
The 3rd annual Netsquared Conference just announced the winners of its mash-up competition — whose entrants are non-profit organizations using web tools for social good.
First prize ($25,000)
Ushahidi.com, a tool for mapping reports of violence and other unrest on GoogleMaps
Second prize: ($15,000)
Knowmore.org’s Firefox Extension, which alerts users when they visit web sites of companies with corporate abuse records, took the $15,000 second prize.
Third prize: ($10,000)
SocialActions.com, a search tool for social action campaigns, took home the $10,000 3rd-place prize. (They also found out they snagged another $10,000 cash injection from the Case foundation.)
(Here’s the list of 21 finalists .)
Here’s the video of the announcement and reaction shots from the winners:
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