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<title><![CDATA[Hands on with the Verizon iPhone&'s 3G hotspot (video)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[One cool difference between the Verizon iPhone and its AT&amp;038'T counterpart is the addition of mobile hotspot capabilities &amp;8212' which allows you to share your 3G connection with up to five other devices.I got a chance to see the hotspot functionality in action today at Verizona4a4s unveiling of the phone, and it certainly looks like a feature that subscribers will enjoy lording over AT&amp;038'T customers.As  you can see in the video below, turning on the hotspot involves a quick  jump into your iPhonea4a4s settings, much like turning on internet  tethering on AT&amp;038'Ta4a4s iPhone 4. The hotspot was enabled quickly, but  unfortunately I didna4a4t have a chance to connect to it. Turning off the  hotspot was just as quick.Verizon wouldna4a4t say how much it will charge for the feature, but I suspect it  wouldna4a4t be much different from hotspot pricing for the Droid X and  other Android phones. The carrier charges $20-per-month for the Droid  Xa4a4s hotspot, which comes with 2 gigabytes of data.I  also tried to load a YouTube video on the phone to stress its data  capabilities. As you can see below, the YouTube video started playing  quickly, and I was able to easily jump to another portion of the video  and have it resume playback. I didna4a4t get a chance to record my iPhone (which is on AT&amp;038'T, of course) loading the same video, but I can report ita4a4s significantly  slower while trying to do so both in Manhattan and my Brooklyn  apartment.Calling all developers: We want your apps for VentureBeata4a4s Mobile App Spotlight! If you have a cool mobile app that hasna4a4t been featured on VentureBeat yet, sign up! Submissions end on January 12. The Mobile App Spotlight is sponsored by The Intel AppUp developer program.Next Story: Myspace: Wea4a4re cutting staff by 47 percent, but our redesign is great Previous Story: Green car makers uses social media to hawk new modelsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: 3G, hotspot, iPhone, smartphonesCompanies: Apple, AT&amp;amp'T, Verizon          Tags: 3G, hotspot, iPhone, smartphonesCompanies: Apple, AT&amp;amp'T, VerizonDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Crowdsourcing startup Microtask gets gamers to do some real work]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A crowdsourcing startup, Microtask, is ripping crowdsourced labor into even smaller pieces. Microtaska4a4s automated platform splits dull, repetitive tasks into tiny pieces and distributes them over the Internet.The company announced that it&amp;'s pulled in over 25,000 volunteers to help on ita4a4s first major project to date, Digitalkoot (Finnish for Digital Volunteers &amp;8212' Microtask is based in Finland). The volunteers are helping to digitize the archives of the National Library of Finland by playing online games &amp;8212' helping moles to build bridges to be exact.Volunteers from around the world have completed over 2 million individual tasks, totaling 100,000 minutes, or 1,700 hours of work in just one month. The games are a great way to keep volunteers interested, says Ville Miettinen, CEO of Microtask.a4AThey know theya4a4re doing valuable work, but the games also provide real gaming experience. [The games] will become harder as the player advances and the player gets rewards for playing well,a4 Miettinen says. The players type in words that character recognition cannot resolve.The backbone of the system is a software app called Microtask Platform. It receives the documents, splits them into small packages and delivers them to computers and humans, while optimizing their quality, speed and processing cost, among other parameters.The tasks are discrete, standardized and completing them requires no training. The work can be outsourced anywhere, says Miettinen.  a4ABits of digital work could be outsourced to Third World countries.a4Microtaska4a4s approach to crowdsourcing is different from Amazon&amp;'s Mechanical Turk. With Microtask, workers cannot choose which tasks they will do. They just receive sequential, random tasks on their computers. A typical task could be typing a hand-written word or number into digital format. Such tasks are discrete' the worker doesna4a4t know where the text belongs or what it means.The price of one task is approximately $0.0005, or $1 per hour. a4AEach task takes around two seconds,a4 Miettinen says. The price is a market price for outsourced call centers. They work during their less hectic moments. Another possible group of workers can be found in social games. Social gamers are often happy to do small tasks in exchange for virtual currency a4&quot; real work for virtual money. All tasks are done by at least two different people, to ensure quality.The Microtask approach fits any handwritten text. The company is launching a form processor in the United States on April 19. The service digitizes written forms in a couple of hours. The customer only needs to fax the documents to Microtask. The documents are then split into tasks, delivered to workers via the internet, and returned to the customer in Excel format after a couple of hours.Microtaska4a4s Miettinen thinks text recognition is just the first step. a4AIn the long term, all human processes that can be standardized will be available as a cloud service,&amp;'' he said.Microtask employs 12 people. It has raised a total of $2 million in two rounds from investors including Sunstone Capital. The company is planning another round this spring, hoping to raise additional $2.5-3 million.Here is a quick demo of how the form processor works:Next Story: Verizon promises LTE 4G in 147 US cities by year end Previous Story: Boingo&amp;'s new app crowd-sources discovery of free wi-fi hotspotsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: crowdsourcing, digitalkoot, FinlandCompanies: MicrotaskPeople: Ville Miettinen          Tags: crowdsourcing, digitalkoot, FinlandCompanies: MicrotaskPeople: Ville Miettinen Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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