Binary choices lead to information cascades
http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/how-the-low-fat-low-fact-cascade-just-keeps-rolling-along/ It is really interesting to note that information cascades are partly due to the fact that we view many of the choices we make to be a binary. The fact that a decision is whittled down to just two possible ones removes the chance of the decision we make to reveal our true views […]
Microsoft Overestimates the Touch Market with Windows 8
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411445,00.asp On October 26, Microsoft released Windows 8, the successor to the well-received Windows 7 which was released three years ago. Windows 8 is a radical departure from the previous Windows OS’s, removing the Start Menu from the Desktop and introducing a second entirely new interface (formerly known as the Metro interface) that is highly […]
The Apple Brand and Information Cascading
http://techland.time.com/2012/05/07/six-reasons-why-apple-is-successful/ Apple is a world renowned company that sells a variety of products. Its icon is iconic in its own right and people around the world recognize their products. The Apple iPod was one of the most successful products to be sold in the last 20 years. The amount of conusmers that purchased them is astonishing. But why is […]
Google Vs. Bing Advertising
The articles I have linked explain the benefits and drawbacks of Google advertising versus advertising with Bing. A commonly known fact is that Googling is an automatic response for most people when they need to look anything up. This leads to Google being an extremely highly trafficked webspace. This leads to their Pay Per Click […]
Google’s Delayed Benefits from Android
Many people may ask why has Google put so much time and money into Android, when they are not benefiting from it. What they don’t realize is that Google is actually building up to what could be an enormous income from this partnership. Whether or not they directly get money from Android doesn’t matter. By […]
The Flash Crash
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/02/business/02flash.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=flash+crash&st=nyt On May 6th, 2010, financial markets experienced a sudden crash and then quick recovery when high speed trading algorithms caused an excess of sell orders in a major index that ended up driving its price and other markets down and leading the Dow Jones industrial average to drop almost 1,000 points in a day […]
electoral race
Let the Election Games Begin The 2012 Presidential Elections, which took place last night, was one of the most exciting moments for many Americans, and especially for those who have voted for the first time in their lives. Each and every viewer was sitting on the edge of their seat as the results from […]