Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo: We’re Playing a Long-Term Game

“I have a view that if you build something that’s good, and you keep making it better, it lasts,” says D’Angelo.
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Wikimedia Head Sue Gardner Says She Will Step Down

Gardner explained that she would pursue advocacy efforts to combat corporate and government control of the Internet.
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Among Big Properties, Apple and Amazon Have Greatest Portions of Mobile-Only Users

The folks who measure how many people visit websites have been slow to count up mobile Web, smartphone and tablet users. But comScore is catching up, with its new “Multi-Platform” rankings.
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Happy Internet Freedom Day, Y’all

It’s the first anniversary of the online protests against SOPA and PIPA.
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The Most Popular Pages on Wikipedia in 2012: Facebook, One Direction and … Cul De Sacs?

In 2012, German people were apparently fascinated by sackgasse, or dead-end streets, and Dutch people (or bots) were really into a mountain in China.
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The Fifth-Biggest Site in the World Operated on a Budget of $27M Last Year

According to sources on the Internet, Wikipedia is huge and cheaply run.
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After Many Delays, Wikipedia Adds Video Support Today

Wikipedia has been working on video with the start-up Kaltura since 2008.
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The Last Place in America That’s Not Politically Polarized: Wikipedia

Though in the lead-up to today’s election news organizations somehow kept unearthing supposedly undecided voters to interview, today’s American political discussion is in fact ridiculously polarized and unfriendly — on TV, on blogs, on Twitter, on Facebook and IRL. But Wikipedia editors, it turns out, can get past their differences and have reasonable discussions across party lines about controversial political topics. That is, according to a study by researchers from USC and the Barcelona Media Foundation, found via the Wikimedia blog.

Wikipedia Mounts Massive Monthlong Photo Competition

The crowdsourced online encyclopedia would like to be more of a picture book.
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Klout Revises Its Algorithm — But Fear Not, It Says Most Scores Will Go Up

The controversial Klout is making an effort to address some critics by improving the accuracy and relevancy of its scores.
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Quora Crams Full Web Site Into New iPhone App

Great Expectations: Going Off the Social Media Grid

Happy 10th Birthday, Wikipedia! What's Next? (Video)

955 Dreams Jazzes Up iPad With Interactive Music History App