Will Waze Be Facebook’s Next Instagram?

It worked so well the first time that CEO Mark Zuckerberg seems to be making a similar play.
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Google Maps North Korea

Google Inc. on Tuesday revised its Google Maps application to add information for North Korea, which has been blank since it started providing maps online and for mobile devices eight years ago, and included outlines of some of the country’s notorious, city-sized prison camps.

Moovit Powers Public Transit App With the Wisdom of the Crowd

Simply put, it’s like Waze for public transit.
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Quirky Collects $68M for Crowdsourced Gadgets

Quirky’s community collaborates on fanciful physical products and then shares the revenue.
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Wikipedia Mounts Massive Monthlong Photo Competition

The crowdsourced online encyclopedia would like to be more of a picture book.
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ProPublica’s New App Explains Why the President Sent You That Email

We aren’t just voters anymore — we’re customers.
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reCAPTCHA Founder’s Duolingo Teaches Languages While Crowdsourcing Translation

Luis von Ahn, the crowdsourcing pioneer who developed reCAPTCHA, has come up with the perfect crowdsourcing project.
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Five Big Ideas That Could Transform the Future of Commerce

If you’re involved in any aspect of commerce and the supply chain, these ideas should definitely be on your radar.

Videogames Using the Power of Fans to Get a Kick Start

Videogames are fast becoming one of the most popular categories that are able to attract start-up capital from everyday people.
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