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The social gaming contest will have participants use technological and social resources to locate and photograph five “suspects” in five different cities—Washington, D.C., New York City, London,...
It uses crowdsourcing and collaboration at the heart of the challenge.The game can be played across all social channels.To start, here are some you need to know , according to the contest rules:...
Common Sense wants to help parents and young people become media critics, "who understand how digital media and marketing work, and who look for positive role models," Shenkan says....
The NBA is stepping up its social media coverage of the All-Star game this year, and is making some crowdsourcing-type changes to the Slam Dunk Contest, which they thought were worth quickly...
Crowdfunding innovator Return on Change, LLC (RoC) today announced an extension of their contest for game changing startups to register with the platform for a chance to win one of three $1,000...
Ardent fans and many industry veterans of the computer game industry advocate that the general lack of creativity in game development has caused a rippling effect that leaves leading and blooming game developers clinging to the hope of making the next “big come back” to wow gamers. Sadly, this has been far from reality for some; and in a world where only the best game developer gets to take home the bigger sales check, many have decided to blow open the doors of their own restricted environment to welcome a more democratic approach in game design.
In-game work does not conform to traditional employment law frameworks, but it still qualifies as work. Perhaps it has not developed to the point where an ethical judgment can be made as to whether...
The Phone-A-Friend “expert” gets the answer correct 65% of the time. Asking the audience, or crowdsourcing the decision, results in a correct answer 91% of the time.
One of the greatest crowdsourcing fails since the term was coined became official just a few days ago. Most people have never heard of Prizes.org, but they've probably heard of the company that half-heartedly ran the crowdsourced contest platform for less than a year before giving up on it.
Among the top six innovation ideas predicted to be growing even more in 2011, crowdsourced contestification or crowdsourced competitions rank first while technology ranks second. Thus, 2011 is a...
Many scientific advancements in prior centuries can be attributed to a single individual or, at most, two to three people that have either independently or jointly innovated. However, advances in technology, global communications and social interactions have meant that the 21st century will be recognized as the century where mass collaboration changes the paradigm.
Citizen Science has become more of a differentiator as scientists are now turning to crowdsourcing to engage large communities of home scientists to help process vast amounts of data and to draw accurate conclusions from scientific research.
We have seen a few examples of where crowdsourcing can lead to unpredictable outcomes or maybe an outcome that the crowd wants but where the minority knows better. This time we have the German's to thank for helping us raise a smile! If you want the crowd to be really creative and you are giving them free reign to use their imagination, you’d better be prepared for what they throw at you. This example might make you reconsider... Pril, a premium diswashing detergent by Germany based consumer brand giant Henkel is currently running a design contest asking consumers to relaunch the package design for a limitied edition campaign. Following a typical formulae, the 'My Pril’ platform allows users to submit their own layout and vote for the best design from the range of contributions.
BRINGING YOU CROWDSOURCING NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD 
Crowdsourcing is becoming an integral part of how enterprises conduct their research, product development, execution and marketing. Over the past twenty years most companies have had at least one eye on making their processes more efficient.
We shouldn't get so caught up in the buzz around crowdsourcing that we overlook how to talk about it as a process that needs refining. So how do we go about making crowdsourcing more efficient, more productive or just plain better?
There is a way to do this – more than one way, no doubt.
First, we need to think of the parameters.
With SpigitEngage for Facebook, organizations practice co-creation, tapping customer insights through idea generation, collaboration, contests and game dynamics. Using this fun, natural customer...
The winner of the winning banned word selection, the first among several to suggest it go by the by, will be honored with a ceremonious putting of the word slacks on paper (by Mary Norris of The...
Going forwards, Trophy Slots will not only use crowdsourcing to develop new game features, but also entirely new apps. For emerging app publishers, utilising the power of the community is a highly...
Earlier this year, Yannig Roth began to list all the creative crowdsourcing initiatives he could find, applied to Interbrand’s ranking of the 100 Best Global Brands. The result was this living post on his blog, which he's given us permission to re-post here.
As JetBlue launched the "ThinkUp" crowdsourcing campaign on Facebook in which the carrier is asking its US customers to "come up with an idea for JetBlue's first tablet...
Jana is the new name and brand of technology company txteagle. Inspired by the Sanskrit word for “people”, Jana has created the first large-scale platform to enable global organizations to engage...
This is a summary of South by Southwest’s talk “Getting a Crowd to Work for You: For Pay or Play?” featuring CrowdFlower founder Lukas Biewald and Kaggle founder Anthony Goldsbloom. They discussed how crowdsource work is transforming traditional business and research, provided background on their companies, and offered insights on the motivations of people involved with crowdsourcing.
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