Algorithm Divide and conquer – the machine-learning system to bring order to an avalanche of data. Iconic 1963 ‘bubble sort’ divides data into pairs repeatedly; the largest unsorted object rises to the top Guessed the Word? Series 6 (3/5) [photo: zjazjazoie]
Month: July 2017
Feedback “If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would’ve said, “a faster horse”. ~ Henry Ford 1863-1947, Ford Motor Co. Do customers always know best? Guessed the Word? Series 6 (1/5) [photo: f4me0]
Dunkirk spirit Courage in adversity. Being strong when in difficulty. Refusing to accept defeat. People in a bad situation helping each other. Lessons for business from May 1940 Guess the Word? Series 6 (5/5) [photo: Pavlofox]
Guess the Word and Contact Us for prizes! Series 6 starts soon. 1st letter of each post Title (in a Series) spells a business word (which may be spelt correctly, backwards, jumbled up or as anagrams). Previous answers: Series 5 spelt A-D-A-T (DATA) Series 4 spelt F-I-T-P-R-O (PROFIT) Series 3 spelt A-L-D-I-G-T-I (DIGITAL) Series 2 spelt N-O-I-T-P-Y-R-C-N-E…
Guess the Word and Contact Us for prizes! Series 6 starts soon. 1st letter of each post Title (in a Series) spells a business word (which may be spelt correctly, backwards, jumbled up or as anagrams). Previous answers: Series 5 spelt A-D-A-T (DATA) Series 4 spelt F-I-T-P-R-O (PROFIT) Series 3 spelt A-L-D-I-G-T-I (DIGITAL) Series 2 spelt N-O-I-T-P-Y-R-C-N-E…
Trend 2017 mobile ad expenditure will hit £7bn (1/3 of UK advertising). But this most dramatic industry shift of the past 5 years is blighted by ad fraud (“bots” impersonating humans), and is now 2nd only in value to drug crime world-wide Guess the Word? Series 5 (3/4) [photo: rami al-zayat]
Ad blocking Google, world’s biggest online advertiser, to fight fire with fire and add Ad Blocking to its Chrome browser, to block ‘bad ads’; so users won’t install 3rd party Ad Blockers Guessed the Word? Series 5 (4/4) [photo: geralt]