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  • A service ChaCha adds $7M funding to $69M total


    Gadget ReviewsAuthority Authority: 160
    Indiana-based startup ChaCha was founded in 2006 as a cross between Ask.com and the Mechanical Turk: Users would ask a question, and they’d be connected to another human being who would provide an answer in a real-time chat session. In short, it didn’t work out.In early 2008, ChaCha ditched that business and ...
    1 week ago
  • Crowdsourcing from the Developing World


    WebWorkerDailyAuthority Authority: 667
    Last month saw the launch of CrowdFlower , an interesting venture that applies Dolores Labs’ Labor-as-a-Service platform to the non-profit “micro employment” foundation Samasource . We’ve previously covered web-based labor and outsourcing services — notably Shorttask and Amazon’s Mechanical Turk ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Apple Gets Tough on Cheaters, Nukes 1000+ Apps


    Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.comAuthority Authority: 158
    The sheer size of Apple’s app store makes it difficult for independent developers to stand out from the crowd. read more
    3 weeks ago
  • Prisoners Dilemma and Mechanical Turk


    A Computer Scientist in a Business SchoolAuthority Authority: 91
    I have been reading lately, about the differences between mathematical models of behavior and real human behavior. So, I decided to try on Mechanical Turk the classical game theory model of Prisoners Dilemma . (See also Brendans nice explanations and diagrams if you have never been exposed to game theory before.) ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Make Extra Cash: Amazon’s Mechanical Turk


    Today's Top Voted BookmarksAuthority Authority: 156
    Make Extra Cash: Amazon’s Mechanical Turk If youre looking for a way to make extra money, you should check out Amazons Mechanical Turk. Mturk allows you to complete simple tasks to earn money, either cash or Amazon.com gift cards. You can easily do this in your spare time. You wont get rich off of it, but its extra ...
    3 weeks ago

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