Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Official Wikipedia app hits the Android Market just in time for SOPA blackout

Official Wikipedia app hits the Android Market just in time for SOPA blackout

Wikipedia fanatics have long had to rely on a third party service to browse the user edited encyclopedia natively on their Android smartphones, but just as the knowledge bank shutters its site to protest SOPA the official app has hit the Android Market. The app has several key features including the ability to save an article for offline reading and search for articles based on a user's location in the world. Now when visiting Washington, DC to deliver letters to congress urging lawmakers to vote ‘nay' for SOPA and PIPA, the Wiki app will offer knowledge-seekers results that include nearby monuments and historical information.

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