Betting on the odds – literally
Seasoned gamblers. They’d bet on anything. Now they have a new outlet in the form of Oddsfutures.com – “a new website which is set to revolutionise the way that people approach trading on sporting events”. In other words it’s a new way to gamble. This time, however, there’s a bit of intelligence involved. As the...
An Irish Market in the digital age
The recent reports of a surge in Irish exports is one of the good news stories of an otherwise difficult past year for Irish business. Now that the Irish have woken from the inflated property illusion, it is heartening to see the emergence of a real market culture – a market defined by people selling...
Devises left smarting in iPhone’s wake
A blog that we frequnetly visit, the excellent freakonomics hosted on the New York Times website, alerted us to another feather in the bow for iPhone users. They are having more sex than those who use a Blackberry or phones run using Android. The analysis was carried out by OKCupid, an online dating site in...
Middle of the road politicos have dulled our morals
I came across an interesting website called yourmorals.org while reading an article on why British politicians can never agree. It is a very comprehensive set of surveys that gives you a chance to uncover your conservative or liberal consciousness. Or, to reaffirm gladly held prejudices about your own moral make-up. With a middle right political...







