The burgeoning e-learning industry in Asia is expected to hit $12 billion by 2018 according to New Ambient Insight Report. Labeled as the second-highest (next to North America) self-paced e-learning market, countries such as Myanmar (50.2%), Thailand (43.7%) and...
Online Communities
Groups of individuals who share a common attraction for a belief, idea, product, brand, cause or business, and interact on web-based platforms
Ericsson Incorporates Crowdsourcing
Ericsson has launched a crowdsourcing component to its Networked Society City Index. Its aim is to measure the performance of cities from two perspectives: their information and communications tech maturity and their sustainable urban development; the Triple Bottom...
Solaborate Aids Social Collaboration for Tech Professionals
I always say that “likes do not save lives” and predict that the future will be about the emergence of web-based channels that allow you to be more productive with your online presence. I like to call this social productivity and I talk about it in a great...
KPMG: Businesses are Turning Crowdsourcing Communities into “Assets” to Build Value
KPMG’s global crowdsourcing tool, Crowd Connection® , powered by the Chaordix Crowd Intelligence™ offers organisations insights from a customisable online community to provide employee engagement, market intelligence, brand feedback and product co-creation and...
Heeeelp.Me: a Social Marketplace Redefining Community Solidarity
Heeeelp.me is an online platform that will allow everyday people to tell their story, explain their current situation and their need, set the amount of financial support they need and show their gratitude to supporters through unique services and rewards. Their USP is...
EdTech in Latin America: Three Trends to Watch
When it comes to technology’s education-related potential, it is largely the populations of developing economies who stand to benefit the most. This is certainly the case of Latin America, where the edtech market had a stellar 2012 and is poised to have an even better 2013.
A Quality Framework for Crowds
The number 1 issue facing the entire wave of crowdsourcing companies today is quality. Everyone can setup a service that is cheaper and has a faster turnaround time, but quality is holding the industry back.
Jokers In The Pack
Even as crowd sourcing platforms mushroom around us, some would succeed and most will fail. The jokers in the pack have an innate understanding of the crowd they’re going after. Kickstarter.com, Kiva.org are the ones who come to mind immediately.
HunchBuzz’s Crowdsourcing Helps Companies Reduce R&D Costs
HunchBuzz is a new New Zealand based startup on the block that provides cloud based customer & employee engagement platform. HunchBuzz enables entrepreneurs and businesses to strategically generate and manage innovative internal & external ideas, though...
Education for All (EFA) Uses Crowdsourcing to Solve Issues
There is no limit to the incredible — positive — impact that crowdsourcing has on any one opportunity. Crowdsourcing can be used to solve the most mundane of projects — to building the most advanced armored personnel carrier for the US military ....
Tim O’Reilly Speaks about the Crowdsourcing Community
Tim O’Reilly is such a wonderful speaker. I met him once at Tools of Change, in New York City. The conversation was very brief but I quickly realized why people gravitate to the man. During this TEDMED talk O’Reilly speaks about the power of communities. He...