Alittle more than a decade ago, the rivalry between EA Sports’ video-game series FIFA and Konami’s Pro-Evolution Soccer (PES) used to be a riveting affair—sales numbers were neck-and-neck and gameplay differences were debated passionately. And despite EA’s franchise having the upper hand, owing to its licence to use player and team likenesses, Konami’s PES built a cult status among gamers, so much so that in 2007, FIFA outsold PES by only a fraction: 6.55 to 6.37 million units. Today, the story is quite different. Various sources indicate that FIFA’s sales in 2018 were nearly 20 times that of PES—safe to say, then, that EA enjoys an unprecedented monopoly in the field of football simulators.…
Author: Loknath Das
Proper wealth management is crucial for any individual or corporate investor. However, making a wrong move—like starting too late or investing based on emotion rather than historical performance—can be detrimental to your overall returns and long-term financial health. If you want to ensure you’re managing your finances properly, it’s important to understand some of the most frequent mistakes people make when managing their wealth. We asked a panel of Forbes Finance Council members what they’ve observed and how investors can correct common wealth-management issues. Members of Forbes Finance Council share common wealth-management mistakes and how investors can avoid them. PHOTOS COURTESY OF…
The way genetics is portrayed in Game of Thrones is not consistent with the way genetics works in actual humans. Understanding where the science goes wrong is the key to understanding how to have sustainably successful human populations. HBO / PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS Here on Earth, we hold one important truth to be self-evident above all others: that all humans are created equal. There may be important genetic differences between individuals, but wide variations in these traits ensure a resilience against any one specific weakness being fatal to our species. While certain genetic combinations may provide advantages or disadvantages under specific…
After more than 20 years of steady improvement, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) thinks it has reached an important milestone with something called Combinatorial Coverage Measurement (CCM). Part of a research toolkit called Automated Combinatorial Testing for Software (ACTS), CCM is an algorithmic approach used to test software for interactions between input variables that might cause unexpected failures. It sounds like a technical mouthful, but this is good news for software, especially when it’s inside complex systems such as aircraft, cars and power plants where these sorts of problems could be life-threatening. Typically, this will be software taking inputs…
Financial planning is just as important working women because it will boost the family’s overall financial plan which includes goals like buying a car, house, retirement plan, children education & marriage etc. Representative Image | Photo Credit: Getty Images New Delhi: Financial planning is just as important for working women as it is for working men. A lot of working women despite managing the household finances proficiently, forget to plan their finances properly. While men in the house have set financial goals and have proper investment plans in order, women often do not have any such plans. Financial planning is just as…
Game of thrones has never been about giving readers or viewers what they most want. Its author and screenwriters prefer to build fan expectations, then overturn them for narrative impact and, sometimes, pure shock value. Yet, fans maintain hope that at least a few of the characters will reach a satisfying, well-deserved ending. So it’s time for the return of Game of Thrones Hope Chest, the weekly poll where we put all of our hopes together in one place. We aren’t asking what you think is going to happen on Game of Thrones. We’re asking: what do you most hope to see happen? This week,…
VIJAYAWADA: With allegations pouring in from various quarters that those at the helm of the Comprehensive Financial Management System (CFMS) are violating prescribed norms in clearing bills, the Finance department swung into action on Thursday to streamline the system. The CFMS has hit the headlines in the wake of the severe fund crunch facing the State government. It has been alleged that the powers that be had been processing bills in gross violation of standard procedures to benefit vested interests. A senior official on condition of anonymity told TNIE that, “It is not exactly an inquiry. Some streamlining in the…
Did you know that simplest form of the wave is sinusoidal in nature? The sinusoidal wave motion corresponds to Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM). SHM is defined as a motion in which the restoring force is directly proportional to the displacement of the body from its mean position. SHM is observed as a repetitive, back and forth motion. The motion which is repetitive and periodic in nature is said to be a simple harmonic motion. Due to the presence of restoring force the body oscillates in an SHM. Under the action of restoring force, the body is subjected to acceleration, making…
CHICAGO/SEATTLE (Reuters) – Boeing Co has told some 737 MAX owners it is targeting U.S. Federal Aviation Administration approval of its software fix as early as the third week of May and the ungrounding of the aircraft around mid-July, two sources told Reuters. The dates are part of a provisional timeline that Boeing has shared in meetings with airline customers as it explains an upgrade to software that played a role in two fatal crashes and led to the worldwide grounding of its MAX 737 jetliner in March. However, Boeing has not yet submitted its completed software package to the…
If you work in digital marketing, you’re probably familiar with how far organic reach has fallen on Facebook. Page managers can expect from about 1% to 6% of their audience to see a given organic post, down from an estimated 16% in 2012. Lush UK recently made headlines for abandoning its social accounts, taking a stance against the ever-elusive algorithms. But don’t fret—despite all the challenges, social remains a valuable channel if you take the right steps to maximize your impact. Three social influencers who have mastered the art of building personal brands that bring in business shared their tips on growing a following…