Topic: Statistics

Month-on-Month Calculator

Month-on-Month calculations are helpful when you are trying to judge your recent performance. By using last month’s performance as a baseline, you can test whether your performance this month is objectively good or not. Below we have provided a useful online Month-on-Month Calculator to work out the change in your performance. Feel free to experiment with […]

Week-on-Week Calculator

Week-on-Week calculations can be helpful when comparing short-term performance. By using last week’s performance as a baseline, you can see whether your performance this week is higher or lower. We have provided a helpful online Week-on-Week Calculator below to work out your change in performance. Feel free to experiment with different scenarios using our Week-on-Week […]

Wolfram|Alpha Scores Again With Rich NFL Data

I am a long time admirer of Wolfram|Alpha and I’m happy to report that my admiration continues to grow, as you can now access NFL (National Football League) statistics using Wolfram|Alpha. So, queries like: Tom Brady Joe Flacco Passing Yards 49ers 2011 New York Giants field goal attempts, field goals made Chicago Bears Record 1985 […]

Larry Page: Google+ Now Has 40 Million Users

As part of Google’s earnings announced today, CEO Larry Page announced that Google’s social network, Google+, now has 40 million members. That puts it still well behind Facebook’s 800 million, closer to Twitter’s 100 million, but doesn’t seem to count “active” users. Page said in the earnings release: “We had a great quarter,” said Larry […]

Bing 2.0 “Visual Search” Launches, Allows Search By Pictures

Microsoft has unveiled Bing 2.0 at TechCrunch50 today, also known as Bing Visual Search, which allows people to “search by picture.” After much speculation following Microsoft’s annual meeting last week in Seattle, many had expected to see an update to Bing Maps,  integrating  Silverlight technology to display images of local businesses and locations within map […]