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Google Gives $2 Million to Wikipedia’s Foundation

Google has opened up its charity wallet once again. View original post here: Google Gives $2 Million to Wikipedia’s Foundation  Read More →

Google Gives $2 Million to Wikipedia’s Foundation

Google has opened up its charity wallet once again. This time, the search giant has donated $2,000,000 to the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that runs and maintains Wikipedia. The donation, in true social media fashion, was announced via tweets from Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales and Wikimedia Foundation advisory board member Mitch Kapor . Neither Google nor the Wikimedia Foundation have made an official announcement yet — it’s supposed to come tomorrow. The donation’s definitely in line with Google’s generosity to foundations that promote a faster and more... 

Google launches rival to Wikipedia

A knol is what Google says is a unit of knowledge and its new Knol site is a repository for authoritative articles about specific topics – Google’s effort to take some of the punch from sites like Wikipedia and cash in on the collaborative wiki content trend. And there’s greed as a motive – users can actually make money  Read More →

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