Making Sense of Millions of Amazon Reviews Using SQL, Spark and Python
Right after the final presentation — look at the happy faces! This is a story of three simple students (Srivatsan Ramesh, Arpita Shah and yours truly) from a non-CS background who worked on Amazon reviews to make better sense of them. We worked on this as...
Google Search — How A Master’s Thesis Became An Idea Worth $70 Billion
What most of you might know is that the Google Search that you currently know and use began as a Master’s thesis that Larry Page and Sergey Brin worked on back in 1996, that revolutionized the way people looked at search engines. However, what most do not know is that...
How Drones Are Changing The World
When we think of drones, we imagine playing in the playground with a remote controller. Little do we know that they’re changing the world.
70% of People Worry About Fake News— And How Google Combats It
We all know fake news is a nuisance. But, can it cause economic outrage? Can it instigate a genocide? Even more important, can we control it?
Why Amazon is Rightly Valued at $1,000,000,000,000
If Amazon was a person, and the person spent 100$ every day, they could live comfortably for the next 27 million years. So, how did a company that started out as an online book store reach this monstrous state with no stopping it?
How To Create A Slack Bot That Messages All Members Of A Workspace — In 8 Minutes
So, a few months back I created a Slack workspace for people from various walks to come together to share interesting articles, videos and podcasts — think of it as a place where you find something interesting to read from various domains such as business, education,...