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Very interesting take on banking services by Scred, for communities (global/virtual), which do away with issues of traditional banking such as bureaucracy, high capital requirement, regulations etc.
Open Data in government is a part of a growing movement where enlightened policy encourages the use of cloud computing, web 2.0 and social technologies to promote government transparency and...
As OGP, its member nations and their domestic partners work to bring ambitious open government plans to life, here are a few more things they should bear in mind: *Crowd-sourced sites which...
The open-source movement has proven to be a powerful force in our modern technological world. It began in the software industry and rose to prominence with the success of Linux. It is steadily...
Micha Benoliel, co-founder and CEO of Open Garden , explains why the solution could come in handy for many, especially when downloading videos, and what’s special about the version they launched:...
Maude promises developments in the transparency agenda, moving away from a simple accountability model and we may see an impact assessment of policy proposals on the benefits of Open Data.
While crowdfunding portals may not open their crowd funding marketplaces until the SEC finalizes its rules and guidelines, PeoplesVC has emphasized the need for small businesses (as well as...
"My open-source approach directly addresses the transparency concern. In the Public Sector Credit Framework, the rating is produced by a quantitative model that can take into account...
It is worth letting readers know that there are some criteria for making commitments. Specifically, any commitment must tackle at least one of the five “core" challenges: improve public...
Open source coding accounts for a significant portion of the United States’ $180 billion software industry: 90% of companies rely on third-party code for at least a portion (and sometimes the entirety) of their software projects. Approximately a third of the total revenue spent on the industry, $60 billion yearly, goes towards remedying defective software; in effect, bug squashing.
SourceNinja shared an infographic with us that details the total cost — in time, money, and resources — of bugs in open source code. Among other facts, like the impact of software defects on happiness and the frequency of security tests, the infographic reveals where troublesome bugs hide and how much they cost to repair. Coders, take note: squash those bugs before release and everyone will be better off.
Here are 10 steps that companies should follow to create and cultivate a successful open-innovation program: 1. Create a needs list 2. Define the company's core competencies 3. Initiate...
Last week Transparency Life Sciences launched as the world’s first drug development company that is based on Open Innovation. Crowdsourcing.org takes a look at Open Innovation in the scientific community to see how this could work in the world of medicine.
It was only a matter of time until we had an ethical shopping app, too. Open Label takes crowdsourced reviews to another level, letting consumers scan any barcode to generate user feedback on the...
With a Twitter following close to a million people, Liverpool discovered how a tweet can come back to bite you. Asking fans who they wanted to replace the fired Kenny Dalglish was interpreted as an...
A well written and thoughtfully presented article on how social media is changing the ways that companies interact with their customers to gain new insights and ideas through open innovation.
The article also includes a table containing the names, states, and contact information for the 87 Senators still serving that could have put the anonymous hold on this bill. Once a visitor clicks...
Citizen journalism has been shaking up the news industry for years already, and CNN's iReport section is one of many efforts by traditional news outlets to include citizen voices. Earlier this month, however, CNN launched a new effort, dubbed “Open Stories”, that aims to take that concept a step further by crowdsourcing coverage of important topics through a combination of citizen and professional journalists.
Harnessing the knowledge citizens and government employees share on social media applications in the public sector is a tricky challenge of the Government 2.0 era. Every day, thousands of citizens comment on government Facebook posts and blog entries or reshare information published on Twitter. Rarely has government had the opportunity to harvest innovative ideas and knowledge published through these channels. The main reason many agencies set up an organizational account is still “to be where the people are.” Recently, ‘open innovation’ platforms have started to address this disconnect, providing the public with the capability to interact and brainstorm alongside government officials. Simply put, these platforms make participating in government cool again.
Social media tools — such as blogs, Twitter and Facebook — are great channels to collect and encourage citizens to provide their insights on the issues and plans of government. Unfortunately, today’s standard social networking services do not have the capability to automatically extract and collate new knowledge or ideas from content that citizens are submitting through the existing commenting channels. In some cases, the sheer volume of comments makes proper analysis very difficult. The challenge is to extract new ideas or valuable insights from the influx of comments in a productive and efficient way. Open innovation platforms are designed to fill this gap.
They wrote about Diaspora looking to raise funds a bit ago. Sadly, they chose PayPal. Yesterday the project reported that PayPal had frozen its account after raising about $45,000. The good news...
Issa recently introduced a markup platform called MADISON (scroll down), and this week put it to the test. As part of the marathon, 2-day markup of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), Issa set up...
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