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Wikipedia to Open India Chapter?
What’s the first result you find when you Google something? More often than not, it’s Wikipedia. It caught on in 2002, and from there it has become the textbook definition of the success of a collaborative enterprise, revolutionising the way we access knowledge. (It also greatly increased the popularity of the wiki concept)
To see how [...]
Technorati To Become A Content Network – Is The Revival On Its Way In?
If there was one website that has turned to as many business strategies as the number of years it has existed, it ought to be Technorati. The website was launched with too many high expectations coming off a period when the blogging revolution was at its peak and Technorati was the destination site that bloggers [...]
English Wikipedia Reaches 3 Million Articles
Wikipedia has announced on its homepage today the creation of the three millionth article on its English version. Would have had the same growth if they had chosen to be a profit-centric corporate house? What do you think?
Wikipedia Bringing Videos Into Its Fold – Now Edit Videos Like Text
In the short history of the web, if any resource on the web has come close to challenging Google’s position as the number one information repository it has to be Wikipedia. The powerful web resource that Jimmy Wells has built and runs purely through donations is one of the success stories of the Internet.And it is set to get bigger and better.
Microsoft unplugging Encarta! Wikipedia to blame?
On my 12th birthday I received my first Microsoft Encarta CD. The year was 2000 and it was my most prized possession. Things surely have changed for there was no Wikipedia back then, for if there was I don’t know if I’d have owned a copy for the encyclopedia.
Nearly a decade later Microsoft decides to [...]
Britannica Gets a 2.0 Tag, Opts for a Wikipedia Like Model And Then Pulls Up Google
Encyclopedia Britannica announced yesterday a new version to its online presence which follows a Wiki like model. In a move that marks the end of the rigidity of the pre-web 2.0 era for the encyclopedia maker it is asking the masses to edit, enhance and contribute to its online version. New features enabling the inclusion of this user-generated content will be rolled out on the encyclopedia’s website over the next 24 hours, said Britannica’s president, Jorge Cauz.
Mobile Web Influences Every Walk of Life : Now Access Wikipedia Any Time You Want
The mobile web seems to be taking everybody by storm. There was a time when the ability of accessing wap sites on the phones was just a novelty. The real serious candidates would always end up with a BlackBerry. However, with more bandwidth and technologies like 3.5G making a headway in mainstream market, no one can hush away the importance of mobile web any more.
After Cuil, Wikia Search Now to Take on Google
It’s the turn of Wikia Search to try and take on the giant. Wikia is the brainchild of Jimmy Wales, the founder of, unarguably the largest collection of information in one place, Wikipedia. Wikia Search is a human powered search engine that was launched in Alpha back in January.
Updated: Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky Speaks About Windows 7
As Windows XP deadline approaches Vista sales is expected to go up. But people all over the world seem to be more interested in the upcoming version of Windows 7 rather than Vista. In an exclusive interview with CNET, Steven Sinofsky the senior vice president for the Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group at Microsoft [...]
WATBlog Spots: Harman Baweja and Love Story 2050 ATTACKED on Wikipedia
Harman Baweja’s Love Story 2050 Wikipedia Page has just been spammed by someone. The spammer has changed the name of the actor to Hrithik Roshan (an obvious reference to some of the media stories). Read on to find more and also figure out how this is changing social media and what social networks are doing to counter this.
Google Launches Hindi Translation Tool
On Saturday morning I read WATBlog in Hindi. Funny part is all of us forgot to Blog it! Well, better late than never.
Previously Google enabled search and scraps in Hindi. They also have a tool on blogger, which enables bloggers to write in Hindi. That service is pretty solid and can be compared to counterparts such as Hindi Kalam and Quillpad.
Google [...]
Spam Gets Older. Turns 30 On May 2nd!
According to a Wikipedia entry following RSS Awareness Day, It is the 30th birthday of annoying SPAM. As spam turns 30 on May 2nd I would like to share with you how it all started. Way back in May 1978, Kurt Kleiner of NewScientistTech reminds us that it was Gary Thuerk, a marketer at [...]
Wikipedia To Go Off-Line In September, Publish A Book In Germany
Wikipedia encyclopedia’s first volume to be published in Germany in September 2008. The book will consist nearly 1,000 pages with approximate 50,000 most widely searched words on German version.
NGO NanhiKali’s New Website Uses Social Media – In The Most Beautiful Way
Browsing through the Internet today, I came across the news of the NGO Nanhi Kali launching its new website http://www.girlsmiles.org . And using Social Media over the regular media. On opening up the website, I was greeted by the same design that I was a few weeks back, when me, Rupesh and Rajiv were admiring that website. The website uses the same concept of design.
A Tribute To RSS Day!
As more and more content is added to web every second it becomes almost impossible for us to keep track of our favorite sites every now and then. Thanks to RSS our life has become much easier. As May 1st, the RSS Awareness Day is approaching I thought of dedicating a post to it.