Tag Archives: Microsoft Vista

BetFair Rapid = BetFair’s standalone, local, PC-based, order-entry software for prediction markets

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair Rapid For Vista and XP, only. -

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Software | Tagged BetFair, BetFair Rapid, Microsoft Vista, order-entry software, prediction markets, XP | Leave a comment

BetFair-TradeFair hire Bo Cowgill in an attempt to improve their ranking in Google web search results.

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair: BetFair CEO David Yu: We’re delighted to welcome Bo Cowgill in HammerSmith. Bo had a fantastic career at Google, working, in the end, under Google’s Chief Economist Hal Varian. Throughout his years at Google, Bo acquired precious knowledge about … Continue reading →

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Prediction Market Proposal: MicroSoft Windows Vista vs. MicroSoft Windows XP

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

It’s not the first time that I read an opinion piece lambasting Vista on the CNET site. I would like to see a long-term prediction market at PopSci PPX on whether Vista will start off and be more popular than … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Market Proposals), Exchanges & Markets, Information Technology | Tagged Microsoft, Microsoft Vista, MicroSoft Windows, Windows Vista, XP | Leave a comment

Justin Wolfers, profesor asistente de Negocios y Politica Publica, de la Universidad de Pensilvania, explica a “Prensa Libre” que el mercado de predicciones son ?mercados de futuros que persiguen resultados politicos.

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Este termino vuelve inmediatamente obvia la utilidad de los futuros politicos: proveen de una prevision completa de posibles resultados politicos?. –> DOES SOMEBODY IN THE PLANE READ SPANISH?? UPDATE: Chris Hibbert has posted a pretty good English translation obtained thanks … Continue reading →

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BetFair Desktop Widgets + BetFair Add-On for FireFox

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

#1. They have developed a Yahoo! Widget that will display the results quickly. (They chose Yahoo! Widgets because it is a cross-platform solution. See my post on the sidebar blog for more on web widgets and desktop widgets.) See the … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Software | Tagged Bet Watcher, BetFair Labs, manager, Microsoft, Microsoft Vista, Trader, web widgets, Yahoo! | Leave a comment

David Yu appointed Betfair CEO. – January 4

Posted on January 4, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

That was exactly one year ago, January 4, 2006 (PDF file): David Yu, formerly CTO and then COO of Betfair, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer for the company. David was previously Vice President, Engineering for Alta Vistaâ€™s e-Commerce and … Continue reading →

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