Wikimedia has switched to Kaltura HTML5 Player for the videos hosted on their network.
This is a significant update as this new player brings loads of new features to the video player used to broadcast videos on various sites operated by Wikimedia.
Wikipedia has launched their official app for the Windows 8 platform. It works on both Windows 8 and Windows RT editions.
Wikipedia spoke about the app:
While Internet Explorer 10 works wonderfully with Wikipedia as a regular web site,
Wikimedia Foundation has announced the addition of a brand new feature on the English edition of Wikipedia.
Wikipedia pages would now feature an EPUB export option that would allow you to create your own mini eBooks filled with content from the
Wikimedia has confirmed that they are facing some technical issues on their platform.
As a result, Wikipedia pages are mostly inaccessible around the world.
We're having some technical issues, but our engineers are working on it. We'll be
Wikipedia made headlines when they went down for a day to protest against SOPA.
The Russian language edition of the Wikipedia is blacked out today as well. This time it is to protest against the new government regulations that might permanently
Wikipedia has become the latest entity to drop Google Maps for the open source offering OpenStreetMap.
Wikipedia using OSM for their mapping features makes a lot more sense because of the open source nature of both these platforms.
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Wikidata is the latest project from the stables of Wikimedia Foundation.
Wikidata is designed to create a database of information that can be queried to generate results.
It could be used by both humans and machines to get structured results
The Wikimedia Foundation has confirmed that they have moved all of their domains away from Go Daddy.
They had announced this initiative after it was found that Go Daddy was supporting SOPA.
Go Daddy later changed their stance publicly though
Wikimedia Foundation has announced that they are adding support for FeaturedFeeds extension on Wikipedia.
This means that you can now get an RSS/ATOM feed of featured articles and pictures on the various wikis operated under the Wikipedia network.
Orange is collaborating with Wikimedia Foundation to offer access to Wikipedia without any charge in Middle East and Africa.
This feature would be applicable on mobile devices. Accessing internet on the mobile phone is a popular mode of communication
