Tag Archives: India

Postcards From the Edge – Developing Generally and Developing in India Specifically

By Ben Kepes

My other blogging gig is over at the Cloud Computing specialist blog CloudAve. CloudAve is sponsored by Zoho as a way to be part of an ongoing conversation around Cloud Computing. Zoho gives us full editorial independence and the only requirement they had was that the blog be hosted on

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Capturing CAPTCHAs

By Ben Kepes

I read this amazing post over on ZDNet that details the massive operations out of India providing contract CAPTCHA solving services. It seems the contractors pull down hundreds of thousands of CAPTCHAs automatically from the likes of Craigslist, Gmail, Yahoo, MySpace, YouTube and Facebook, charging around $2 per 1000 solved

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Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. More on Ben

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