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Smartvarks turn crowdsourcing into cash
yes, kids...the crowdsourcing sector is now officially "Hot" in 2010.
Google acquired the Aardvark (vark.com) (social-crowdsourced, question-and-answer service) for somewhere around $50MM (it pays to be a former-google employee when you do a start-up :)
Too bad none of that money trickles down to the little elves who power the system... :(