reCAPTCHA: The Brilliant Business Model that Only One Man Could Create
reCAPTCHA’s founder used hidden crowdsourcing to solve two problems at once. But few have replicated his model.
reCAPTCHA’s founder used hidden crowdsourcing to solve two problems at once. But few have replicated his model.
What started as a social network for bookworms has turned into the largest site for readers and book recommendations with 65 million members, 2 billion books added, 68 million reviews. Goodreads leveraged crowdsourced reviews, a sticky offering (more you use it more valuable it is), and reaped the rewards when Amazon purchased them in 2013.
Apple ResearchKit – Crowdsourcing Medical Research. Is it a good idea by Apple? Why is Apple well positioned to deliver such a framework? Has it been successful?
Workers are disgruntled in Amazon’s MTurk marketplace, but can they successfully demand more rights?
Amazon has been successful in leveraging users to review its products … now, the integrity of those reviews are at stake.
With 22.5 billion kilometers logged and 100 million users, Waze has rapidly become the navigation app of choice.
And it got there through crowd-sourcing.
How Google had to adjust the openness of its Android platform, just as Apple had done before them
Amazon has become the third largest music subscription globally [1]. Should Apple and Spotify be scared? Yes.
Shopify burst on the scene in 2004 as a straightforward way for merchants to set up an online store at a hosted domain. The Canadian firm initially gained traction through its product superiority and affordability. Merchants and customers loved the […]
Apple’s high quality app marketplace effectively creates and captures value for themselves, developers, and users alike.