Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has gone into the mobile carrier business, buying a stake in and becoming co-chair of The People’s Operator.…
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Has Wikipedia broken faith with users by going dark?
Critics of Wikipedia's decision to shut the encyclopedia down as a protest against U.S. anti-piracy legislation say the site shouldn't be taking an advocacy position on such an issue, but if anything, that decision is a great illustration of how Wikipedia functions and why it's important.…
Read MoreSOPA Rep Blasts Wikipedia Blackout, Says Law To Go Forward In Feb.
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tx), who is leading a push to pass a controversial anti-piracy bill, issued a statement today scolding Wikipedia over it……
Read MoreWikipedia Shutting Down For 24 Hours To Protest SOPA Piracy Bill
Capping a flurry of recent developments in the fuss over the Stop Online Piracy Act, Wikipedia's founder said the site will go dark for 24 h……
Read MoreJimmy Wales: Wikipedia Is Losing Contributors
Few websites have changed the way we access knowledge as much as Wikipedia. Now, however, it looks like the online encyclopedia is hitting s……
Read MoreFor All Its Flaws, Wikipedia is the Way Information Works Now
Wikipedia, which turns 10 this weekend, has taken a lot of heat over the years. But it has become a crucial aspect of our lives, and in many ways it has shown us what all information online is becoming: social, distributed, interactive and (at times) chaotic.…
Read MoreWales Says Wikipedia Role Unchanged, But Editorial Power Has Been Curbed
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales says despite reports to the contrary, he is not stepping down or reducing his role with the user-generated encyclopedia. However, he has given up some editing privileges after a disagreement over the removal of images that Wikipedia critics say depict child pornography.…
Read MoreOpen vs. Closed: Jimmy Wales on Being Open
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says that he believes the benefits of taking an open approach to content outweigh the disadvantages, and says that something as large and influential as Wikipedia has become could never have been built unless the process was open to anyone to contribute.…
Read More@ CMS2010: Jimmy Wales: Papers Should Ditch Columnists, Google Is Naive
Not sure on what basis the Wikipedia founder pontificates about the future of news media, but every disruptor deserves his say, so Jimmy Wal……
Read MoreMy Hunch Is As Good As Jimmy Wales' Hunch
Hunch, a New York-based startup whose founders include by Chris Dixon and Caterina Fake, has flown under the radar since it launched six months ago, which is strange considering its potential as a disruptor. Today, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales joined Hunch's board.…
Read MoreWikipedia Founder Kills User-Generated Search Engine
Just over a year after launching his Wikia Search engine, Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales is closing it down, citing the economy. Wikia Search……
Read MoreJimmy Wales Comes Clean With Green Wikia
If ever a conflicting topic needed a clearinghouse for all of the different rants, raves and theories, it would be the issue…
Read MoreGoogle's Death Knol For Some?
Google's foray into social content, aka Knols, is a dangerous development for the likes of Wikipedia and Mahalo. It is also a sign that Google is finally beginning to show its monopolist claws. Google's mysterious Page Rank system is what Internet Explorer was to Microsoft in the late 1990s: a way to control the destiny of others.…
Read MoreThe GigaOM Show — Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales
Wow, time does fly. We are on our 19th episode. In this week’s show we chat with Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia…
Read MorePigPog is loving his new Tablet PC
Want to know what having a new Toshiba Portege M200 is like? Check out PigPog’s post where he describes how he’s using…
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