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An update to Google Earth for the iPhone
google-latlong.blogspot.com — Browsing the world from the palm of your hand can be a thrilling experience, and viewing photos,... Wikipedia articles, and place information is a great way to discover new parts of the globe. With the latest version of Google Earth for iPhone, we've ... (more) An update to Google Earth for the iPhone
Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages
online.wsj.com — Wikipedia.org is the fifth-most-popular Web site in the world, with roughly 325 million monthly visitors. But unprecedented... numbers of the millions of online volunteers who write, edit and police it are quitting. That could have significant ... (more) Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages

Wikipedia Latest Blog Posts

Where Did the Web Touch You?
42 minutes ago at Valleywag
Where Did the Web Touch You?
42 minutes ago at Gawker: valleywag
EntityCube: Microsoft labs tests a Wikipedia
8 hours ago at D' Technology Weblog
Microsoft Makes it Easier to Stalk People on the Web with EntityCube
20 hours ago at Maximum PC all RSS Feed
Actor Ron Livingston Sues Wikipedia; He Should Use The Site To Look Up Section 230
22 hours ago at Techdirt
Google quietly rolls out Dictionary
Google quietly rolls out Dictionary
latimesblogs.latimes.com — What does "googling" mean? Google can tell you. The search giant has quietly rolled out Google Dictionary... , which presents definitions and synonyms. Exactly what you'd expect from a dictionary. In addition to Google's own database of definitions, ... (more) Google quietly rolls out Dictionary
Favorite Places on Google
google.com — The San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park, San Diego, California is one of the largest, most progressive... zoos in the world with over 4,000 animals of more than 800 species. It is also one of the few zoos in the world that houses the giant panda. It is ... (more) Favorite Places on Google
Wikipedia’s Volunteer Story
blog.wikimedia.org — What’s happening to Wikipedia’s volunteer community? Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that “Volunteers Log... Off as Wikipedia Ages”. The article is a comprehensive description of the challenges and opportunities facing the ... (more) Wikipedia’s Volunteer Story
Nose, face, cut, spite: Blocking Google
Nose, face, cut, spite: Blocking Google
buzzmachine.com — There’s been a swine flu of stupidity spreading about the Murdoch meme of blocking Google from indexing... a site’s content (to which Google always replies that you’ve always been able to do that with robots.txt – so go ahead if ... (more) Nose, face, cut, spite: Blocking Google
VUDU updates keep rolling by integrating Wikipedia
VUDU updates keep rolling by integrating Wikipedia
engadget.com — The VUDU web based architecture is evidently really paying off, because this makes the third VUDU update... in the last month. The company tells us that since its UI is pulled from the web like any other website, it can continue to easily roll out ... (more) VUDU updates keep rolling by integrating Wikipedia
The Most Influential Websites in the World: Wikipedia #1, Twitter #4 With a Bullet
readwriteweb.com — A year ago we profiled an oddly-named service called ://URLFAN, which we concluded was a good 'Influence... Index' for the Web. ://URLFAN ranks websites by popularity, based on blog mentions. Unlike analytics services like Alexa or Compete, ://URLFAN ... (more) The Most Influential Websites in the World: Wikipedia ...
What’s new for me: Hunch
blog.jimmywales.com — I’ve always been intrigued by the potential intersection of community-based, user-generated web platforms and algorithmic, machine-based ones.... Wikipedia and Wikia have proven to do a pretty darn good job with the former. Search engines clearly ... (more) What’s new for me: Hunch
Is Groats Disease or Groats Syndrome Fictional or Real?
Is Groats Disease or Groats Syndrome Fictional or Real?
kokeytechnology.com — Many have asked the realness or actual existence of Groats Disease or Groats Syndrome. Groats Disease or... Syndrome (whatever you want to call it was named after its discoverer, Dick Groat. It is actually a fictional disorder discussed in “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Season 2 Episode 5 ... (more) Is Groats Disease or Groats Syndrome Fictional or Real?
Video - News Hub: Wikipedia Volunteers Quit
marketnewslive.blogspot.com — Wikipedia is extremely popular with the public, but not so much with the volunteers who run the... site. They're quitting, raising questions about the future of Wikipedia, says WSJ.com Senior Technology Editor Julia Angwin. (more) Video - News Hub: Wikipedia Volunteers Quit
Wikipedia wins web popularity vote
Wikipedia wins web popularity vote
techradar.com — Popularity tracking website ://URLFAN has ranked Wikipedia the most popular and influential website of the year for... the second year running. Measuring websites not on their traffic but on blog mentions, Wikipedia has come out on top with the likes of YouTube, Flickr and Twitter not far behind. ... (more) Wikipedia wins web popularity vote
Street View Gallery on Google Maps
google.com — Toronto, Canada - The CN Tower is a communications and observation tower standing 553.33 metres (1,815.4 ft)... tall. After holding the tallest free-standing structure record for 31 years, the CN Tower was surpassed in height by the ... (more) Street View Gallery on Google Maps
Convicted Murderer To Wikipedia: Shhh!
Convicted Murderer To Wikipedia: Shhh!
eff.org — In 1990, Bavarian actor Walter Sedlmayr was brutally murdered. Two of his business associates were convicted, imprisoned... for the crime, and recently paroled. Who killed Sedlmayr? Its a matter of public record, but if one of the men and his German law ... (more) Convicted Murderer To Wikipedia: Shhh!
Convicted Murderer Sues Wikipedia, Demands Removal of His Name
wired.com — A convicted murderer demands that Wikipedia remove his name from an entry about the actor he killed... in 1990. The ex-convict cites a German law to bolster his censorship argument. (more) Convicted Murderer Sues Wikipedia, Demands Removal of ...
2012: The End Of The World?
informationisbeautiful.net — 2012 The End Of The World by David McCandless, Informationisbeautiful.net Read about the background to this image... | Leave a comment | See more visualisations | Home Skeptical Sources: Wikipedia , Associated Press , Astronomical Answers: University of ... (more) 2012: The End Of The World?
Who Will Foster the Great Location API?
gigaom.com — Nextstop , a user-generated travel site, is releasing an API for its location-specific short-form recommendations. The self-funded... company, founded by former Google product managers, only launched in June and has attracted low hundreds of thousands ... (more) Who Will Foster the Great Location API?
Google Maps Navigation Comes to Older Android Phones – GigaOM
Google Maps Navigation Comes to Older Android Phones – GigaOM
gigaom.com — Google today launched its popular Google Maps Navigation (beta) for older devices that use Android OS version... 1.6 or higher. It debuted as a free feature on Android 2.0 (Droid) handsets a few weeks ago and was received with much enthusiasm . Now ... (more) Google Maps Navigation Comes to Older Android Phones ...
Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages
online.wsj.com — Wikipedia.org is the fifth-most-popular Web site in the world, with roughly 325 million monthly visitors. But unprecedented... numbers of the millions of online volunteers who write, edit and police it are quitting. That could have significant ... (more) Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages
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