Android’s Google Voice Actions is hardly the Siri rival that it should be, but a new service in Germany, launched by Deutsche Telekom, has teamed up with Wikipedia to provide a voice tool with more in the way of instant answers. Read more
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It’s January 18th, the day the web goes dark in response to the SOPA and PIPA bills being proposed in the US. So how has the web reacted? Is it just one voice in the darkness, or a real movement? Read more
Tomorrow, January 18th, is the day that the web goes dark. Or some of it, anyway. As part of an organised protest, Wikipedia, among many others, is going to switch off. So where can you get your information from? Here are some alternatives… Read more
Family arguments are a Christmas occupational hazard. But rather than making like your fourteen year-old self and storming off to your room when your dad starts getting all adamant that it was Mick Jagger who did a Christmas duet with Bing Crosby, not David Bowie, use the power of tech to solve your quibbles. These apps will sort any arguments sharpish.
Seeing how far a fib can travel is a game as old as time, and now there’s Wikipedia to up the ante. In the 80s Stuart Maconie spread it around that Blockbusters host Bob Holness played sax on Gerry Rafferty’s Baker Street. It was taken as plain fact in many circles, and the man himself saw the funny side and said it was true in interviews, albeit with a cheeky smile.
Wikipedia has provided a service by which fibbers of the highest order can perpetuate the most convincing, or far fetched untruths they can think of. That is, until a Wikipedia editor spots it or a newspaper mistakenly prints it. In honour of those who spend their time making stuff up for other people to find at an unspecified time in the future, we’ve gathered together the best lies perpetuated by Wikipedia, from reports that the Queen is dead, to sublimely ridiculous stories about hats made of shoes. Read on for fibs and giggles.
Are you dreading the day when the Wikipedia appeal banner makes its return? Does the phrase “A personal appeal from Jimmy Wales” give you nightmarish visions of the penetrating stare of Jimmy Wales driving you to involuntarily throw hard cash at the screen in an attempt to make his face go away? Well, turns out that banner has been tested alongside a whole host of other banners, and it’s his face that was most successful in getting you to dig deep.
The inevitable has happened: an enterprising dev team has put out a WikiLeaks app, where you can access the site, get old and new cable updates, and access tweets. It sets you back £1.19, but for every £1.19 ($1.99) the devs are donating $1 (64p) to the Wikileaks cause. It also claims that “because of its intelligent platform, the app will continue to feed content regardless of server disruptions” giving you a mainline into the heart of WikiLeaks.
Out now | £1.19 | Apple
Is this cashing in on WikiLeaks, or another valid access point through which to promote democracy? Click through and tell us what you think…