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Harness the capacity of 2 billion people in over 80 countries to accomplish work with unprecedented speed, scale and quality. via txteagle.com Overview from the site: "txteagle helps companies increase productivity, reduce expenses and gain new insights by harnessing the power of a massive, low cost workforce in the developing world. The company has developed a patent-pending platform that is enabling approximately 2 billion mobile phone subscribers in 80 countries to earn money or airtime by doing work on a phone or desktop computer. Major applications of the txteagle platform include business process outsourcing (e.g., forms processing, translation, audio transcription, fact checking) and local knowledge gathering (e.g., business information, investment/market research, points of interest). Founded by former MIT faculty member Dr. Nathan Eagle and Dr. Ben Olding from Harvard’s Statistics Department, txteagle has raised funding from top-tier investors that include Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Flywheel Ventures and Esther Dyson."

Summary Gives an overview of what Txteagle is and of how it has helped mobile phone subscribers from 80 countries earn an extra income.

Description The company has developed a patent-pending platform that is enabling approximately 2 billion mobile phone subscribers in 80 countries to earn money or airtime by doing work on a phone or desktop computer.

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