Outsourcing platform oDesk brings contractors $179M so far in 2011, talks IPO

oDesk, an outsourcing platform that brokers long-term and short-term contract jobs worldwide is on track to claim 50 percent of the online outsourcing market, the company announced today.

oDesk lets employers find, hire and pay contractors around the world with …

Humanoid puts human brainpower to work in the cloud

Humanoid is today launching the world’s first human brain-powered API for developers and programmers “that actually works.”

With Humanoid developers can harness the strength of crowd-sourcing and get accurate results, not currently available from existing solutions such as Amazon’s Mechanical …