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[Tech Eye - Latest technology headlines] Google lashes out dosh to Wikimedia | Internet news | TechEye ...: They probably weren't expecting this, but Wikimedia has received $2 million from Google in a fit of generosity.

[TECH.BLORGE.com] Google donates $2 million to Wikimedia parent group - TECH.BLORGE.com: Based on past history, it’s extremely hard to see the Wikimedia foundation agreeing to cede any form of editorial control or become involved in advertising partnerships. That most likely means this is purely a case of Google recognizing that a strong Wikipedia improves the overall internet experience, which has a knock-on benefit for Google’s bottom line.

[Tech Support Forums - TechIMO.com] Google Donates $2M to Wikimedia Foundation - Tech Support Forums ...: Google's move to help monetarily support the Wikimedia Foundation - the organization behind Wikipedia - is interesting considering Google's efforts to develop Knol, its own community-based reference resource.

[Tech Readers] Google Gives Donation of $2 Million to WikiMedia Foundation | Tech ...: Having said that, donation came almost after a year and a half since the launch of Google’s Wikipedia competitor “Google Knol”. Google Knol’s epic failure might be the reason for the donation to wikipedia.

[D' Technology Weblog] Google donated $2 Million to Wikimedia Foundation, Jimmy Wales says: Earlier this year, Wikimedia announced that it has raised $8 million for the 2009-10 fiscal, exceeding its goal for the year by $500K. The foundation recently added Craigslist founder Craig Newmark to its advisory board, which also includes tech visionary Mitch Kapor.

[Tech News From All Over The Net] Google Donates $2 Million To Wikimedia Foundation | Tech News From ...: The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit that focuses on the development of free, multilingual content to wiki-based projects. The Wikimedia Foundation operates Wikipedia, but has also helped develop Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikinews, and Wikiversity.

[MarketplaceJA Blog] Wikimedia Received $2 M Grant From Google | MarketplaceJA Blog: Wikimedia board member Jimmy Wales, who was a key figure in the creation of Wikipedia, announced the grant on Tuesday on twitter and said a formal statement will be made today. The statement was in fact released, but the full details are not yet clear.

[Technology RSS Feed] Google donates $2m to Wikimedia | Top Industry News, Statistics ...: The donation is in line with Google's generosity to foundations that promote a faster and more open web, but it is not yet clear if the move....

[The Tech Herald Internet News] Google helps maintain Wikipedia with $2 million donation - Internet: According to the foundation’s official release, the funds will be channelled into operational costs associated with the Wikimedia Foundation, including investments in technical infrastructure that support rapidly-increasing global traffic and capacity demands. The cash will also be directed at efforts to make the Wikipedia archives more accessible and even easier to use.

[TechSheep] TechSheep » Blog Archive » Google Donates $2 Million To Wikimedia ...: Google Donates $2 Million To Wikimedia Foundation ”” According to a Tweet just sent from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, Google has donated $2 million to the Wikimedia Foundation. Wales says the official announcement will be made tomorrow .

[TechKive] TechKive » Blog Archive » Google Donates $2 Million To Wikimedia ...: According to a Tweet just sent from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales , Google has donated $2 million to the Wikimedia Foundation. Wales says the official announcement will be made tomorrow.

[Tech Blog] Google and Wikipedia, BFF | Tech Blog | FT.com: Equally significant is the very public love-in this has provoked, with Wales claiming the donation had cemented “the long-time alignment and friendship between Google and Wikimedia.”

[Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk] Wikipedia wins the Google lottery - but why? | Technology ...: google my good pimp [chaparone with class -California has IT] the next step or rather the ultimate level is for youtube to supply the AUDIO DIMENTION, as an [wiki] encyclopedia that talks! and has more pictures than you can dream of [google], and ultimately the "GOOGLE ALARM CLOCK" will project large images of your subject on the wall and "tell you the story" [with text as well] or add some mood elements like music/sound mixed with the AUDIO of text or lecture and logic.

[ICT4D Blog] ICTlogy » ICT4D Blog » UOC Tech Talks. Kul Wadhwa: Online ...: Wikimedia is about the community, about volunteering. Since the project kicked off in 2001, there have been created 13 million articles in 271 languagesw, 17 million pages, 325 million edits, 330 million visits monthly, 100,000 active contributors (edit 5 times a month at least), over 50 books published on the Wikimedia phenomena, etc.

[google android os blog] Wikimedia Hires Danese Cooper as New CTO | google android os blog: From OStatic blogs Cnet's Stephen Shankland reports that the Wikimedia Foundation has hired open source advocate Danese Cooper as its Chief Technical Officer.

[Technology News] Google donates $2 million to Wikimedia parent group @ Technology News: In a statement received by CNET, Google co-founder Sergey Brin said “Wikipedia is one of the greatest triumphs of the Internet. This vast repository of community-generated content is [...]

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