13 posts and columns on wiki

ViKi Raises Millions for Web Video From Around the World

in Media on December 8, 2010 at 8:00 am PT

Problem: You want to watch foreign-language movies and TV shows on the Web. But! You only know English. Solution: ViKi, a site that shows videos from around the world and provides captions in 100 different languages.

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Wikipedia Co-founder Bothered by WikiLeaks

in News on September 28, 2010 at 10:35 am PT

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is not a fan of Wikileaks. At a conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, today, he referred to the whistleblowing site’s release of Afghan war documents as irresponsible and dangerous–and he also made it clear he disapproves of the use of the term “wiki” in its name, which implies that it’s a site that allows collaboration. “I wish they wouldn’t use the name; they are not a wiki. A big way that got famous in the first place was by using the word wiki, which was unfortunate in my view.”

Site Builder Wetpaint Makes One for Itself Using the Demand Media Playbook

in Media on September 6, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

Do we really need another pop-culture site? Sure, says Wetpaint CEO Ben Elowitz. His pitch: We’ll build a better mousetrap–one that covers every flickering detail about the likes of “Glee” and “The Jersey Shore”–using “data and science.”

Whiskey Media's (And Former CNET CEO) Shelby Bonnie Talks Content and More!

in News on May 20, 2010 at 12:39 am PT

Yesterday, BoomTown caught up with Shelby Bonnie, the former CEO of CNET who is now running Whiskey Media, the social publishing start-up. Sausalito, Calif.-based Whiskey is debuting its latest site today, called Screened, focused on video entertainment, which will combine both professional and user-generated content, much as its other four sites–Anime, Vice, Giant Bomb, Comic Vine and Tested–do. It’s yet another twist on the creation and distribution of content and another example of how quickly the publishing industry is changing.

Silicon Valley Entrepreneur (and Google Exec) Joe Kraus Moves to Google Ventures

in News on November 3, 2009 at 5:14 am PT

Joe Kraus–the longtime Silicon Valley entrepreneur who sold his most recent start-up, JotSpot, to Google in 2006 and has been a director of product management since–has moved to its Google Ventures unit as a partner, said several sources. Sources added that Kraus is likely to be the first of several well-known appointments at the relatively new venture arm of the search giant.
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The Real News of Wetpaint's $25 Million Funding: Fidelity Kicked In

in News on May 19, 2008 at 2:56 am PT

While Wetpaint’s $25 million new round of funding was leaked to one and all under embargo until 12:01 am EST today–including BoomTown, so don’t assume any of us report our little hearts out on all these bits of news–what the press release did not disclose, sources said, was an intriguing new investor: Fidelity Investments. What’s interesting about this wrinkle is that it is yet another validation in Web 2.0 world from a large traditional institutional investor.
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Google 'Not-Office' Finally Completed

in News on February 28, 2008 at 8:01 am PT

Soldiering on in its quest not to compete with Microsoft’s core office-productivity software business, Google last night added another component to its Web-based productivity suite– Google Sites. Created from JotSpot, the hosted wiki platform Google acquired back in 2006, Sites is essentially a lightweight version of Microsoft’s business collaboration program SharePoint.

Google ‘Not-Office’ Finally Completed

in News on February 28, 2008 at 8:01 am PT

Soldiering on in its quest not to compete with Microsoft’s core office-productivity software business, Google last night added another component to its Web-based productivity suite– Google Sites. Created from JotSpot, the hosted wiki platform Google acquired back in 2006, Sites is essentially a lightweight version of Microsoft’s business collaboration program SharePoint.

Creating Your Own ‘Wiki’ Web Site

in The Mossberg Solution on April 25, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Wikipedia.com, the encyclopedia Web site created and operated with contributions from online users around the world, is a resourceful tool. Though accuracy isn’t guaranteed, it reflects a collection of knowledge contributed and edited by many users. A “wiki” is a Web site or similar online resource that allows anyone to add and edit content collectively. [...]