The NBA playoffs began over the weekend, and after one of the more compelling regular seasons in NBA history, the buzz surrounding the league is at an all time high. TVWeek.com, reported that the NBA on ABC earned a 2.5 rating, up 9% in households from 2007. ESPN and TNT showed similar growth with a 10% jump, earning a 1.1 rating for the season.
From a television ratings standpoint, NBA executives are without a doubt hoping that the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers face off in the finals. While a Lakers and Celtics match up makes sense from a ratings perspective, Spock looked at some of the people search figures surrounding the sixteen playoff teams to see which two teams would generate the biggest fan buzz.
Individually, the most searched NBA players on Spock were Kobe Bryant and Yao Ming . Shaquille O’Neil and Jason Kidd also saw a 5% bump in their search activity following their trades in March. On the retail side, Kevin Garnett lead all N...
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I came across an article today that was very hard for me to read. The reason why my beloved Pistons are 0-2 against the Boston Celtics this. I though1 Vote(s)... more
Boston Celtics point guard Tony Allen gets in the passing lane for the steal followed by a dunk.
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Who could be wearing such a thing on the court? It is only one person you should think of when you see a Nike Air Force 1 on the court…none other than technical-tolerant Rasheed Wallace. Last night, the Detroit Pistons broke out the alternate varsity red jerseys, and ‘Sheed’ brought...... more
Get it straight in 2008, an’ I’ll troop it to demonstrate. The posse always ready - 98 at 98. My posse come quick, because my posse got velocity. -Public Enemy
Public Service Announcement: Ok, here we go! It’s just too easy. The Pistons are just too easy. Earth Girls Are Easy. Remember when the Detroit Pistons were the team to beat? Remember when a Detroit Pistons game meant something? Remember. Walking in the sand. Walking hand in hand.... more
E.J., Kenny and Charles break down the Detroit Pistons’ bench during the T-Mobile Halftime Report
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While Detroit’s automakers mount a fierce lobbying campaign for billions of dollars in government aid, one of the industry’s leading champions in Congress faces a significant test of his own.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- While Detroit’s automakers mount a fierce lobbying campaign for billions of dollars in government aid, one of the industry’s leading champions in Congress faces a significant test of his own.... more
If Obama is really serious about reform, why not de-unionize the Detroit auto-makers? As it is, they are asking for all of us to pay for their jobs, their health insurance, their retirement, but the rest of America (except maybe Wall Street banking) have to live with the fact if our businesses and jobs fail, we don’t get a bail-out. What makes an auto worker more special than everyone else?
It’s time to tell them, hey, you had a nice ride with union negotiated jobs, but you guys ... more
When co-founders Jaideep Singh and Jay Bhatti first proposed Spock, they envisioned a superior people search where everyone in the world had a unique search result. Though we’re not quite there, we have managed to index over 300 million unique people search results, maintain over 3 billion people data records, and are constantly developing new ways to create relevant search results. With the ability to easily view pictures, tags, quotes, news and other web links, the Spock Team ... more
Unless your friends with someone appearing regularly in People Magazine, then you’ve probably never met anyone named Apple, Zephyr, or Lyric. It’s no surprise that celebrity couples have explored the conventional boundaries in naming their offspring. But is it really celebrity’s being eccentric or is it the case that for every Banjo Patrick Taylor there are ten Stevens born? Spock took a random sampling of 500 celebrity offspring and compared them to 5 years worth of l... more
America is viewed as one of the most influential, if not the most influential nation. There is perhaps no greater indicter of American influence than the attention that the Presidential election garners. With the exception of 2004, the upcoming Presidential election has already been pegged as the most anticipated in recent memory. Given the amount of media coverage both home and abroad, and the fact that Americans will have to wait several months to cast their ballot, the question remains ... more
A well known VC once told me “Every business has its pros and cons, you just have to pick your poison”. Search takes a long time and costs a lot to get right. But once you’ve got it right, you’ve built something utilitarian and of lasting value. This is in sharp contrast to many web social web applications that can get be built quickly and cheaply and get mass adoption.
Any company that truly becomes a utility also becomes very valuable. In software, this is the story of Microsoft, ... more
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