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  • Orange and Wikipedia offer free knowledge in Africa and the Middle East. Online, Orange, Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation 0

    Orange and Wikipedia offer free knowledge in Africa and the Middle East

    No data charges 24 January 2012 15:27 GMT

    Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organisation that operates Wikipedia, have joined forces to offer free learning to mobile browsers in Africa and the Middle East (AMEA).

    Well, free learning and also free looking up of mundane...

  • Wikipedia appeals for donations

    Wikipedia appeals for donations

    Wikimedia Foundation begins its annual cash drive 16 November 2010 16:41 GMT

    It's approaching the end of November, and that can only mean one thing.

    No, we don't mean the endless loop of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" on Radio 1, but the annual Wikimedia Foundation fund-raising appeal.

    Now...

  • Google donates $2m to Wikipedia

    Google donates $2m to Wikipedia

    Site "is one of the greatest triumphs of the internet" says Sergey Brin 18 February 2010 12:31 GMT

    Google has reached deep into its wallet and handed over a massive grant to the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia and a number of other sites. The $2,000,000 donation will be used to make Wikipedia easier to use, says the charity.

    "Wikipedia...

  • Official Wikipedia iPhone app launched

    Official Wikipedia iPhone app launched

    Does it do anything beyond other Wikipedia apps? 19 August 2009 10:56 GMT

    There's a multitude of applications on the iPhone for accessing Wikipedia, and they've just been joined by an official one from the site's creators - the Wikimedia Foundation.

    It allows users to access articles formatted specifically for...

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