December 8th, 2012

Crowdsourcing Is Booming In Asia

Alec Lynch

Editor’s note: Alec Lynch is the founder and CEO of DesignCrowd, an Australia-based design crowdsourcing service that recently launched in India, Singapore, and the Philippines. 

When most people think of crowdsourcing, they think of websites like iStockphoto, Mechanical Turk, Threadless or Wikipedia. But not many people think of Asia. The truth is, crowdsourcing in Asia is secretly… → Read More

August 6th, 2012

99designs Makes Its First Acquisition, Scoops Up European Rival 12designer

99design

99designs, the polarizing crowdsourced design marketplace, announced its first acquisition tonight, as the Accel-backed startup scooped up its European rival, 12designer, for an undisclosed amount. In the near-term, 12designer will continue to operate as a standalone site.

Since raising $35 million from Accel, 99designs has been focused on international growth, said Patrick Llewellyn, the… → Read More

February 23rd, 2010

Boxee and Redux working to democratize the web

Finding quality video content on the web is hard. There’s too much porn, or too many lolcats derivatives, and not enough crazy music videos involving LEGOs. Following John’s Posterous is one good way to find serendipitous content you might enjoy, but there’s only one John, and he does occasionally sleep. If only someone would make an app to crowdsource my web viewing, so that only the best of the… → Read More