I recently found out about this cool website called CrowdSpring, a type of crowdsourcing website that has plenty of opportunities for those with creativity to earn hundreds of dollars. It's not just naming companies; there are all sorts of tasks you can do to earn a few extra bucks. You can design a logo, website, or product, create a tagline, and more. Most of the projects have a payout of a Read more

Kickstarter, the crowd-sourced funding platform that turns creative ideas into reality, this week announced its 10,000th successfully funded project in the company's two-year history. We've spent hours exploring the projects up for support on the website. From musicians looking to record their first studio album to helping technology entrepreneurs gather cash to make a gadget prototype, surfing Read more

You always have something to say about the newest phones to hit the market, so why not share your opinions on what the next phone should look like before it's even made? Nokia is asking mobile enthusiasts to weigh in on what they would want the phone of the future to look like by selecting their ideal components for each of these categories: display and interface, size and shape, materials, OS, Read more

Planning for a vacation is a mix of travel book perusal and asking strangers on the bus the best ways to avoid tourist trap restaurants in the heart of Rome. New website Tripbirds synthesizes the travel activities recommendation hunt as a, what else, social, crowd-sourced site. Connect with friends via Facebook, Foursquare, and Instagram to discover new destinations and gather recommendations on Read more

Planning your next vacation (or staycation) will be easier than ever with Nerdy Day Trips. This site is packed full of crowd-sourced locations that are of particular interest to geeks looking for adventure. Heading to the Seattle area on business? Thanks to this map, I know that there is a Museum of Communications not far from the city center that "reveals the history of the telephone and the Read more

Paper is no longer a story time requirement, thanks to the abundance of digital kids' books accessible via iPad or smartphone. A new player to the ebook scene is uTales, which distinguishes itself from the pack with an interesting crowdsourced approach to acquiring content. For $10 a month, parents have access to an unlimited number of digital picture books — your standard subscription model Read more

Editor's note: The following is a guest post written by Soleil Moon Frye, Target's Mommy Ambassador, author of Happy Chaos, and mom to Poet, 6, and Jagger, 3. This week Soleil shares her tips on bringing her kids into the kitchen. I've been known to eat dessert first. While my food philosophies may be unorthodox at times, my efforts to make eating fun and exciting for my girls have produced Read more

When Nike was looking for a new motto for use on some official US Soccer gear, it looked to its fans . . . and took to Twitter. The company sponsored a contest using the hashtag #RedAllOver, and asked fans to tweet their ideas for a slogan followed by the tag. Now, the winning motto lives on Nike's "Inspired by Supporters" jerseys and reads: "Indivisible." The contest lasted over five days and Read more

In its quest to tailor search results to the searcher's exact taste, Google has just introduced Personal Blocklist, a Chrome extension that blocks certain domains or extensions from ending up in your search results. You can set your own preferences, and a link at the bottom of the search results provides easy access to blocked results — just in case you want to check them out. When users block Read more