Pokemon hunt leads to glory for Google-born Niantic
Early Ingress fans submitted pictures of places as possible portals complete with satellite position metadata, essentially crowdsourcing a rich geo-location database that was put to use in Pokemon GO.
Sun Aug 14 2016
New airline pledges to donate half of profits to charity - if it can take off
A long-haul, low-cost airline People Over Profits, is in the works that pledges to donate half their profits to charities.
Tue Jun 28 2016
NASA turns to crowdsourcing and lets the public choose spacesuit design
NASA is using the crowdsourcing power of the web to help pick the final cover layer design for its next generation spacesuit.
Wed Apr 02 2014
MH370: Indian techie finds satellite image possibly of missing plane
The techie is among millions of people from across the globe involved in the crowd-sourcing to find the missing plane.
Wed Mar 19 2014
MH370: 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 crowd sourcing project of its kind.
Tue Mar 18 2014
MH370: Pulling in the power of the people
As the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 continues, a Longmont, Colorado company, Digital Globe announced a crowdsourcing platform.
Wed Mar 12 2014
Wikipedia sees future and threat in cell phones
Cell phones could be Wikipedia's path to global domination, but may also pose a risk to the crowdsourcing culture the online encyclopedia relies on, chief executive Sue Gardner says.
Thu Dec 13 2012