Facebook and the Global Network
Two months ago, Facebook reached 2 billion users on its site, and is continuously aspiring to reach bigger milestones. According to this CNBC article, on September 1st, Facebook officially mapped the entire human population of Earth as it prepares to build an Internet in space. So not only does Facebook have direct data to 2 […]
Game Theory in Disaster Relief
A direct result of the impending threat of climate change and warming of our planet is the growing prevalence of severe natural disasters. In fact, the number of disasters on Earth has doubled since 1980. In the last two decades alone, we’ve seen countless devastating disasters such hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the earthquake/tsunami […]
The Value of Diversity
With so much talk in the media about diversity in the technology industry and many people debating over the value of diversity (e.g. the Google Manifesto), the question of whether diversity is really important to a company is a hot topic. A study conducted by the Harvard Business Review explored this question in detail. This […]