Bracket Madness!
Dominate Your Bracket With March Madness Technology
HowSocial Media Posts Can Harm Your Injury Case change your privacy settings Make sure your privacy settings are set so that only friends and family can see what you post, but remember that even if you do that, nothing on social media is truly private. censor your posts Make sure to avoid posting images of yourself drinking or partying. These images are notorious for being taken out of context and harming injury cases. Google Cloud’s Student-Led Analytics It’s one thing to know the numbers; it’s a whole other ball game to understand what they mean. That’s where Google Cloud’s analytics team comes in to help. In 2018, Google partnered with the NCAA to offer live gameplay analysis, and in 2019, the tech giant hired more than 30 college students to contextualize the numbers throughout the tournament. Google’s steps for 2020 remain a mystery, but you can view past records and data at Cloud.WithGoogle.com/marchmadness. The NCAA’s Original Bracket Challenge In 1939, Oregon University became the first team to win March Madness, defeating Ohio State University 46-33 in an eight- team tournament. By 1985, the tournament had grown to 64 teams, and the bracket was born. With that kind of history, there’s no better place to create your bracket than with the hosts of spring’s best sporting event: the NCAA’s digital hub. NCAA.com offers you team analysis, real-time updates, and a home for your bracket. With an easy-to-use platform, you don’t have to be a college basketball expert or technology whiz to make your choices and follow your team all the way to the championship. always double-check friend requests Finally, don’t accept any new friend requests unless you personally know the person and can verify their identity. Nobody wants to be injured and nobody wants to worry about insurance companies twisting, manipulating, and using images posted to social media against them. If you’ve been injured, give Premier Law Group a call at 425-247-3333 to learn more about how we can help you settle your claim as quickly and painlessly as possible.
It takes some serious basketball knowledge — and a lot of luck — to successfully predict the outcome of March Madness. Whether you’re an average hoops fan or an expert, it’s more difficult than you might think. The Smithsonian estimates the odds of a perfect bracket are 1 in 9.2 quadrillion. But gone are the days of relying on the most intimidating mascot to make your decisions. Try to beat those odds with these March Madness technologies. Adobe’s Hack the Bracket What if there was a tool that could compare free-throw percentages or shot accuracy between opponents? Well, now there is! For the past two years, Adobe has offered its data analytics software with a simple-to-use system, Hack the Bracket. The program breaks down points, mistakes, fouls, win percentages, and other statistics into side-by-side comparisons. The software also calculates the percentage of a team winning or losing, giving users a closer look at the game.
When you bring an injury case, insurance companies use three main avenues to damage your case: your credibility, the legitimacy of your injuries, and the causal relationship between your injuries and the crash. Insurance companies will use anything they can as evidence against you, including anything you post on social media. It’s important to remember that things you post to social media can be taken out of context and used against you in a courtroom. Unfortunately, even if you do the best possible job configuring your privacy settings to protect yourself, insurance companies can easily turn what felt like a harmless status update into a reckless mistake. Attorneys from the other side can easily access anything you post once it is determined to be “relevant” to your injury case. Once a post is out there, they can and will use it against you. These days, it can be tough to stay off social media entirely. But if you’ve been injured and you’re filing a lawsuit, you should do the following: limit your posts and check-ins Tell your friends and family to avoid posting about your accident and injury too. 2 www.premierlawgroup.com | 206-285-1743
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