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May
11
Everyday Economy: Wanna trade? – The Spokesman Review
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Everyday Economy: Wanna trade?
The Spokesman Review, WA It was the same something different that Karla Turk decided to try this spring, in an effort to have her teeth straightened before her July wedding. Barter – the world's original form of economic exchange – is making a comeback during the recession. … |
May
08
Do we all work for Google now? – CNET News
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Do we all work for Google now?
CNET News, CA Google would need to copy Amazon and start their own Mechanical Turk. so that people can make pennies an hour assisting on building Google's Turk. Eventually they'll have their own Skynet… anyone else watch "The Sarah Connor Chronicles"? by dylerl … |
May
08
TechFlash | Top 100 Women in Seattle Tech – TechFlash
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TechFlash | Top 100 Women in Seattle Tech
TechFlash, WA Sharon Chiarella, vice president, Amazon Mechanical Turk, the Seattle company's work marketplace. Was a product manager for WebTV when it was acquired by Microsoft, later worked for Yahoo and Presto before joining Amazon. … |
May
07
Amazon Backs Foodista – Private Equity Hub
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Amazon Backs Foodista
Private Equity Hub, MA … by Amazon Web Services are Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), Amazon Flexible Payments Service (Amazon FPS), Amazon Mechanical Turk and … |
May
06
Small Businesses Will Inherit the Earth – Xconomy
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Small Businesses Will Inherit the Earth
Xconomy, MA Collaborative work management tools will be tightly integrated with online work marketplaces (LivePerson, eLance, RentaCoder) as well as crowdsourcing technologies (Amazon Mechanical Turk, Smartsourcing). Think of these solutions as part of a global … |
May
06
Amazon's Cloud Grows in Europe – BusinessWeek
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Amazon's Cloud Grows in Europe
BusinessWeek Businesses can also access Amazon's flexible payments service architecture, which the company uses for its $20bn per year ecommerce business. Meanwhile, Amazon Mechanical Turk is an online marketplace where people can offer payment for businesses and … |