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A new study by the World Bank Group’s infoDev program shows that virtual online currencies and digital work now provide real income opportunities to poor and unskilled workers in developing...
"The Government of Canada is investing in the people and ideas that drive the digital economy," said Minister Paradis. "This new program will help more than 600 small- and...
Manifest Digital, a Chicago-based interactive design agency, and its founding partner, Jim Jacoby, announced today a crowd-funding campaign on Kickstarter.com. Its goal is to inspire a new...
Thierry Happe, president and cofounder of the Netexplorateur Observatory, describes the following trends: 1. CrowdMash or Web 2.0 is the interconnection of people in groups not well defined,...
Today's documentary filmmakers, exhibiting a strong postmodernist self-awareness of the blurred and murky lines crisscrossing vérité and agenda filmmaking, are more inclined to believe that,...
For Now mobile phones and other handheld, internet-connected gadgets are now taking off across Africa just as they already have in developing Asia and other regions. Not only will this bring paid...
A growing number of crowdsourcing and “microwork” platforms employ unskilled workers in digital tasks ranging from pattern recognition to data input. This “virtual economy” of digital goods and...
But while the spotlight moved on, the idea of harnessing the crowd moved from an idealist vision to a more practical reality, in more understated ways.
Aaron Koblin is an artist specializing in data and digital technologies his work creations of digital art formed from real-world and community generated data. His projects have been shown at international festivals including Ars Electronica, SIGGRAPH, OFFF, the Japan Media Arts Festival, and TED.
Aaron’s work represents some of the best examples of how masses of otherwise innocuous information can be processed to create beautiful, but equally complex visualizations of data derived from thousands of individual actions. Aaron has also been experimenting with the aggregation of data derived from the collective actions of individuals.
Surely companies that seek to raise funds from outsiders should be required to provide basic disclosures about their operations and financial condition. Background checks always should be required...
Iceland’s progressiveness in embracing modern technology is astounding. In fact, Iceland’s 2011 Constitutional Council crowdsourced its constitution, turning to social media sites to make the...
The world at large is witnessing the rapid expansion of the digital economy. This in part due to the ever decreasing cost of connectivity devices and the now affordable cost of broadband...
Global Women is New Zealand’s top network of businesswomen, and the Forum is a unique opportunity to challenge thinking about trends influencing New Zealand Inc., the social impact of diversity and...
A worldwide survey developed by blur Group showed that nearly half of entrepreneurs and start-ups are developing ‘knowledge-as-a-service’ (KaaS) business models and crowdsourcing is a popular method to jump-start projects.
The study had reviewed the 1,546 members that had particpated on the Innovatrs Exchange www.innovatrs.com , an innovation platform where corporations worldwide can discover, partner with or invest in innovative startups and entrepreneurs.
Crowdsourcing.org interviewed Philip Letts, the founder and CEO of blur Group, a London based international crowdsourced creative group with 11,784 creatives all over the world delivering relevant design, marketing, advertising, media and ideation services. Its main clients are CNN, Financial Times, GE Healthcare and Ralph Lauren.
ItsNoon is a free and open knowledge-creation digital platform. With it, users can create and display audiovisual works, radio shows, podcasts, pictures, illustrations, and written text, and be...
Developed by two idealistic Canadians and two open-minded Americans, the Cloud Labor platform CloudFactory, lauched this week in San Francisco, is an ambitious project based in Kathmandu, Nepal, with an objective to bring new opportunities of work to people in developing countries to help fight poverty.
Crowdsourcing.org had the opportunity to interview Tom Puskarich, VP Business Development of CloudFactory while he was in San Francisco for the launch of the platform at TechCrunch's Disrupt conference. We learned that CloudFactory is following a similar model to established providers such as CrowdFlower, Microtask and others. CloudFactory allows businesses to design virtual assembly lines for all types of digital work such as inputting data from handwritten forms, extracting data from images, flagging bad content and categorizing things. However, “The main difference between CloudFactory and its competitors is its free self-serve toolset that allows users to set-up their own workflows” Tom Puskarich, VP Business Development, informed us.
Strategy and technology for digital citizenship, new economies, crowdsourcing and other forms of social innovation.
Brazil is in the midst of an economic boom, byproducts of which include falling unemployment rates, less people below the poverty line, improved welfare packages and empowered consumers. As more money circulates, the country's economic situation continues to improve — and this the upward trend looks set to continue.
With an economic backdrop that has raised confidence levels, an opportunity prevails for those companies that are ready and willing to innovate and push the boundaries of creative design to new levels. Having survived the brutal economic conditions of recent times, there is a new sense of optimism among Brazilian companies for the first time since 2008 as they face their foreign competitors.
One of the advantages purported by the forgers of the new crowdsourcing economy is the cost advantage provided by greater levels of savings through labor arbitrage. Digital workers are becoming increasingly connected, stocking the armory that drives this new global workforce. The crowdsourcing model provides cost savings tied to manpower, research and development for foreign companies — among many other benefits — but here in Brazil, where the economy is booming, the scenario is slightly different. Concern for cost reduction exists, obviously, but Brazilian companies that incorporate crowdsourcing practices in their business model do so largely because those practices project a higher value throughout the company's business model, connecting all the market players in an integrated manner beneficial to the company.
"Crowdsourcers" is one of the disruptive forces that stand out as game-changers for the year ahead. Talk about outside-the-walls innovation. Many organizations will increasingly be...
The T-shirt Issue is an interdisciplinary collective that combines fashion, design and technology into unique basic apparel, ranging from daily wearables to conceptual installations. The company’s products are made in a new digital environment that allows reconstruction of every piece of clothing from the core to any degree of complexity. With this new approach the TShirt Issue has established a new dimension in which 2D, 3D and the space in between is reconsidered and experimented with. The team is composed of talented art and fashion designers including Murat, Linda, Rozi, April, Severin, and Hande. Thanks to Rozi for handling the replies on the interview!
Founded in 2010, the industry website, Crowdsourcing.org, is a neutral organization dedicated solely to crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. As one of the most influential and credible authorities in the crowdsourcing space, Crowdsourcing.org is recognized worldwide for its intellectual capital, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding practice expertise and unbiased thought leadership.
