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Wikivoyage, launched by the Wikimedia Foundation, is a new site that will provide travellers with information on destinations, restaurants, hotels and whatever users choose to create and update. In the same way that Wikipedia operates the content will be sourced from volunteer authors and travellers.As described on Wikipedia, the site ...

A group of South African learners are lobbying operators in that country to provide them with free access to Wikipedia.The open source encyclopedia is already available for free in a number of countries across North Africa and the Middle East. Pupils at Sinenjongo High School in Cape Town have ...

Controversial South African Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr had his personal Wikipedia page hacked on Monday.The page now describes him as a prominent member of a Mormon split, called The Morons and an honourary chairman of 'Avrikaanirs met Leer Probleeme' (Afrikaners with Learning Disabilities).The majority of the changed content was ...

The Russian parliament has approved a bill which will allow the government to shut down websites hosting content they deemed "harmful." If signed into law, it will see the creation of a system to monitor and blacklist websites.An amendment to Russia's Act for Information, bill 89417-6 was put forth ...

Free software. In many ways it is an unfortunate term to describe what most people today know as open source software. Although the term is intended to convey the idea of freedom, it is often misunderstood as meaning 'free of cost'. And while most open software is indeed available free ...

It seems no matter how much society evolves, women are always left just that little bit behind. No, this is not an article about gender equality -- this is a tech site for crying out loud. As Google's Marissa Mayer recently wrote about IBM CEO Virginia Rometty for her inclusion ...

Social media is here to stay and whilst most companies understand the benefits social media has to offer, many are still faced with the challenge of getting their employees on board. Social media isn't something you can force on employees. It is something they WANT to do. According to Wikipedia, ...

New Yorkers will tell you that a lot can happen in a 'New York minute' and it's also one of the fastest minutes you'll ever experience. In this new tech age where we are all plugged in, the internet is our fast-paced minute. What could possibly happen in one internet ...

Mobile operating giant Orange has threatened to pull out of emerging markets if it does not meet two important targets.Orange's Executive Vice President for Africa, Middle East and Asia Marc Rennard said that the company would have to increase its revenue from €3.4-billion (US$4.5-billion) today to €7-billion (US$9-billion) by ...

The Wikimedia foundation is teaming up with mobile giant Orange to provide access to Wikipedia – without incurring any data charges.The project is reportedly an extension of a partnership forged between Orange and the Wikimedia foundation in 2009. The net result of that partnership, Orange claims, was “the world’s first ...