Monthly Archives: April 2009

Gexid starts off some pilot projects with Economist Intelligence Unit in Germany.

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Gexid: Frischer Wind mit neuem Kooperationspartner: Die gexid GmbH begrüßt mit The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) einen weltweiten Markführer für Business Intelligence, Branchen- und Länderanalysen Wir freuen uns sehr, Ihnen einen weiteren, wichtigen Integrator der gexid GmbH vorstellen zu dürfen: … Continue reading →

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Bursting the enterprise prediction market bubble

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

I blogged about Jed Christiansen’s EPM post, five minutes ago. I would like to attract your attention to Jed’s awesome comments. Jed comes out as a very reasoned and reasonable person. Good point for him.

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If prediction markets are so good at forecasting, why aren’t they being used much more widely?

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Jed Christiansen has an awesome industry analysis … which I will disagree with. Number one, I don’t understand why information aggregation would be a “bottom-up” approach (as opposed to “top-down”). Our traders bring bits of information to the market —but … Continue reading →

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We will know very soon whether Leslie Fine has what it takes.

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

The CrowdCast disclosure is set for April May 2009.

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James Surowiecki’s Wisdom Of Crowds at TED 2008

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

About the rise of social media since 2005…

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Kay-Yut Chen of HP Labs + Mat Fogarty of CrowdCast

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Chris F. Masse
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2009′s best April Fool joke in the field of prediction markets

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

We have a winner (the word “whiner” would also apply): Overcoming Whatever. Excellent joke. I am still laughing thru my ass. Who needs Jay Leno when we have Robin Hanson. – Blaming others for the lack of prediction track record … Continue reading →

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OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Midas Oracle joins The Economist to bring prediction markets to the masses.

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

The joint announcement by Midas Oracle and The Economist Group – (SPOT THE LAST LINE IN THE BULLETED PARAGRAPH): Economist theme park The Economist Group expands Apr 1st 2009 From Economist.com Explore a clickable map of The Economist’s new theme … Continue reading →

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How the love for prediction markets saved Jed Christiansen from injury (and maybe death)

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Had Jed not discovered his love for (enterprise) prediction markets, he would still be in his submarine today —click here to see what happened to the sub.

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Prediction Markets on your Mobile Phone

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Betfair Mobile — BetFair iPhone — Usability review of BetFair’s iPhone website The iPhone does not matter in e-commerce —yet.

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