Crowdsourcing
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‘The Girl in the Yellow Jumper’ is the first Ugandan film signed by Netflix
The Ugandan film, directed by Loukman Ali, teaches that the good thing to do is not always the right thing
Millions join search for missing Malaysia Airlines plane
A satellite firm that invited the public to find a plane that went missing in early March now has three-million people participating in the programme.
Wrapping up the web
There are many ways in which Kickstarter is inspired and brilliant, and there’s at least one way in which it is not.
We are all part of the hive
Imagine there was an force on the internet that could track you down within 24 hours, and deploy an army of foot soldiers to harrass you.
The kindness of strangers
Stop a passerby and ask them "what is the internet?" Their answer is guaranteed to focus on technology.
Ushahidi crowdsourcing website deployed in Haiti
Ushahidi, which means "testimony" in Swahili, is a website that was developed to map reports of violence in Kenya. Now, it’s been deployed in Haiti.