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Wikipedia founder aims to break Google stranglehold
SINGAPORE AFP — Watch out Google -- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales hopes that Wikia Search, a project he spearheads, will break Google's domination as the world's most widely used Internet search engine. Google and fellow titans Yahoo and Microsoft dominate the Internet search engine market which Wales said was...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Google Inc., INTERNET, SEARCH, Singapore, Wiki, Wikia Inc., Wikipedia
Research articles 2008-08-14
Wikia Buys Lyric Wiki As Part Of Music Expansion
Wikia, the for-profit wiki company led by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, has made a small purchase: It has picked up Lyric Wiki, a wiki site that features nearly one million user-uploaded song lyrics. Wikia says it has also reached a licensing deal with Sony (NYSE: SNE) subsidiary Gracenote so...
Tags: Wikia Inc., Wiki, Online Communications, Entertainment, Music, Media & Publishing, Social Media, Wikis, Companies, Sony, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-10-14
HP launches print-on-demand book service to rival Google
HP is launching an online print-on-demand service that lets users publish paperback copies of out-of-copyright digital books in a move that will see it compete with Google.The programme, called Bookprep, offers customers around 500,000 books from the University of Michigan's library, which Google has digitised. Amazon is partnering with...
Tags: Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., On-demand, Wikia Inc., Print-on-demand, Managed Hosting, Business Structures, Cloud Computing, Finance, Sarah Vizard, Amazon.com Inc.
Articles 2009-10-20
Wikipedia founder in HP online magazine print deal
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The founder of online encyclopedia Wikipedia said on Wednesday he had entered into a partnership with computer company Hewlett Packard that will allow users to create and print magazines. Jimmy Wales, founder of the user-edited Wikipedia, said users will be able to publish personal magazines using content...
Tags: magazine, Hewlett-Packard Co., Wikipedia, Wikia Inc.
News items 2009-10-22

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Wikia Inc.(ST. PETERSBURG)
ST. PETERSBURG -- Wikia Inc., which manages an online collection of communities and search engines, including online ... ST. PETERSBURG -- Wikia Inc., which manages an online collection of communities and search engines, including online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has landed $4 million in venture capital from the...
Research articles 2006-06-01
Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Launches Open Directory of City Guides; World Wikia Provides Free, Fully Editable Worldwide Guide of Places to Go and Things to Do — Site Now Open for Contributions From All Travelers
MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Wikia, Inc., the leading site for developing and hosting community-based wikis, today announced the launch of a free, fully editable worldwide guide of places to go and things to do. The guide, World Wikia, is now online at http://world.wikia.com/ and is open to contributions from all...
Tags: Wikipedia
Research articles 2006-08-07
Amazon Invests in Wikia Series B Financing: Amazon's Value-Added Capital Key to Wikia's Expanding Product Plans
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Wikia, Inc., the leading wiki site for information on thousands of topics written by a community of contributors, today announced it has completed Series B financing with a strategic investment from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). Amazon.com is the sole investor in Wikia's second round of funding...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., financing
Research articles 2006-12-06
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