A new Google application called Crowdsource has quietly appeared on Google Play, asking users to perform brief tasks that will help improve the quality of Google services like Maps, translation, image ...

Google has been known in the past to reward its users for trying its services, improving data, or even simply providing an opinion on some things. This type of goodwill is part of what draws some ...

Crowdsource lets users perform “simple tasks” like translation validation or handwriting recognition to improve Google services. Google today updated the Android app with a new logo and other tweaks ...

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With Google's new Android app, you can help the company translate languages, understand handwriting and keep its shareholders happy. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Google launched its Crowdsource app for Android back in 2016 as a way to let users help train the company’s various services. Now, Google has updated the app to add a Crowdsource leaderboard for its ...

Ever read about Tom Sawyer and the fence that needs to be whitewashed? Go ahead and Google it up for a while, because Google has a proposition for ya. Ever dreamed of experiencing the joys of ...

There’s a ton of hidden data collection and processing that goes into powering and improving Google’s Maps, Translate, and Search services. In an attempt to gather even more data, Google has just ...

Senior UK Editor — My interest in Android began with the beautiful Nexus 4 and the less-ugly-than-before Jelly Bean. Right now, I'm probably watching Black Books, playing football (soccer), or ...