Monthly Archives: July 2009

How The Ensemble squeaked by to win the NetFlix Prize

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

As he tells me, Simon Owens “got a chance to interview one of its members at length about what it was like during the final moments leading up to the deadline, right before they reached the 10.10% mark”. Previously: Collective … Continue reading →

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TED: Awesome Knowledge Videos

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

What are you going to do this Summer? My advice: Don’t watch TV, don’t go to the movies. Instead, download all the TED videos from YouTube. (Use Video Download Helper to download the videos on your hard drive.) I have … Continue reading →

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Betting via Twitter

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

BluBet How it works

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It takes geniuses to build businesses and idiots to ruin them. — Joseph Brooks (then Ann Taylor CEO)

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

That‘s my thought about the Yahoo!– MicroSoft search deal.

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IntercontinentalExchange started clearing credit-derivatives trades in Europe this week as dealer banks respond to regulators’ call to reduce risk in the $26.5 trillion market.

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

IntercontinentalExchange started clearing credit-derivatives trades in Europe this week as dealer banks respond to regulators’ call to reduce risk in the $26.5 trillion market.

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The Yahoo! CEO that David Pennock once celebrated has successfully disintegrated the company.

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

David Pennock’s “fearless leader” did a bad, bad thing, today: She handed out Yahoo! Search to MicroSoft. The best analysis is from Jason Calacanis. Yahoo! stock is down 12%. Women.

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Five P.R. tips which BetFair’s Michael Robb already know about

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Previously: The one word missing in BetFair’s Michael Robb’s résumé

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Inkling Markets finally catches up with HubDub.

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Adam and Nate, HubDub has had this functionality for years.

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Yes, CFO Magazine did misinterpret the output data from the CFO Prediction Market powered by CrowdCast.

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Leslie Fine: Chris, As I replied to you privately, indeed Vince made a mistake. [*] It is a common one for those who are not deeply familiar with prediction markets, and we have clarified the meaning of the data with … Continue reading →

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I created this blog to document my experiences with Bet Angel Professional, which uses BetFair API. I have an opening balance of £20 — Let’s see where I get to!

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair with Bet Angel

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