Daily Archives: June 19, 2009

eLab eXchange – Will Twitter Rule the World?

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Lawrence Wright

Will Twitter Rule the World? Rising along side of the social networking revolution, Twitter, the short message and microblogging service, has become nearly as popular as social network sites like Facebook. With China blocking Twitter on the anniversary of Tienanmen … Continue reading →

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Accurate prediction markets

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Stupidity, as defined by Prof Panos… Panos Ipeirotis: [...] It is largely stupid to call “successful” a continuous market that gets the average right but has a very high spread over the outcomes. Similarly, it is stupid to call a … Continue reading →

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