Tag Archives: crowd sourcing

Google Translator Kit: Automated Translation Meets Crowdsourcing

Via Tech Crunch by Robin Wauters Only a handful of blogs picked up on Google’s fresh Translator Toolkit, which the company launched yesterday by means of a blog post, but this new service really deserves a second look, if only … Continue reading

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Tipd Offers Crowdsourced Financial Advice

Via Mashable October 14, 2008 – 5:00 am PDT – by Stan Schroeder9 Comments Since the beginning of Digg’s immense popularity, both as a fun site that brings you fresh crowdsourced news and as a source of traffic for news sites, … Continue reading

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Digg’s Recent Bans and the Limits of Crowdsourcing

Via Mashable October 8, 2008 – 2:36 pm PDT – by David Chen16 Comments Several weeks ago, Digg made online headlines when it banned several dozen of its users, some of which were among its most highly ranked contributors (including Reg “Zaibatsu” … Continue reading

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Use Google Moderator To Crowdsource Group Questions

Via Tech Crunch by Michael Arrington on September 25, 2008 Google Moderator launched this evening, a simple tool that helps groups determine which questions should be asked at all hands meetings, conferences, Q&A sessions, etc. The idea is that there … Continue reading

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Use Google Moderator To Crowdsource Group Questions

Via Tech Crunch by Michael Arrington on September 25, 2008 Google Moderator launched this evening, a simple tool that helps groups determine which questions should be asked at all hands meetings, conferences, Q&A sessions, etc. The idea is that there … Continue reading

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Wisdom of the Crowds Isn’t the Answer for Everything

Via Mashable September 15, 2008 – 8:55 pm PDT – by Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins 7 Comments Last week, I wrote an editorial entitled “When it Comes to Politics, Don’t Listen to Me.”  It was fairly well recieved, at least by … Continue reading

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Ask500People Revamped for Better Crowdsourcing

Via Mashable by Leslie Poston 3 Comments I am all about applications and sites that tap into the power of the lazyweb, and Ask500People definitely falls into that category. We reviewed Ask500People when it launched, and over the past few … Continue reading

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