Seeing Ads on Wikipedia? You Might Have a Virus
Apparently some folks who were visiting Wikipedia saw some annoying banner ads. Not the requests for donations from its founder Jimmy Wales, mind you, but real banner ads promoting things…
Blog Archives for the tag Wikipedia
CISPA: What you Need to Know
While the US government getting involved in Internet affairs is nothing new, it has only been three months since SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) kicked up dust and called attention…
Wikipedia Updates Apps, Ditches Google Maps
To say that mobile has been a huge boost for Wikipedia would be an understatement according to a post from the site today, saying that its 2-month-old Android version alone…
Teachers are Becoming More Hip To Wikipedia
After 244 years of printing encyclopedias, Encyclopaedia Britannica has decided to focus all of its attention on its digital information and kill off the creation of physical books. The only…
The Internet Has Just Finally Killed The Encyclopedia
Do you remember a simpler time when there were no computers with Internet service full of information? You actually had to leave the house and go to a library to…
The Wikimedia Foundation Begins to Ditch Go Daddy
Less than two months ago, the Internet was embroiled in a heated battle to stop acts like SOPA and PIPA. At the time, the loyal users of Wikipedia urged the…
Wikipedia Launches Official Android App
Wikipedia has had an official iOS app for some time now, but was missing a presence on Android. That ends today with the launch of the official Wikipedia app for…
Microsoft Opposes SOPA "As Currently Drafted"
Tomorrow is nuclear day for sites like Reddit and Wikipedia. Both sites will be “blacking out“, which basically means they’ll be shutting down in protest of the Stop Online Piracy…
5 Ways to Get Your Own Copy of WIkipedia
As we reported today, Wikipedia will be shutting down its English version on Wednesday in protest of SOPA and PIPA. It hopes to educate its users on the two proposed…
Wikipedia to Shut Down on Wednesday to Protest SOPA
Today, founder of the non-profit behind information archive Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, announced that the site will go dark for 24 hours on Wednesday in protest of the Stop Online Piracy…
Internet Users Urge Wikipedia to go Dark in Protest of SOPA/PIPA
The SOPA and PIPA uproar continues on the Internet and users are urging the Web’s biggest names to protest the proposed acts by “going black”. By going black, or basically…
Watch Wikipedia Updates On a Google Map
A few weeks ago, I wrote about an app that showed Wikipedia updates in real-time. The information flew by quickly in a stream, showing exactly how active the site is…
Watch Wikipedia Activity Stream In Real-Time
This is absolutely amazing. We know that Wikipedia gets additions, edits, and deletions all of the time, but without a visualization we just have to assume that’s the case. With…
Wikipanion makes Wikipedia feel native
Wikipedia is known as the “World’s Encyclopedia”, but using it on a mobile device isn’t the best experience. The mobile version of Wikipedia, while attractive, doesn’t lend itself to wading…
