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Crowdsourcing: Using the general public to do research or other work, which may or may not be paid. For example, Amazon.com's Mechanical Turk (www.mturk.com) enables people to enter a task...; Full Crowdsourcing Definition >>

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Google + reCAPTCHA could raise bar in anti-bot, anti-spam battle: Google buys an excellent crowd-sourcing tool and, by default, gets to raise the bar significantly in the fight against bots and spam. by Ryan Naraine; Tags: Google Inc., Anti-spam, Crowdsourcing, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2009-09-16
'Anonymous' group attempts DDoS attack against Australian government: Following a threat posted on YouTube a month ago, the the well known malicious pattern of the "Anonymous group" failed to materialize earlier today when the group attempted to launch a distributed denial of service DDoS attack against the web sites of Australia's Prime Minister and the Australian Communications and...; Tags: Government, Crowdsourcing, Distributed Denial Of Service, Security, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2009-09-09
How the Web OS has begun to reshape IT and business: What a BS conclusion ...Are you serious or just plain delusional???Using a server is not using cloud computing. In fact, any decent professional company would never even think about anything "cloud" except for basic web hosting.Let me just give you the top two most logical reasons why real companies...; Tags: Games, information technology, game, HTTP, crowdsourcing, Web, cloud computing; Discussion threads 2009-09-06
Is crowdsourcing a better choice for grading?: Today, tomorrow and self interestWith peer reviews, the problem is that the reviewers won't dare to criticize strongly. Or even at all...Their self interest is at stake: today they are the reviewers, but tomorrow their work will be reviewed by the same person whose work they are reviewing now. In...; Tags: Business ethics, fact statement, world view, crowdsourcing; Discussion threads 2009-08-07
Is crowdsourcing a better choice for grading?: According to an article I stumbled across tonight, one Duke University professor thinks so. In a blog post, the professor, Dr. Cathy Davidson, writes, I loved returning to teaching last year after several years in administration . . . except for the grading. I can't...; Tags: Student, Crowdsourcing, Blogging, Internet, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2009-08-06

(Images: Crowdsourcing for car design): (Images: Crowdsourcing for car design)Crowdsourcing for car design.I bet someone could come up with a futuristic concept but has the realistic idea which can be attained on the near future.; Tags: car design, crowdsourcing, car; Discussion threads 2009-06-23
Using Web 2.0 to reinvent your business for the economic downturn: At this point it's more than clear that 2009 will be a challenging year for a great many businesses. Most organizations these days are now actively engaged in activities that are taking a look at what they can do to make the best of the current economic situation. ...; Tags: Web, Software-as-a-service, Network, Crowdsourcing, Business, Enterprise 2.0, Organization, Chances, Refactoring, Web 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Channel Management, Managed Hosting, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Dion Hinchcliffe; Blog posts 2009-01-29
Honey I just blew up the ERP: Sigurd Rinde, one of my Irregular pals is also one of the sharpest people I know. He constantly challenges the status quo in a creative way. This morning's offering made me smile: Good thing about working from home is that I can watch webstreams from conferences -...; Tags: Innovation, Business Process, Accounting, Crowdsourcing, ERP, Sig, Dick, Steve, Effectiveness, Operational Planning, Web 2.0, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Business Operations, Internet, Finance, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2009-01-29
News to know: IE exploit; Windows Live; Crowdsourcing; Apple: Here are todayâ€™s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: Windows Live drops the ball on support Mary Jo Foley: Will the Microsoft Live Search turmoil ever end? Gizmodo: The Definitive Coast-to-Coast...; Tags: Crowdsourcing, Microsoft Windows Live, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Macworld Expo, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-12-18
Crowdsourcing the masses - 2009 social media predictions: Crowdsourcing the masses - 2009 social media predictionsSocial Media's not just for marketing. It could revolutionize business 2.0Most of the social media hype has centered around marketing. But we are increasingly moving to a point where we can crowdsource core business functions. Check out a great example here:(The link below...; Tags: social media, social media prediction, crowdsourcing; Discussion threads 2008-12-17
Crowdsourcing the masses - 2009 social media predictions: On Monday, Peter Kim released 2009 social media predictions after researching via the only way social media predictions should be done -- crowdsourcing. It was a brilliant move on his part considering that user-generated content is a key foundation of the industry itself. The report he published is, as would...; Tags: Crowdsourcing, Social Media, Social Media Prediction, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-12-17
Crowdsourcing? Try expert sourcing: Corporate America has hopped on the crowd sourcing bandwagon, but they may want to start considering another option: Expert sourcing. That's one of the big takeaways from a report by Forrester Research. Forrester analyst Chris Townsend writes: Corporate use of Innovation Networks is rapidly expanding as...; Tags: Sourcing, Crowdsourcing, Forrester Research Inc., Expert Sourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-10-06
The Dark Side Of Web 2.0 And Technology Populism: So before my flight West today, I picked up the recent Jeff Howe book Crowdsourcing. I was looking for a little inspiration for a speech I'm giving at Forrester's Business & Technology Leadership Forum on a trend we call "Technology Populism." Like other edgy, Web 2.0-ey books of our era...; Tags: Web, Crowdsourcing, Story, United Airlines, Channel Management, Web 2.0, Marketing, Internet, Matthew Brown; Blog posts 2008-09-11
Images: Crowdsourcing for car design: With population growth and the environment in mind, French automaker Peugeot gets designers to propose far-out ideas for future city driving. by CNET News.com; Tags: Car, Crowdsourcing, Manufacturing, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-09-01
HiveLive launches enterprise community platform: HiveLive has joined the growing number of companies focused on delivering social software, or a community platform with wikis, blogs, and forums, to enterprises. HiveLive calls itself as â€œthe first community platform to seamlessly integrate social networks with information networks.â€ It's not clear what the phrase means, but the foundation...; Tags: Crowdsourcing, HiveLive, Community Platform, Wiki, Online Communications, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-11-05
A checkpoint on Web 2.0 in the enterprise, Part 2: A new survey of the personal use of Web 2.0 applications by CIOs emerged late last week and provided another interesting, if high-level, datapoint about the future of Web 2.0 in the enterprise. Carried out by CIO Insight, the survey reported the usual trends like high rates of use...; Tags: Web, Web 2.0, AJAX, Network, Ruby On Rails, Idea, Product, Business, Amazon.com Inc., Semantic Web, Office 2.0, Jury, Dion Hinchcliffe; Blog posts 2007-08-27
Enterprise 2.0 as a corporate culture catalyst: Ive only recently had a chance to catch up and read Tom Davenports post a few weeks ago about his skepticism of Enterprise 2.0s ability to wreak significant cultural and hierarchical change inside organizations. Those of you tracking the Enterprise 2.0 story know the drill, namely that applying Web 2.0...; Tags: Wikis, Web 2.0 Platforms, Web 2.0, User Generated Content, Tagging, Social Software, Social Computing, SOA, Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, SaaS, RSS, Products, Network Effects, Mashups, Governance, Enterprise Wikis, Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Mashups, Enterprise 2.0, Crowdsourcing, Collective Intelligence, Collaboration, Business Process Management, Business Models, Blogs, ATOM, Architecture of Participation; Blog posts 2007-05-05
Crowd-sourcing fashion design: Fashmatch.com allows you to mix and match pictures of real shoes, clothing and accessories...and then it doesnt let you buy the whole outfit with the simple push of a button.Instead, it gives you links to manufacturers websites where you can purchase each item individually...at full price. (I think theyre missing...; Tags: General; Blog posts 2007-04-23
More results on use of Web 2.0 in business emerge: The last few weeks have seen a series of interesting new reports, studies, and papers on the past, present, and future of Web 2.0 concepts and applications as applied to businesses. Most notable for many industry watchers have been fairly rigorous new works by McKinsey & Company as well...; Tags: Crowdsourcing, Enterprise 2.0, Collaboration, Collective Intelligence, Business Process Management, Architecture of Participation, Blogs, Business Models, Wikis, Web services, Web as Platform, Web 2.0 Platforms, Web 2.0, User Generated Content, Two-Way Web, Social Software, Social Networking, Social Media, SOA, RSS, Open APIs, Mashups, Lightweight Service Models, Hype, Governance, Global SOA, Enterprise Wikis, Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Mashups; Blog posts 2007-04-03
News to know: Oracle vs. SAP; YouTube battle; Crowdsourcing: Notable headlines:Motion-sensing comes to mobile phones. Gallery right.Larry Dignan: Oracle sues SAP; alleges ‘corporate theft on a grand scale." Full complaint. Joshua Greenbaum: The Lawsuit As Barometer: SAP Finally Scores Big with TomorrowNow.NBC, News Corp. push new Web rival to YouTube. NewTube: Will video content really be king? MSN Soapbox:...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), YouTube Inc., crowdsourcing, SAP AG, Microsoft Windows Vista, Oracle Corp.; Blog posts 2007-03-23