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A crowdsourcing startup, Microtask, is ripping crowdsourced labor into even smaller pieces. Microtask’s automated platform splits dull, repetitive tasks into tiny pieces and distributes them over the ...

DO one assigned task on your computer. It shouldn’t take you more than two seconds. Repeat 14,399 times. Congratulations! Your eight-hour work day is complete. No such workplace yet exists, but with ...

Demonstrating global appeal, Microtask’s online gaming experience combines entertainment and volunteer work for conserving Finnish cultural heritage Helsinki, Finland – 17th March 2011 – Europe’s ...

Microtask platforms recruit humans to do the rating, tagging, review-writing, and poll-taking work that can’t quite be automated with an algorithm yet. In the US, the most common such platform is ...

In a recently released memorandum, the IRS discussed the taxation of convertible virtual currency received in a crowdsourcing market. The issue presented in the chief counsel advice memorandum was “Is ...

At first glance, Microsoft's proposal to fill employees' spare time with small tasks seems like a boon for workplace productivity. Don't be fooled, Brien warns. I recently read a fascinating article ...

Information Analytics Di Gangi, Paul M.; Howard, Jack L.; McAllister, Charn P.; Thatcher, Jason Bennett. The Influence of Political Skill and Community Capabilities on Microtask Worker Hourly Wage: A ...