A new startup called Gigwalk offers the opportunity for iPhone photographers to get paid for shooting nearby photos, while offering companies the ability to leverage crowd-sourced labor to record images locally on a global scale for little cost, reports TechCrunch. Users sign up for "gigs," which may pay a little (at least $3) or up to $90, usually taking a photograph of a local business for use by various client companies Gigwalk attracts. As an example, the navigation company TomTom hired "gigwalkers" to photograph certain intersections and streets they weren't sure
