Technology
Artificien: Big Data for All
User data is precious yet powerful. Tech giants go to great lengths to collect every byte of their customers’ personal information. Often buried deep in the “privacy policy” which is rarely read are agreements that give companies like Google and... Continue reading...
Blockchain’s Impact on Platform Data Security
The platform business model has become a dominant force in today’s economy, as companies like Uber, eBay and Airbnb have disrupted their respective industries through eliminating barriers to entry and increasing ease of transactions. Platforms have certainly added value and... Continue reading...
Horizontal Disruption and Private Equity Dominance Will Drive 2019 TMT M&A
Spending on technology acquisitions moved at a record pace in 2018. Technology giants including Microsoft, SAP and Salesforce announced billion-dollar deals after not completing any in 2017. Private equity firms spent more money on technology sector acquisitions than ever before.... Continue reading...
Dockless Bike Companies: The Next Uber Might be on Two Wheels
Bike and Scooter ride-share apps are starting a battle in America. Older Americans view them as a “hip” trend that won’t last, while young people see them as a necessity to get around. City officials impound unwanted bikes and scooters,... Continue reading...
Eat to Live or Live to Eat?
Instagram has been gaining massive popularity in the past decade, especially when it comes to food blogging. As of June 2018, 1 billion people use Instagram and according to The Washington Post, a Maru/Matchbox study found that 69 percent of... Continue reading...
Blabl: A Campus Startup Empowering All Voices
Most people have accidentally mispronounced a word or stuttered a bit in an intensely stressful interview. They momentarily experience the struggle to clearly and effortlessly communicate their thoughts, but this feeling is a constant reality for those who suffer from... Continue reading...
Social Media Companies Endanger Themselves by Acting as Content Filters
Social media companies are currently exposed in a more dramatic fashion than at any point since their ascent in the early 2010s. Regulation, election interference, and political bias dominated the discussion about social media companies this year, encouraged in large... Continue reading...
Mobile Payments are Changing the Shape of Chinese Banking, Data Privacy, and Consumerism
Over the course of the last decade, China replaced the U.S as the flag-bearer for grossly-overindulgent consumer culture. According to CNN, China’s private debt reached 6.7 trillion at the start of 2018, comprising an incredible fifty-percent of China’s gross domestic... Continue reading...
San Francisco’s Housing: Where Does It Go From Here?
The price of housing in San Francisco has skyrocketed. A San Francisco-based real estate agency, Paragon, found that the median housing price in San Francisco has risen over $200,000 since the end of 2017 to October 2018. This is not... Continue reading...
Unmasking Unmasked: A Look into Dartmouth’s Newest Startup
Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of the nascent world of online social networking was a space where people could create and foster an online social persona to connect with friends. Jack Dorsey limited the length of a user’s tweet to 140 characters.... Continue reading...
