internet
Gambling 101
Judah Guber & Steven Wolf are betting on, and in some cases against, your future. Recent grads themselves, Gruber & Wolf created the website Ultrinsic.com, which allows college students to gamble on grades. The website uses an algorithm that analyzes the student’s transcript, course difficulty, and the wager amount to determine the odds. The best [...]
Google’s Gross Indifference to Net Neutrality
The F.C.C. is supposed to ensure that all internet traffic is treated equally, net neutrality, but ever since a court decision in April put its power to do so in doubt, companies have been moving full speed ahead with bandwidth throttling. Google and Verizon are in private talks to redefine what net neutrality means. Google [...]
Ashton Kutcher’s Twitter Account Bust
Ashton Kutcher no longer has the most followers on Twitter. Britney Spears overtook him this week with just under 5 million followers. But don’t worry, Kutcher is doing fine. In fact, his twitter account (aplusk) is so popular that it’s literally busting at the seams. A new web app for Twitter called eBoobs measures your [...]
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