and why things work and are eager to expose explanations than you are much more likely to be successful than your teammates. It is because of the excitement a person has when he learns something. 
  8. Social Network: you can build a community and bring people closer by staying focused. Building a social network means emotionally able to handle any situation. Which means success. 
It proves that intelligence can be instructed, but personality features can expand and increase. With commitment and enthusiasm, you can compete your opponents and be successful.

To be successful, it is essential to resolve and work hard while focusing on things to be done. Self-support is also vital to be successful. Be amended on what you choose, believing in yourself, and even knowing your capabilities is the leading role in gaining success. To stay focused on your goals, you need to have tolerance, determination and obsession will help you to respond better. You should know your point of being successful, and it should not matter what others think. Do not consider others' points of view; maybe they have a different prospect of being successful than you. To be successful is every person's dream, and it brings happiness, and this is the only possible way to achieve it.
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A Timeline of Authors: When Authors Lived, Died, and Published Their Most Famous Book

When did your favorite author live? Were they a contemporary among other great authors? What did they live through? This closer look at the Great American Read survey results outlines America’s top 50 favorite books, revealing which part of history these authors lived through. For instance, did you know that John Steinbeck, George Orwell, J.R.R. Tolkien, Agatha Christie, and Ayn Rand all lived through both world wars and the Great Depression?

Knowing that context can definitely put works of literature, even certain quotes, into perspective, like this one from Gandalf in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings: “... so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” See what time was given to these incredible people, who wrote some of the world’s best works. From Jane Austen to Suzanne Collins, see when these authors lived, died, and wrote their most famous work in this timeline from PlaygroundEquipment.com!

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Can Vocational Training Lead To Better Success?

Being successful in life is harder than ever. We’ve been told our whole lives that if we work hard in school, graduate college, and find a job that we will be able to afford the basic necessities of life. Unfortunately the cost of living is outpacing wage growth by a significant amount, and it’s harder than ever to even afford the education you need to be able to make a livable wage after school. This has led many down the path of lifelong student loan debt with little to show for their efforts. What if it’s time to redefine success and find new paths to the life you want to live?

For many, success is having a career, a home, and a family. Unfortunately thanks to excessive debt loads, many are putting off or skipping altogether the home and family parts of their lives in favor of surviving on just one career.

Vocational training is another path to a well-paying career that takes a fraction of the time and cost. Over time, the average wages of someone in a vocation compared to someone with a college education are within a thousand dollars of one another, which can lead to a significantly better financial life.

Learn more about the new success with vocational training below!

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The Best Habits Of Highly Effective Leaders

Highly effective leaders are different from bosses. Bosses threaten and cajole, while leaders inspire you to follow their example. We’ve all worked with truly bad bosses in the past - those who are selfish, lazy, rude, arrogant, and untrustworthy. That’s why it’s so refreshing when a good leader comes along, showing you that you can be in charge of people while also being honest, supportive, trustworthy, respectful, and communicative. If you want to hone your leadership skills, there are a few steps to take.

Being a leader means having a clear purpose, a passion that is contagious, self-accountability, determination that is flexible, an outlook that is sustainable, and a dual focus on the details and the bigger picture. More than half of workers would choose a great boss over a higher salary, so it’s important to make sure you hit the mark.

Build a strong team and learn to delegate responsibility to them instead of micromanaging. Focus on relationships and never treat someone as a means to an end. Empower employees to make decisions without fear. Share the credit when things go right, and ensure both you and your team are free to learn from mistakes.

Learn more about the habits of  highly effective leaders below.

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These very successful people all failed at first

Many people fear that they will fail, and herein lies the main reason that they won’t be successful. Most successful and wealthy people, though, have actually experienced serious setbacks and failures before they became the persons they are today, and they all, to a certain degree, had their failures in the past.What can we learn from this? Well, there’s a sort of learning curve that affects practically every sort of business.

For Rowland Macy, the retail business was actually not different. What probably made him successful was the fact that he decided to open a store at a top location in New York City, rather than in locations where demand was weak. Anyway, the fact is that Mr. Macy went through his first failures with his eyes wide open and that he had learned enough lessons to be able to not make the same mistakes later in his career.

What we see is that it’s not wise to stop trying if you have the feeling that success is so far away. Just remain focused, work hard, and have a little faith in yourself. Generally, there will be no success if you did not fail before, and you better learn to deal with it as it is just one of the facts of life.

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42 Quotes from Successful Marijuana Users

“It’s nice to watch it being accepted, knowing you were right all the time about it...” Willie Nelson did end up being right about marijuana. Some version of weed (either medical marijuana or CBD oil) is legal in 47 states, which is very different from when Nelson started his advocacy. Nelson certainly isn’t alone, however, with some of the world’s most successful people, from celebrities to politicians to billionaires, either admitting to use or advocating for marijuana legalization.

 This “herb” has helped famous people grapple with common health issues, from fibromyalgia to arthritis to cramps. For example, actress Whoopi Goldberg has been using it to help with cramps for decades. On the other hand, artists like Paul McCartney have used it as creative inspiration. Still others, like Bill Gates, have not publicly opened up on using cannabis, but have invested in the new, developing industry of legal weed. These are some of the most successful people in the public eye who have admitted to using “the devil’s cabbage.”

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Success Story Of Huawei

Ren Zhengfei’s famous slogan “we shall drink to our heart’s content to celebrate our success, but if we should fail let’s fight to our utmost until we all die” was a motivation for its employees in contributing their best for the company’s growth story.

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