Tag Archives: tech tour


Time for our next step

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Harri Holopainen

… told you how Microtask’s journey was beginning to gather momentum, with success at the Nordic Tech Tour.

Although only a short while ago, things can change quickly – especially in the world of tech start-ups. Back then double-dipping was still associated with chocolate and ice-cream rather than recession. Now instead of talking up success, when the media mentions new companies, it is more likely to discuss how little funding is available. On both sides of the Atlantic, the economic …

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Crowdopolis 2012

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Tommaso De Benetti

… of Daily Crowdsource are organizing an event about the future of crowdsourcing in advertising, tech, and content marketing. And they want you, the forward thinking Bigwigs!

You can take a look at the agenda from here (it’s a work in progress, so make sure you check it periodically) and at the confimed list of speakers from here.

Specially priced early birds tickets are going fast, so make sure you buy one now.

Plus, you’ll be able to attend the VIP-only pre-party held on …

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Microtask Backstage: our CEO Ville Miettinen featured on FounderLY

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Tommaso De Benetti

… by FounderLY, a website dedicated to entrepreneurs who have founded potentially disruptive tech companies.

In these two videos, Ville gives in insight into how Microtask got to where it is today: the idea inception, its evolution, the early days, funding, the background of the Management Team, the learning process, mistakes and successes. If you want to know what happened behind the scenes, check them out!

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Duolingo Beta put to the test: can you learn a language while translating the web?

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Tommaso De Benetti

… funny user interface associated with reCAPTCHA.

To begin with, the platform gave me a quick tour, introducing really basic concepts and allowing me to try my hand at translating simple sentences. At any time I could hover on each linguistic particle to see a suggested translation.

I was then introduced to a skill tree, which some gamers out there will be used to, but is novel in a language teaching context.

Upon starting the first “lesson” (“exercises” would …

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Space Peas and Holy Toast: Why Pattern Recognition is Humanity’s Killer App

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Ville Miettinen

… recent success at the Red Herring awards, puts pattern recognition at the frontier of the tech industry. I’ve written in the past about the limits of artificial intelligence and the ongoing war between human and machine translators (spoiler alert: humans are still winning, but only just). This, along with the success of Digitalkoot in correcting machine recognition errors, shows just how far computerized pattern recognition has to go before it can rival the average human …

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