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When the phrase Information Free of charge comes up on your news readers and in the newspapers in the coming months, you will know that it began right here, and with Wikipedia and Orange, who together will be offering free – that is, without data costs – use of Wikipedia’s huge understanding archive. What this means for the long term of the mobile sector is this: the door has been opened to totally free information, or at least that’s what Wikipedia is aiming at by means of mobile end users in Africa and the Middle East soon. Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation have announced in a press release today that they are aiming to make their store of info readily available for totally free to people who require it, people who otherwise would have no this sort of basic access to the information you and I take for granted.

Africa and the Middle East, otherwise acknowledged as AMEA, will have entry to Wikipedia at no charge by means of their internet-enabled phone so long as it has an Orange SIM inside it. This project is part of a greater campaign initiated by the Wikimedia Foundation to connect with people across the earth whose only access to the net is through their phone. This project and offering will be rolling out during 2012, reaching at some point a complete of 20 African and Middle Eastern countries that Orange has a presence in. Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation had the following to say:

“Wikipedia is an important service, a public very good — and so we want individuals to be able to access it for free of charge, irrespective of what device they are using. This partnership with Orange will allow millions of men and women to go through Wikipedia, who previously couldn’t.” – Gardner

Look like a fairly amazing program to you? Then on an additional note: do you assume this is the begin of subsidized “free” information for users around the globe, or will it be limited to applications specifically like this one? Wikipedia are you undertaking a bunch of great right here?

SlashGear

from McGeeks http://www.mcgeeks.com

Originally published January 24, 2012 at 10:01PM
here http://www.mcgeeks.com/wikipedia-to-be-first-data-free-mobile-website-on-earth

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January 24, 2012

This is a glass floor supported completely by the combined effort of 180,000 tiny plastic people. It was constructed by South Korean artist Do Ho Suh and at very first I thought all the figurines had been women and the floor represented the glass ceiling, but then I recognized I got high with the bartender on my lunch break and I’m studying way as well far into factors. Oh shit, oh shit — this popup says I just won an iPad!

Hit the jump for many more shots from different zooms.

Floor 1997-2000, A Glass Floor Supported by 180,000 Plastic Figurines [laughingsquid]

Thanks to Christina, who claims she after balanced on a single beer bottle which I come across infinitely a lot more extraordinary.

Geekologie – Gadgets, Gizmos, and Amazing

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Originally published January 25, 2012 at 03:52PM
here http://www.mcgeeks.com/glass-floor-supported-by-180000-little-plastic-people

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Terry Fan’s humorous new Yoda evolutionary chart traces the Jedi Master back to his frog days. Hop on over to Society6 for prints, cases and clothing.

Related Rampages: Dark Side of The Forest (More)

Yodalution by Terry Fan (Society6) (Flickr) (Facebook)

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Originally published January 16, 2012 at 03:51PM
here http://rampagedreality.com/post/15946687986/yodalutiontfss

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Master Chief & Mega Man Hello Kitty

Daft Punk Hello Kitty

Darth Vader & Boba Fett Hello Kitty

Han Solo Carbonite & R2-D2 Hello Kitty

Captain Kirk & Dalek Hello Kitty

Dark Knight & TRON Hello Kitty

Iron Man & Punisher Hello Kitty

Optimus Prime & RoboCop Hello Kitty

Kick-Ass & Rorscach Hello Kitty

An amazing amount of pop culture icons have been given an innocent Hello Kitty redesign by artist Joseph Senior. You can check out more on his Flickr.

Pop Culture Hello Kitty by Joseph Senior (Flickr)

Via: BuzzFeed | Visual News

from Rampaged Reality http://rampagedreality.com/

Originally published January 19, 2012 at 04:47PM
here http://rampagedreality.com/post/16117551507

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Captain America

Spider-Man

Venom

Hawkeye

Kermit

Mickey Mouse

From Iron Man to Kermit the Frog, artist Matthew Gallagher took a large group of his favorite pop culture icons and simplified them for your viewing pleasure.

Prints and iPhone cases are now on sale at Society6.

Pop Culture Icons by Matthew Gallagher (Society6) (Flickr) (Twitter)

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Originally published January 18, 2012 at 06:36AM
here http://rampagedreality.com/post/16050850952/dmatts6pop

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from Geek And Poke http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/

Originally published January 18, 2012 at 10:34PM
here http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2012/01/how-to-pull-a-geek.html?ut...

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Originally published January 08, 2012 at 10:15PM
here http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2012/01/the-god-and-the-coder-how-...

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