Garett Camp, a computer programmer and co-founder of StumbleUpon, and Travis Kalanick, an entrepreneur and co-founder of Red Swoosh, founded Ubercab in 2007 with the […]
Author Archives: Mathew Emmanuel Pineda
How Does Starbucks Earn From Its Starbucks Card Business?
It is easy to comprehend the incontestable fact that Starbucks generates most of its revenues from the operation of the thousands of its stores located […]
Explainer: Intel CPU Scandal
Intel is not new to product issues. The semiconductor company has been criticized for its various mishaps in the past. These include setbacks in newer-generation […]
The Purpose of the European Union
The European Union or EU emerged as a political and economic union after the Second World War. It was the successor to the European Economic […]
Foundation Models in AI: Purpose and Importance
The Center for Research on Foundation Models of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence coined the term “foundation models” in August 2021 to refer […]
Impacts of the Great Depression
The Great Depression or the Depression of the 1930s that started in the United States in 1929 and affected most countries of the world emerged […]
Background on Trade Secret Law in the United States
A trade secret is a category of intellectual property specifically defined as any confidential proprietary information used by a business or individual to gain a […]
Explainer: Causes of Hyperinflation in Venezuela
The hyperinflation in Venezuela is one of the offshoots of a political and socioeconomic crisis that brewed under the presidency of Hugo Chávez and has […]
Mortgage-Backed Security: Explained
A mortgage-backed security or MBS is a type of security or financial instrument. To be more specific, it is an asset-backed security made up of […]
Explainer: Why Did The Great Leap Forward Fail
The Chinese Communist Party uprooted the National Party in 1949. Mao Zedong spearheaded this defining moment in the modern history of China. It is also […]