01/18/2012, It took awhile, but it’s finally here: the official Wikipedia app for Android is now available for download on the Android Market. Just in case you’re wondering why anybody would use the app instead of surfing the website on your phone’s browser, the app has the ability to save articles for offline reading, search for articles based on your location, the ability to switch languages on the fly, and an […]

01/18/2012, In case you didn’t already know, Wikipedia will be down for the whole of today (January 18th) in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act, along with a bunch of other sites. But what you may not know is that there still are ways to access the website, so no, you won’t have to fail that assignment just because Wikipedia was shut down for the day.

01/16/2012, Students, cross your heart for you know how much Wikipedia has helped you out in your assignments to date – so those who have deadlines to meet might want to take note on this piece of news, where the founder of the non-profit information archive Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, has informed the masses over Twitter that Wikipedia will shut down for a good 24 hours this Wednesday as part of his […]

12/14/2011, If you love Wikipedia and you’ve always wanted to contribute by creating new pages or helping to edit existing ones, but found the process to daunting and decided to give it up – you’re not alone. But it looks like all that is going to change in the future. It has been reported that Wikipedia is in the process of developing a simple, easy-to-use editor that will make it easier […]

12/05/2011, Wikipedia is a pretty amazing website. Millions of pages of information, with new pages added and current pages being edited or deleted every second – all done by the Wikipedia community. But most of the time we don’t even notice these changes happening. An article outdated a minute ago can be up to date in the next – but when does all this take place? Well, if you’ve ever wanted […]

10/06/2011, The Italian language pages on Wikipedia has been replaced with a statement which warns that a law that is now under consideration by the Italian parliament might just force the shutdown of the Italian version of Wikipedia, and to make sure that the English speaking world is aware of what is going on, a statement by Wikipedia (in English of course) says that the law includes “a requirement to all […]

06/27/2011, The Internet is an extremely social construct – that would explain the explosion of sites that tend to border on the personal, alongside social networks and microblogging services that keep your family and friends updated on your latest escapades. Wikipedia wants you to show your “love” to select articles through the introduction of a “WikiLove” button which has the aim of encouraging its contributors to keep on editing, never mind […]

02/24/2011, Who would’ve ever thought that we’d be able to fit a computer into something the size of a pen? Well the folks at Livescribe did it, and they weren’t content with leaving it as a regular note-taker pen, and allowed the tiny computer in the device to run apps. The world’s most popular user-editable encyclopedia, Wikipedia, is now available on the pen as an app. Find a word you don’t […]

12/14/2010, The Cuban government intends to roll out its very own online encyclopaedia that is no different from Wikipedia, although the goal is slightly different – to present its own view of the world and history. The website will be done up in the Spanish language and will roll out officially today, receiving already 20,000 entries or so on ecured.cu. The main aim of the site? To spread knowledge without a […]

08/10/2010, Remember the Openmoko WikiReader? Well, this is somewhat like a pager in this day and age – if you already own a smartphone, there is no need for a static portable Wikipedia-carrying device (which is the WikiReader, of course), right? Assuming that there is already a market for the WikiReader, the device which holds over 3 million Wikipedia entries has just received its update to include 15 more languages. The […]

05/06/2010, Love all things Wikipedia, knowing that you can while your day away on it without realizing so? Well, if you happen to have the time as well as the technical proficiency, why not make your own Wikipedia reader to feed your knowledge addiction? This device uses an NXP ARM Cortex M0 model LCP1114 microcontroller to get it up and running, offering a speed of 50MHz (paltry by today’s standards, but […]

02/09/2010, The Openmoko WikiReader will be able to receive its Spring 2010 software update now which offers math equations that are rendered as crisp bitmap images, alongside updates to its database of more tha 3 million Wikipedia articles. Apart from that, the on-screen keyboard has been refreshed to resemble key presses similar to that on the iPhone (we wished they wouldn’t have copied it that blatantly though), while readers will certainly […]

11/24/2009, Vudu just announced that its service now integrates Wikipedia information about movies, actors and more. Users will be able to read articles and follow links, just like they would on Wikipedia.com. However, Vudu is also adding links to Vudu information like the filmography of an actor/actress. That’s not only an interesting way to know more about the content, but it can also help find related content. Because all the user-interface […]

05/07/2009, Are you a huge fan of Wikipedia? Do you spend hours at work each day surfing through one link to another in the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit? Then you might be interested in the Wiki Alarm software that will alert you via email whenever your selected Wikipedia pages are edited. This software is not shackled by the amount of pages selected, as all it does is monitor keywords […]