YC startup bets crowdsourcing can diagnose diseases better than doctors

Skyword has announced closing $6.7 million in growth financing for its content marketing solutions. This Boston-based startup provides agencies, brands, media, and retail customers with a platform to publish content and tools to distribute it effectively.

Gustin’s crowdsourced clothing line brings innovation into your pants

Skyword has announced closing $6.7 million in growth financing for its content marketing solutions. This Boston-based startup provides agencies, brands, media, and retail customers with a platform to publish content and tools to distribute it effectively.

Wikipedia crowdsources site performance: Speeding up 488,731 templates with a little Lua to go

"Think of it like a smart rifle. You have a smart car; you got a smartphone; well, now we have a smart rifle," company President Jason Schauble says.

The future of rocket design will be crowdsourced thanks to Sunglass & DIYRockets

Quantum computing promises to vastly expand what technology companies can do with data -- and Google wants a part of it.

99designs & a trademark ain’t one, or, the surprising relaunch of Pro Tools

"Google X is the hardware division of Google," Jepsen said. And while she couldn't say too much about the hardware follow-up to Glass, she gave the I/O audience a few clues.

Tongal’s site for crowdsourced ad videos raises $15M

Steven Dengler, a rich guy and big fan of Kickstarter, wants to bring indie gaming to the fore.

Kickstarter’s best of 2012: 2.2M backers, $319M raised, 18K projects funded

"Think of it like a smart rifle. You have a smart car; you got a smartphone; well, now we have a smart rifle," company President Jason Schauble says.

Only one company can solve Apple’s mapping woes quickly (and it’s not Waze)

"Think of it like a smart rifle. You have a smart car; you got a smartphone; well, now we have a smart rifle," company President Jason Schauble says.

InfoArmy wants YOU to create business intelligence reports

Skyword has announced closing $6.7 million in growth financing for its content marketing solutions. This Boston-based startup provides agencies, brands, media, and retail customers with a platform to publish content and tools to distribute it effectively.

Icelanders show us that democracy is the original crowdsourcing (but both have some issues)

"Think of it like a smart rifle. You have a smart car; you got a smartphone; well, now we have a smart rifle," company President Jason Schauble says.

Merjerz puts a crowdsourcing spin on M&A

We're just at the beginning of an ed-tech revolution. I believe that MOOCs are the first step, and are still struggling experiments.

RocketOwl is improving the world, one player and one tree at a time

Xseed's publishing operations are coming together under a new company umbrella.

Soluto’s ‘Quick Question’ tool makes it easier to bug friends for tech help

Enterprise tech IPOs have seen some big movement over the past few years. Now we can add big data and data visualization company Tableau Software to the list.

Words with friends: Collins Dictionary now crowdsourcing new words, like Tebowing and chummeling

"Think of it like a smart rifle. You have a smart car; you got a smartphone; well, now we have a smart rifle," company President Jason Schauble says.

Dylan’s Desk: How Mechanical Turk can help you find your next startup idea

At Maker Faire Bay Area, a "startup pavilion" highlights 20 new maker-focused startups. But big companies like Autodesk, General Electric, and even Google are getting into the DIY game too.

Crowd computing taps artificial intelligence to revolutionize the power of our collective brains

If Instagram is worth an eye-popping one billion dollars, who’s to say the fast growing Viddy, which lets users easily record videos, apply filters and share with friends, isn’t on the same rocket ship trajectory.

The company, founded in April …