(Wikia, Inc., San Mateo, CA, www.wikia.com) An organization that hosts wikis for all variety of topics. Founded in 2004 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley, anyone can read and edit an existing wiki; however, Wikia must approve all proposals for new wikis. Wikia was originally named Wikicities. See Wikia Search.
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-04
- Wolfram Alpha has Google's attention
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- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- The "Me Too" Kindle 2 Review
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- Blog posts 2009-04-07
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- Discussion threads 2009-03-18
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- Discussion threads 2009-03-05
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- Blog posts 2008-11-21
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
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- Blog posts 2008-07-28
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- Blog posts 2008-07-24
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
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- Discussion threads 2008-06-04
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- Blog posts 2008-06-03
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