Turn your smart phone into a volunteer opportunity
A company called The Extraordinaries is creating applications designed to allow users to do some good while they fiddle with their smart phones.
The idea is to allow non-profits and other organizations to tap into the power of their memberships and support networks -- enlisting people to perform tasks on their phones. Those tasks might range from classifying photographs to translating documents. A rough beta version is available for the iPhone, with a more complete version due later this year.
The Extraordinaries recently grabbed second place in the NetSquared competition for creative use of technology by non-profits.
