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The official Wikipedia Android app debuted in the Android Market a couple of weeks ago, but Wikipedia only got around to making the official announcement. Along with the announcement though, it also revealed some initial stats and how it built the app in the first place.
"We’ve seen an amazing reaction from ou... |
27 January 2012
09:51 GMT |
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Orange and Wikimedia Foundation have just announced an agreement to provide the carrier’s customers with mobile access to Wikipedia at no data usage costs.
This is the first partnership between the two entities, but others may be announced in the future. Under agreement, Orange and the Wikimedia Foundati... |
25 January 2012
20:01 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association, the group that lobbies on behalf of the interests of video game developers and publishers, have announced that it is no longer actively supporting the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act but urges representatives and senators to continue looking for ways to battle pir... |
23 January 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Only one day after Wikipedia blacked out protesting against SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), the official Android mobile client for the free encyclopedia arrived in the Android Market. Through this application, users will benefit from fast access to the exhaustive set of articles the encyclopedia includes. The app offe... |
19 January 2012
12:11 GMT |
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The anti-SOPA blackout day has passed. Wikipedia is back to normal and most sites have resumed their activity. Wikipedia, which implemented a blackout yesterday, albeit not a very strong one, is now congratulating itself and the ones that took action for a job well done.
"The Wikipedia blackout is over — and y... |
19 January 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Wikipedia is protesting the SOPA and PIPA bills, two very ugly pieces of legislation that threaten the wellbeing of the internet, globally. That's all fine and dandy, but a lot of people would still like to access the site and may rely on it for plenty of things that can't wait for a full day.
Luckily, eve... |
18 January 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Wikipedia has gone ahead and blacked-out the site in protest of SOPA and PIPA. Any page on the English Wikipedia redirects to a notification page explaining that the site has been 'taken down' for 24 hours and urging people to find out more about it. Wikipedia joins several other big websites and companies... |
18 January 2012
05:21 GMT |
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Wikipedia is going ahead with plans to take down the entire English site in protest to the SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy bills. The English Wikipedia will be inaccessible for a full day on January 18th, not just for those in the US, but globally.
Wikipedia argues that this is needed to raise awareness of the issues and ... |
17 January 2012
06:04 GMT |
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Wikipedia has announced that it has ended its yearly fundraising campaign and that, yet again, it has managed to blow past last year's results. The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia and a number of associated sites, has raised more than $20 million at the end of 2011 in the campaign that runs for a litt... |
3 January 2012
04:56 GMT |
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Wikipedia is venturing into new areas, now that the core site is well established. While new content is always coming in and existing one is being updated, the bigger challenge is to make that content available to all and to make it accessible in places and situations where it could prove really useful.Wikipedia is t... |
30 December 2011
09:51 GMT |
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Wikipedia has gotten a reputation of not being particularly newbie friendly. This isn't exactly unwarranted, the Wikipedia higher-ups can sometimes be unfriendly and strict and the editing interface is daunting for most people.
Wikipedia is not promising anything on the former, but it is working on a WYSIWYG ed... |
14 December 2011
04:11 GMT |
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The web is under threat from the very objectionable SOPA bill that is in the process of becoming law in the US. It's not just the web in the US, since so many websites and crucial components of the internet and the web are housed in the US, SOPA will affect the web globally.
There's been a lot of criticism... |
13 December 2011
05:21 GMT |
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Wikipedia is getting ready to adopt web fonts for its pages. Far from being a cosmetic choice, the idea is to enable everyone online to read and write content in their own languages. Most local fonts, used by websites, offer little or no support for non-Western scripts, and this has been stifling web adoption in many... |
12 December 2011
11:22 GMT |
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Just like Google would tell you, any chance it gets, everyone is going mobile. Wikipedia, a top 10 website globally, is finally starting to focus more on the mobile version of its site and is even building an Android app.It's been working on a revamp of its site for smartphones and it's adding more features... |
5 December 2011
13:51 GMT |
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Wikipedia has kicked off this year's fundraising campaign and it's putting the lessons learned in the previous years to good use. This week, Wikipedia has changed the banner showing up on top of every page urging people to give something back, with a message from Wikipedia programmer (his job title is actua... |
28 November 2011
10:57 GMT |
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By now, you've probably noticed that Wikipedia is running its yearly fundraising campaign again. And, just like before, this means that you'll be seeing a lot of Jimmy Wales, the cofounder of Wikipedia, for the next month or so.
Don't worry though, the headshots do change from time to time, so you won... |
21 November 2011
10:24 GMT |
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Wikipedia has kicked off its yearly fund raising campaign in which it urges readers to donate a small sum to keep the site going for another year. The campaign started rather well, especially since Wikimedia, the foundation that runs Wikipedia and its sister sites, got $500,000, €370,000 right of the bat from th... |
19 November 2011
05:50 GMT |
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It's not easy to describe theBlu without listing the things it draws inspiration from, even though it's not like anything else on the web. theBlu labels itself as an art project, but, of course, it's more than that.It's part social network, part game, part Wikipedia, part charity and conservation ... |
25 October 2011
13:11 GMT |
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Wikipedia is finally getting around to expanding beyond the site and also on modernizing the experience. And, just like with everything else about the site, Wikimedia, the foundation that runs Wikipedia and other related projects, is asking for help from volunteers.Specifically, it's working on a app version of ... |
25 October 2011
04:10 GMT |
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Wikimedia, the organization behind the very popular Wikipedia, has a rather tough task on its hands, it has to maintain one of the top ten websites on the planet with little funding and relying mostly on volunteers.Making improvements for the site can be a tough job, which is why the group is asking for outside help.... |
24 October 2011
10:45 GMT |
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Wikipedia is one of the largest websites on the planet and most people rely on it quite often. But the site has no direct revenue stream, it's run by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization. There are no ads, no subscriptions, no nothing, so the site relies solely on donations to survive.Now, the sit... |
7 October 2011
13:31 GMT |
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When you think of online censorship, China or other oppressive regimes spring to mind. But you don't need to look any further than Italy, one of Europe's largest countries, one of the birthplaces of 'civilization,' to see how abusive regimes are trying to control something they don't understa... |
5 October 2011
06:02 GMT |
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Wikipedia has made a big move towards more secure, or at least more private browsing, by enabling HTTPS connections for the entire site. All Wikimedia wikis are included in the update as well.What this means is that users will be able to browse the online encyclopedia via an encrypted connection and not worry about o... |
3 October 2011
17:51 GMT |
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Quora, a service that can be most easily described as Wikipedia-Ehanced, has reached Apple’s iOS platforms in the form of a dedicated application that provides great answers on a wide range of topics, including technology, movies, music, travel, health, law and lots more.The developers acknowledge in a blog pos... |
30 September 2011
05:23 GMT |
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QR codes may have lost some of their glamour, now that NFC chips are starting to be included in phones, but they're still a very useful tool. What's more, most phones, even 'non-smart' ones, whereas few have a NFC chip.With this in mind, Wikipedia is showcasing QRpedia, a QR code generator exclusi... |
28 September 2011
17:31 GMT |
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Despite some serious problems that are beginning to surface, the DigiNotar hack is a great example, switching to encrypted web connections, via HTTPS is a great idea for any website. Google, Facebook, Twitter and others have led the way, but more are following.
Wikimedia, the organization behind the massively popu... |
28 September 2011
08:20 GMT |
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Wikipedia is a great resource and the amount of content is impressive, but there is always more to be done and added. Unfortunately, there is little to encourage new editors to start creating new stuff and even less to encourage them to continue. The bright minds at Wikipedia believe that all you need is love which i... |
25 June 2011
08:51 GMT |
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An in-house Wikipedia study revealed that editors contribute to the site mainly because of their passion for freely available information. The report also showcased that men, compared to women are still the main contributors to Wikipedia's knowledge-base.During the month of April, Wikimedia, the foundation that ... |
11 June 2011
08:34 GMT |
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Wikipedia is one of the few constants of the web, or at least that's how it appears on the surface. While the site has only been around for 10 years, it's hard to imagine the web without it and we constantly rely on it without even noticing.But things do change at Wikipedia as well, just not as fast as with... |
10 May 2011
11:51 GMT |
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A Wikimedia study shows that almost 40% of all new Wikipedia contributors get negative feedback on their first edits. The percentage excludes users that got banned for spam, vandalism or registering multiple accounts.The study analyzed a random batch of user edits made to talk pages for new users on English Wikipedia... |
4 May 2011
12:07 GMT |
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For quite some time now, Wikipedia has faced a couple of problems, less new editors, and poor quality content. A new study, albeit a relatively small scale one, shows that none of these problems may be as big as it may seem."Increasing participation is one of the top five priorities in our strategic plan. But when we... |
18 April 2011
06:30 GMT |
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The Wikimedia Foundation, the team currently maintaining and improving Wikipedia, has recently released their five-year strategic plan which, among other things, aims at attracting 1 billion users to its websites.Continuing their declared intention to keep all aspects of Wikimedia as transparent as possible, Ting Ch... |
27 February 2011
14:45 GMT |
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Kaltura, a company focusing on online video and providing an open-source platform for web video, has announced that it has raised $20 million in venture capital funding, it's biggest round yet. Kaltura will use the money to continue to fund its fast growth of the past year or so. Nexus Venture Partners lead the ... |
15 February 2011
12:21 GMT |
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Wikipedia has just celebrated its tenth birthday. The affair drew thousands of people in hundreds of events, mainly heavy users and editors of the site. Wikipedia also ended its biggest year in terms of donations. Despite its successes, the site is looking to grow even bigger and even faster. Yet there are those that... |
17 January 2011
09:47 GMT |
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Wikipedia is turning 10 tomorrow. It's hard to imagine the web without it, despite the criticism and the controversy, it could be argued that Wikipedia's impact on the world's access to knowledge is only comparable to that of the (rest of the) internet as a whole. The site is celebrating its tenth bir... |
14 January 2011
10:51 GMT |
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Speaking at Bristol University as part of Wikipedia’s tenth birthday celebrations, Jimmy Wales, the founder of the world’s fifth most popular website, expressed his concerns on the biggest problems faced by the internet today.
According to the man, one of those is Apple.
Apple’s tight control ... |
14 January 2011
06:04 GMT |
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Wikipedia has managed to raise the $16 million in donations it set out to less than two months ago. The site's most ambitious goal to date was reached in record time and Wikipedia and its sister sites should be well funded for 2011. As an added benefit, we can finally enjoy a Wikipedia without Jimmy Wales' ... |
3 January 2011
05:39 GMT |
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On November 13th, Wikipedia launched its yearly fund-raising campaign by placing a dedicated banner on top of all pages. On the last day of the year, it appears that their target of $16 million has not been reached, being less than $1 million short.In order to gather the aforementioned amount, Jimmy Wales, the found... |
1 January 2011
01:32 GMT |
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Wikipedia has made it official, this year's fundraiser is underway. And if you thought last year's goal of $7.5 million, a $1.5 million increase of the previous year's one, was ambitious, Wikipedia is aiming for the fences in 2010, trying to raise $16 million for the site's 10-year anniversary. "T... |
15 November 2010
04:46 GMT |
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Wikipedia has kicked off 2010's donation campaign and this year the Wikimedia foundation is sticking to what works best, a personal message from the site and foundation's founder Jimmy Wales. The foundation hasn't made any announcement yet, but the banner has been live, in places around the world, at l... |
13 November 2010
05:46 GMT |
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Wikia, the for profit wiki project created by the co-founder of Wikipedia, is getting a big revamp today with the launch of the so-called Wikia 2.0. The new site comes with a fresh new look, at least for the common pages, and a number of new features that should make it more appealing to a larger audience.One of the ... |
10 November 2010
11:59 GMT |
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A new free and open source tool from Microsoft Research is designed to leverage crowdsourcing in order to build multilingual content on Wikipedia. WikiBhasha Beta is currently available for download from the Redmond company, and can be used in order to expand the number of languages in which Wikipedia content is ava... |
18 October 2010
09:49 GMT |
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Wikipedia has been pushing video content for the past few months encouraging contributors to add video data to entries. It recently rolled out a HTLM5 video editor for use on the site. Apparently, Wikipedia's actions proved successful, so much so that the site is now worrying about the all the bandwidth video co... |
27 September 2010
08:56 GMT |
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Support for video files on Wikipedia has been "coming" for quite some time now, but, just like most Wikipedia projects, progress has been rather slow. While the platform now fully supports video content, adoption has been slow. There are plans to raise awareness of the feature and the new HMTL5 web-based video sequen... |
24 September 2010
05:20 GMT |
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Wikipedia is now running a limited test enabling readers and users to rate articles in some key aspects. This, Wikipedia believes will drive engagement and provide valuable and accurate feedback to developers. The basic principle behind Wikipedia is that anyone can edit or add content. The idea, when the site first... |
24 September 2010
02:56 GMT |
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Wikipedia is currently experiencing problems and can be unavailable at times. The site has tracked down the issue to a filled-up hard drive and is currently looking at ways to resolve this. “At 10:57 UTC, the master database server for s3 (the cluster that holds most of our wikis) had a full disk and stopped wr... |
7 August 2010
07:40 GMT |
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Wikipedia is no stranger to all manner of lawsuits. Being one of the largest websites in the world and relying exclusively on contributors for content has its risks. But getting a notice from a British museum is one thing, getting one from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation is quite another. Surprisingly tho... |
3 August 2010
06:06 GMT |
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Wikipedia is one of the largest sites on the web, yet its latest plans are more ambitions than ever. It wants to double its audience in the next few years, but for that it has to expand on the content already available. One way it can do this is by having more content in less used languages. And it’s getting so... |
15 July 2010
03:56 GMT |
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Security researchers from Sophos warn that the 2010 FIFA World Cup page on Wikipedia has been defaced today to include a big link directing users to pharmacy spam. It seems that Wikipedia is struggling to prevent spammers from editing the page, which so far has been modified several times.The numbers are still coming... |
14 July 2010
06:57 GMT |
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Wikipedia is one of the most popular websites in the world, yet, unlike pretty much every other website its size, it has no direct revenue. Operated by Wikimedia, a non-profit organization, all of the site’s funding comes from donations. Operating a top 10 site is not cheap, though, and Wikimedia has struggled ... |
10 July 2010
05:59 GMT |
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