Tag: CROWDSOURCING

First launched in 2009, Twitter has just overhauled its 'gameified' Translation Center. It now has a very shiny UI, and voting on suggested translations or adding your own is easier than ever. Translating phrases earns you experience points, and ultimately yields level-ups. You don't actually get anything by leveling up -- you just end up at the top of a feel-good leader board. If you're an ...

Netflix has been a pioneer in the online retail space by providing automated recommendation services that can help you find items that you might like based on your previous video rentals, ratings, and other data. But for the past few years, Netflix has been trying to make its algorithm at least a little bit better through the Netflix Prize contest, which offers cash in exchange for significant ...

Yahoo! and Reuters started accepting photos and videos of news events from users all over the internet to use in related online news articles this week. Both companies plan on taking advantage of the many people worldwide that use mobile devices and digital cameras to take shots of breaking news, aka crowdsourcing. This new program will be called You Witness News, with Reuters planning on ...