Resumen de A social whodunnit
Online social networks have helped spur protest movements and put politicians in office. But the power of these networks is built on easy access to platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Now researchers at Microsoft are about to test the power of social technologies in a tougher setting: India, where just a tenth of the population has Internet access. Challenge will leverage the power of mobile phones and old-fashioned, face-to-face contact to solve a puzzle posed by a team based at Microsoft Research India in Bangalore. At stake is a prize of 100,000 rupees, or almost US$2,000, about twice the country's average annual income. The challenge will show how people in developing countries use technology to collaborate across long distances and in time-critical situations. The competition, beginning on Feb 1, revolves around a fictional event and a set of five clues--the who, what, where, when and why--that describe the event.
