If you haven’t heard of the notion of Crowdsourcing, basically it involves using a massive community to develop ideas and projects for any entity, (something along the lines of open-source technology). There is usually a large base population submitting their ideas to an online pool. Users are then allowed to vote on the [...]

Remember when web 2.0 was the innovative new topic of conversation for everyone and their cubs? Facebook, Twitter, Digg completely changed the way many people interface with the internet. People of all ages, nationalities and socio-economic status have embraced this phenomenon of web 2.0 as their own. Really, it has become their [...]

Google introduced Sidewiki a short time ago as a tool for anyone to leave useful information about a website for others to stumble upon later. It’s an incredibly democratizing system because anyone can use it to post virtually anything on any site. That capability alone makes Sidewiki an irreplaceably valuable tool; however that’s [...]

Ben Stiller recently produced a viral video campaign based around Stillerstrong, a charitable farce on Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong campaign. Stiller’s aim has been to convince his viewers to support a desperately impoverished school in Haiti. Several celebrities, and even former American President Bill Clinton have sounded off for Stillerstrong. The site’s current [...]

Boxee’s latest beta release is pretty nice looking; offering a media center solution for those who don’t have—or for some reason hate—Windows Media Center. Boxee’s format is aesthetically appealing, but what’s most appealing about Boxee is its social tools.  For example, users are able to receive recommendations from friends on what to watch.
This social [...]