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Amazon announced on Wednesday that they would soon be launching a new service called Kindle Worlds, which would allow fanfiction authors to publish their works on the Kindle store and receive...
Crowdfunding was popularized by sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo that present underfunded projects for people to throw money at if they want to see them completed. Nintendo’s parody, the...
James Fiorentini, the mayor of Haverhill, MA, has recently put out the call to the residents of his town: find potholes for us to fix, and get a chance to win one of three $25 gift certificates...
Throughout the Boston story unfolding, internet denizens gathered on social media outlets, mainly Reddit, to collect information, speculate on as-yet-uncovered details, and attempt to reduce...
PucaTrade.com aims to change the process of exchanging trading cards between collectors, and it’s doing it through crowdsourcing. The driving concept is that of Collaborative Consumption, where...
The incremental approach to crowdsourcing involves a time-consuming but vigorous process of polling, discussion, and idea submission, with each cycle adding a tiny bit to the final product. It’s...
With an industry as fickle, high-minded, and individualistic as fashion, one would think leaving the big decisions to the crowd would be a good way to fast-track your designs to the bargain bin....
Game company Wizards of the Coast announced today that their trading card game Magic: The Gathering would be beginning the fourth iteration of their You Make The Card (YMTC) project, starting...
As far as names go, "P4" and "P5" are not very exciting, especially considering that they're supposed to represent distant celestial bodies. The SETI Institute (Search for...
Crowdfunding has really come into its own as a subject worth introducing to my readers. To that end, I was thrilled when I discovered an excellent guide on how someone with no knowledge of...
Some time ago, I interviewed Ryan Walsh, the lead singer and guitarist for the Hallelujah The Hills. He had just begun a project that asked fans to submit their own musical interpretation of the...
Attention entrepreneurs! CrowdsUnite has emerged as a deadly useful new service, making its way onto the scene with the intention of connecting you with the perfect platform for crowdfunding your...
A crowdfunding campaign on the platform Jewcer aims to fuel a sequel to the Jewish cult comedy "The Hebrew Hammer". The campaign has already raised $40,000 of its $200,000 goal, with...
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts have recently created AutoMan, a new cloud labor algorithm that intends to outsource not the worker, but the boss.
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts have recently created AutoMan, a new cloud labor algorithm that intends to outsource not the worker, but the boss. New Scientist's Douglas Haven...
At the most basic level, TaskRabbit provides more variety in terms of which tasks they'll post. Ziptask mainly focuses on Microsoft Office and other computer work, while TaskRabbit has been...
Tthe human brain has only a certain amount of decision-making power before its effectiveness drops off steeply. Even when the decisions are mundane or low-risk, the simple act of repeatedly...
Even the police aren’t above the law when it comes to outsourcing! It’s always a great idea to double- and triple-check the laws before you outsource any work to an outside firm, especially when...
There really isn’t any other service like Ziptask that focuses exclusively on Microsoft Office for the majority of its work. Many other freelancing and task-outsourcing networks prefer to focus...
There’s a new trend that’s begun to rear its head in outsourcing. Hiring someone designated to catch crap is a widely practiced business strategy, but now it’s being taken literally; towns and...
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