WikipediaWikimedia Gets $2 Million Grant From Omidyar NetworkAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 25, 2009 - 12:02pm.
Redwood City,
Calif. - Omidyar Network, a philanthropic
investment firm launched in 2004 by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife
Pam, on Tuesday announced a grant of up to $2 million over the next two years
to the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates user-generated online
encyclopedia Wikipedia.
Wikipedia Gets $500,000 Grant from Hewlett FoundationAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 21, 2009 - 8:36am.
San Francisco
- The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates the Wikipedia online
encyclopedia, announced on Friday that it has received a $500,000 grant from
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Death of Michael Jackson Spikes News Traffic, Music SalesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 26, 2009 - 8:07am.
San Mateo,
Calif. - As news spread about
Michael Jackson's death on Thursday, fans and curiosity seekers inundated the
Internet for information, slowing several major news sites to a crawl,
according to website performance measurement firm Keynote Systems. The firm said
that during the early evening hours, sites including ABC, CBS, the L.A. Times
and AOL became nearly unavailable (down to nearly 10% availability).
tags: Music | News | Publishing | Wikipedia | Amazon.com | TMZ.com | iTunes Store | Twitter | Michael Jackson |
Wikipedia Blocks Edits From Church of ScientologyAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 29, 2009 - 11:19am.
Los Angeles - The committee
in charge of user-edited online encyclopedia Wikipedia voted unanimously this
week to block contributions to the site from IP addresses owned or operated by
the Church of Scientology, after a lengthy arbitration
determined that users were editing Wikipedia articles in the church's interest.
"You could imply that there is a conflict of interest," Wikipedia
spokesman Dan Rosenthal told ABC News. "Rather than two unrelated people
getting together," advocates of scientology have been "getting
together, saying, 'Let's work together to make this a more pro-scientology
article.'"
Wikipedia Surpasses $6 Million Fundraising GoalAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 5, 2009 - 7:58am.
San Francisco - The Wikimedia Foundation has announced that it surpassed its $6 million fundraising goal to sustain the Wikipedia online encyclopedia. Wikipedia Gets $890K Grant to Simplify User InterfaceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 3, 2008 - 9:15am.
San Francisco - The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates the Wikipedia online encyclopedia, announced on Wednesday that it has received an $890,000 grant from the Stanton Foundation, which will fund a project designed to make it easier for first-time users to contribute articles to the site. tags: Deals | Wikipedia | Investments | User-Generated | Wikimedia Foundation | Stanton Foundation |
Google Officially Launches Wikipedia Rival KnolAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 23, 2008 - 11:37am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Following eight months of testing, Google (NASD: GOOG) said on Wednesday that it has officially launched its rival to Wikipedia, known as Knol. Wikipedia - a Music Portal?Authored by Heather Dougherty on April 6, 2008 - 5:19pm.
Wikimedia Foundation Gets $500,000 DonationAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 27, 2008 - 7:30am.
San Francisco - On the heels of receiving a $3 million donation from the Sloan Foundation, the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates the Wikipedia online encyclopedia, announced on Thursday that it has received another $500,000 donation from philanthropists Vinod and Neeru Khosla. Wikipedia Gets $3 Million Donation From Sloan FoundationAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 26, 2008 - 12:17pm.
New York - The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, announced that it has received a $3 million donation from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to continue its efforts. Top Internet Brands Among Biggest Traffic Gainers in 2007Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 1, 2008 - 8:35am.
Reston, Va. - Some of the top Internet brands, including Google (NASD: GOOG), Facebook, Wikipedia and Craigslist, were among the biggest gainers last year in terms of their Internet audiences, according to a new report from comScore (NASD: SCOR). Google Introduces "Knol," Early Version of its Own WikipediaAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 14, 2007 - 11:34am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) announced this week that it is working on a Wikipedia-style online repository of user-submitted "knols," which the company said stands for "a unit of knowledge." Wikia - Jimbo takes on GoogleAuthored by Bill Tancer on August 7, 2007 - 2:29am.
Wikipedia Offering Condensed Version on $14 CDAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 25, 2007 - 3:19pm.
New York - Volunteers with the Wikipedia project are developing a static version of the online encyclopedia for distribution and sale on CD, intended primarily for those with limited Internet access, the Associated Press reported. The $14 Wikipedia CD will feature only about 2,000 of the 1.7 million articles available on the site, and attempts to avoid subjects likely to change over time. Citizendium challanges Wikipedia’s Dominance OnlineAuthored by Jay Baage on April 9, 2007 - 11:30am.
Citizendium is a new online encyclopedia being launched this month which abolishes posting on wikis anonymously and brings in experts to edit submissions, and enforces strict reviewing procedures.
Wikia Collaborative Search Engine Aims at Google Market ShareAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 9, 2007 - 11:00am.
Tokyo - Wikia, the for-profit arm of the Wikipedia online collaborative encyclopedia, is building a search engine based on the same idea of users working together to improve overall quality, Reuters reported. HBS Case on Wikipedia Makes an Interesting ReadAuthored by Jay Baage on January 31, 2007 - 7:50am.
Survey: Google is Top Global Brand, Besting Apple, YouTube, WikipediaAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 26, 2007 - 11:45am.
New York - For the second straight year, Google topped a survey that asked participants to name the brand with the most global impact, bettering second-place Apple and new entrants YouTube (3rd) and Wikipedia (4th) as well as Starbucks (5th). Mdog.com Launches Mobile Versions of eBay, Craigslist, WikipediaAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 16, 2007 - 1:26pm.
Chicago - Mdog.com on Tuesday launched mobile editions of popular websites including eBay, Craigslist, Wikipedia, Citysearch and MySpace. The free Mdog.com portal is compatible will all carrier services on any Web-enabled mobile device. The new mobile sites will allow users to securely view post bids on eBay, and view online classifieds from Craigslist, among other features. Chicago-based Mdog.com also soon plans to launch its Bingo mobile search engine. U.K. Social Network "Bebo" Most-Searched Term on Google in 2006Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 20, 2006 - 8:55am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Google has released its year-end Zeitgeist, which saw U.K. social networking site "Bebo" claim the title of most-searched term on Google in 2006. |
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