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Hatari: Battling Corruption in Kenya
In the 2011 edition of the Corruption Perceptions Index, Kenya is ranked one of the most corrupt countries in the world, coming in at #154 out of 182 countries on a list that ranks countries from least corrupt to most…
February 4th White House Calls for Balance in Fighting Piracy and Promoting Innovation
A recent White House statement, made in response to the fall of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), has pointed out the need to create legislation that will prevent piracy but also not put other forms of innovation and personal…
DSM’s Open Innovation Challenge Awards a Trip to the London Olympics
DSM, a science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, has just announced the launch of an open innovation contest that challenges designers and creative thinkers to develop high-quality sports equipment using the company’s own Arnitel® Eco material. A thermoplastic co-polyester…
Daily Crowdsource New Year Giveaway
Daily Crowdsource is pleased to announce the publication of a complete Industry Report on Microtasking for Quarter 3 of 2011. Though the full report is available for purchase, we’re giving away a free preview to everyone who fills out this…
Use of Crowdsourcing in Medical Field Allows for More Efficient Health Care
As political pundits weave their way through state after state, a hot button issue will continue to find an effective way to manage the country’s increasingly discombobulated (and expensive) health care system. One solution? Crowdsourcing. In a recent article, author…
The Philippines Crowdsource Tourism Campaign
The Government of the Philippines has launched a new campaign in an attempt to attract more tourists to the country. Countries all around the world invest millions of dollars every year as they seek to attract more visitors, but the…
English Wikipedia Shuts Down in Opposition of SOPA/PIPA
On January 16th, the Wikipedia community decided to shut down the public information sharing site for 24 hours today in a protest against the United States’ proposed legislation: The U.S. House of Representation’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the…
Capital Creation and Crowdfunding Conference New York Jan 23rd
You’ve heard about the U.S.’s involvement with capital formation, job creation, and the crowdfunding bill. You’ve witnessed changes in the capital markets and economic system, and you’ve watched how the Internet and mass media has, in recent years, revolutionized everything…
Dutch Magazine Sprout Awards Martijn Arets “Best Entrepreneur 2011.”
A Dutch magazine called Sprout nominated 20 entrepreneurs as the best entrepreneurs of 2011. Readers were then asked to vote for their favorite entry. Martijn Arets, whose project became first successfully completed crowdfunding project on Sybmid, mobilized the readership and…
India Turns to Crowdsourcing for Tackling Traffic Violations
The use of crowdsourcing and social networking sites to police street traffic is slowly gaining popularity in India, the latest of a few countries to undertake this practice. The traffic police of the nation’s cities, including Pune, Chennanai, and Delhi…
[Crowd Leader: Ville Miettinen] How Crowdsourcing is Helping Conservationists to Save Endangered Species
Given crowdsourcing is based on crowd participation, it is unsurprising that the most successful crowdsourcing projects often involve popular causes or relate to subjects lots of people find fascinating. Based on this understanding, the Zoological Society of London’s (ZSL) new Instant…
Lucky Ant Helps Local Businesses Enlist the Help of Neighbors
Jonathan Moyal, the founder of Lucky Ant, officially opened his new company for business on January 2nd.. Lucky Ant provides New York City start-ups with opportunities to gain exposure and raise funds for projects. Every week, the website features one…
New Crowdfunding Initiative Saves One of the World’s Most Biodiverse Places
Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park is recognized by the scientific community as being one of the one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. Covering an area of 9,823 km², the park holds several records for the number of animal species that…
StartersFund Launches Soon-to-Be Global Equity-Based Crowdfunding Platform
There is good news for technology entrepreneurs: StartersFund launched a Pan-European equity-based crowdfunding platform on the first day of 2012. Equity-based crowdfunding means that the amount of capital invested in a company is divided among the shareholders who own it….
BetterLesson: Crowdsourcing For a Better Education
Alex Grodd, a former teacher in charter schools and Teach for America, is applying the crowdsourcing model to improve education. In 2009 he created and launched BetterLesson, an online platform designed with teachers in mind. BetterLesson allows teachers in the…
The Haas School is Involved in a Million Dollar Open Innovation Challenge
The Million Dollar Open Innovation Challenge is sponsored by Zazzle, who offers customers an online web platform where they can create their own merchandise by uploading images. Only 25 students will be invited by the Haas-Berkeley’s School’s Center for Open…
Could Too Much Sharing Be Helping Criminals Crowdsource Information for Their Crimes?
Earlier this month, UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office issued a call for tech firms to take greater responsibility when sharing location data and when giving opportunity to its users to do so. According to the organization, geo-location tagging raises several security issues…
New Crowdsourced Apps Help Prevent Sexual Assault
Sexual assault remains a serious problem, especially amongst college-aged women. With statistics that indicate 1 in 5 college women report a case of sexual assault, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) posted a crowdsourcing challenge on the…
Crowdsourced Historians Boost Holocaust Research
A new partnership between genealogy website Ancestry.com and researchers at the U.S. Holocaust Museum is looking to make searching and recording the past easier for everyone. This unique crowdsourcing project, which was set up in response to the thousands of…
Innovative Food Waste Recycling Project Launches Crowdfunding Campaign at Kickstarter
Throw To Grow, a new food waste recycling program based in Honolulu, HI, has launched a Kickstarter campaign. The company hopes to raise $15,000 to fund its innovative research project as well as an educational program aimed at teaching kids…
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