While there are some pretty nifty machine-based language tools out there, no machine will ever trump human translation. Machine-based tools are fine for simple greetings and pleasantries. However, only human Continue reading »

Have you got a few minutes to spare to help make government activities more transparent? Watchdog organization The Sunlight Foundation launched a new project called TransparencyCorps today. Modeled after Amazon's Continue reading »

A team of journalist-engineers from ProPublica and The New York Times has been awarded the Grand Prize in this year's Knight News Challenge and will receive $700k to build DocumentCloud, Continue reading »

With advance apologies to the hard-working PR folks and startup companies who have pitched us their social search engines this week, there is a rising menace in new media: A Continue reading »

If there's one thing that social software can never get enough of, it's usability testing. Good old WordPress has the advantage of a global community of super loyal fans to Continue reading »

One part people, one part machine. Is that a formula for more effective decision making? A number of high-profile entrepreneurs believe it is, and they are starting companies based on Continue reading »

People have been whispering about a new web application in development called Hunch. Today, Flickr co-founder and Hunch head honcho Caterina Fake divulged some more details about the new project Continue reading »

Best-selling crime author James Patterson will release a new kind of novel next month - one that's been collaboratively written with the crowd. Called AirBorne, the upcoming novel will feature Continue reading »

Next Tuesday, the eyes of the United States - and likely the world - will be on Washington, DC, as Barack Obama takes the oath of office to become the Continue reading »

With tools like Dopplr, FireEagle, and BrightKite, many of us make it a regular habit to inform our contacts as to where we are and where we'll be. But sometimes, Continue reading »