Information Cascades and Spring Break
Sources: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/05/top-10-college-spring-break-2012_n_1321292.html http://www.ststravel.com/blog/sts-travels-top-5-spring-break-vacation-destinations-for-2011/ http://postbottomline.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/top-5-hottest-spring-break-destinations/ Spring break is often the highlight of many college students’ calendars. One of the biggest questions that dominates the latter part of the fall semester and the early part of the spring semester is where to go for spring break. According to STS travel, the top locale for spring break […]
“Dropbox Passes 100 million Users”
The main focus of this article is how the online storage company Dropbox has been experiencing incredible growth in users; in particular that it has surpassed 100 million users. This is the result of the company quadrupling its number of users in the last year alone. However, one of the founders, Drew Houston, notes that […]
The Top Smartphone
Apple’s iPhone has held the position as top smartphone for about as long as it has been around. In fact, the position has been held straight for two years by Apple. However, this quarter the iPhone has been beaten out by the Samsung Galaxy S III. And the way Samsung managed to reach this position […]
Comparing “Get-out-the-Vote” Methods
It is no secret that voter turnout is hugely important in any election. It is important for individual candidates—they require their supporters to not only support them, but to support them in the particular fashion of showing up at a booth and casting a ballot—but also for the country as a whole, regardless of who […]
Warren Buffett the Investing Genius
Warren Buffett, one of the world’s richest people, is often considered a guru in investing and trading stocks. He has attracted the attention of millions of investors who also wish to command the same investing knowledge and magic touch he has. There are even many who simply follow every investment move he makes. It is […]
Coordination Game between Apple and HTC
This recent article discusses the settlement of the lawsuits of Apple and HTC against each other. The litigations began when Apple sued HTC in 2010 for infringing iPhone patent rights. The settlement entails a 10-year licensing agreement that grants rights to current and future patents held by the two technology companies. In relation to our […]
Secession?
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/secission-petitions-filed-20-states-190210006.html As the presidential election wraps up, the candidate result triggers a very interesting uproar. Currently, many citizens are signing petitions to secede from the United States due to their disapproval of the nation’s leader continuing his presidency. From this, we notice a cascading effect. So far, almost half of the states in the US […]
Metrification in the US: Time Domain of the Network Effect
If your degree or line of work has something to do with business, liberal arts, or communication, then saying the same thing two different ways is nothing new; in fact, it can be beneficial. But for physicists or engineers such as myself, there is quite a bit of incentive for using a shared language. Indeed, […]
Post-Election Petitioning and the Cascade Effect
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/12/15117305-petition-for-texas-to-secede-from-us-reaches-threshold-for-white-house-response?lite The article above discusses how the results of the 2012 election have prompted individuals in several states to file petitions requesting secession from the United States. Most prominent among the states represented was Texas, which managed to garner over 34,000 petition signatures, surpassing the threshold required to gain recognition from the White House. Numerous […]
Why did Disney buy Lucasfilm for $4.05B?
With Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm and its announcement of the continuation of the Star Wars franchise with movies 7, 8 and 9, a lot of fans have been questioning the ability of Disney to maintain the interest of the Star Wars fan base. After all, die-hard fans of the original trilogy were not too happy […]
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