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Why Was Google's Gboard Giving Inappropriate Suggestions - and How Did It Mysteriously Stop?
The Gboard keyboard is great, but it can make some really inappropriate suggestions - and Google apparently has no idea how or why.
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NASA's 'Space Poop Challenge' Is Over And It Went Boldly Beyond The Diaper
During the 60-day challenge, 19,000 thinkers and inventors submitted 5,000 possible solutions. Some pooled their resources, working as teams. Others, like first-place designer Col. Thatcher R. Cardon, a physician and officer in the U.S. Air Force, thought up his design solo. Cardon's design, and the two other winning technologies, were announced We...
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Google's Crowdsource App Takes Your Help for Transcriptions and Translations
Google is asking general public to contribute and help to make its language services better through its app Crowdsource.
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ZTE Project CSX Launched to Crowdsource Ideas for 2017 Mobile Device
The company looks to narrow down an innovative concept by October this year, in order to use the rest of the time for development.
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Google Moderator Service to Shut Down on July 31
After July 1 the service will become a read-only platform and will be completely killed off by the end of that month.
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In Democracy and Disaster, Emerging World Embraces 'Open Data'
Last month's election in Indonesia highlighted how powerful open data can be in tandem with a handful of tech-smart programmers, social media savvy and crowdsourcing.
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Robots Could Effectively Augment Knowledge Through Crowdsourcing: Study
"We are trying to create a method for a robot to seek help from the whole world when it is puzzled by something."
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The hive mind at work: Twitch Plays Pokemon
Now into its third round, Twitch Plays Pokemon is changing the way we watch and play games.
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Millions join satellite search for missing plane
Three million people have joined an effort led by a satellite operator to locate the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, in what may be the largest crowdsourcing project of its kind.
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US firm puts crowdsourcing to work in search for missing Malaysian jet
At least 600,000 volunteers have logged onto a website run by DigitalGlobe Inc to scan satellite images the company uploaded.
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US company puts crowdsourcing to work in search for Malaysia Airlines jet
A Colorado-based company has put crowdsourcing to work in the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner, inviting internet users to comb through satellite images of over 1,200 square miles (3,200 square km) of seawater for any sign of wreckage.
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Global online freelancers remaking outsourcing industry
For freelancers, many face a precarious career not always getting paid for work completed and job opportunities not always being available.
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Crowdsourcing goes to Hollywood as Amazon makes movies
Amazon Studios currently has 21 movie projects and nine TV projects in development.
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To provide lowest airfare, startup turns to crowdsourcing
Travel search sites have made it easy to find the lowest available fares since pioneers like Expedia and Travelocity opened shop.
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Crowds create Wikipedia-style maps of the world
Various services have armies of unpaid contributors and their GPS-equipped smartphones, to map the world from scratch.
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Why Was Google's Gboard Giving Inappropriate Suggestions - and How Did It Mysteriously Stop?
The Gboard keyboard is great, but it can make some really inappropriate suggestions - and Google apparently has no idea how or why.
-
NASA's 'Space Poop Challenge' Is Over And It Went Boldly Beyond The Diaper
During the 60-day challenge, 19,000 thinkers and inventors submitted 5,000 possible solutions. Some pooled their resources, working as teams. Others, like first-place designer Col. Thatcher R. Cardon, a physician and officer in the U.S. Air Force, thought up his design solo. Cardon's design, and the two other winning technologies, were announced We...
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Google's Crowdsource App Takes Your Help for Transcriptions and Translations
Google is asking general public to contribute and help to make its language services better through its app Crowdsource.
-
ZTE Project CSX Launched to Crowdsource Ideas for 2017 Mobile Device
The company looks to narrow down an innovative concept by October this year, in order to use the rest of the time for development.
-
Google Moderator Service to Shut Down on July 31
After July 1 the service will become a read-only platform and will be completely killed off by the end of that month.
-
In Democracy and Disaster, Emerging World Embraces 'Open Data'
Last month's election in Indonesia highlighted how powerful open data can be in tandem with a handful of tech-smart programmers, social media savvy and crowdsourcing.
-
Robots Could Effectively Augment Knowledge Through Crowdsourcing: Study
"We are trying to create a method for a robot to seek help from the whole world when it is puzzled by something."
-
The hive mind at work: Twitch Plays Pokemon
Now into its third round, Twitch Plays Pokemon is changing the way we watch and play games.
-
Millions join satellite search for missing plane
Three million people have joined an effort led by a satellite operator to locate the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, in what may be the largest crowdsourcing project of its kind.
-
US firm puts crowdsourcing to work in search for missing Malaysian jet
At least 600,000 volunteers have logged onto a website run by DigitalGlobe Inc to scan satellite images the company uploaded.
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US company puts crowdsourcing to work in search for Malaysia Airlines jet
A Colorado-based company has put crowdsourcing to work in the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner, inviting internet users to comb through satellite images of over 1,200 square miles (3,200 square km) of seawater for any sign of wreckage.
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Global online freelancers remaking outsourcing industry
For freelancers, many face a precarious career not always getting paid for work completed and job opportunities not always being available.
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Crowdsourcing goes to Hollywood as Amazon makes movies
Amazon Studios currently has 21 movie projects and nine TV projects in development.
-
To provide lowest airfare, startup turns to crowdsourcing
Travel search sites have made it easy to find the lowest available fares since pioneers like Expedia and Travelocity opened shop.
-
Crowds create Wikipedia-style maps of the world
Various services have armies of unpaid contributors and their GPS-equipped smartphones, to map the world from scratch.
