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The Wikimedia Foundation is rolling out a new version of its Wikipedia mobile application beginning this afternoon, which offersan improved reading experience, better search and an image-centric design, the company says. The updated app will be released on Android first, with an iOS release scheduled to follow.

Overall, the new look and functionality improvements are focused on making the Wikipedia site, which now hosts over 33.5 million articles in 287 languages, more usable on mobile devices.

In the new release, a prominent, contextually relevant image is being added to the top of each article something thats designed to engage readers with the topic, the organization says. In addition, the search experience now features a more defined, higher-contrast search bar alongside a list of recently searched topics.

Viewing images on Wikipedias app has been improved, too, as theres now a pop-up panel that you can launch with a tap, then swipe left or right to scroll through the articles various photos.

And a Read More feature now appears at the end of each article, linking up to three related pages meant to keep users in the application, exploring the topic further.

These features were already made available on Android before todays official launch in the form of a separateWikipedia beta appon Google Play. This app, which allowed users to test out the new features ahead of the full market release, also included support for other, newer upgrades like the ability to edit articles from your smartphone, plus support for Wikipedia Zero (a service where select mobile operators waive data charges) and other features that launched first on iOS back in July. (The organizations app releases are staggered, with either iOS or Android always being slightly ahead of oneanother.)

The new features began rolling out to Android users around 10 a.m. PT and should be live in all markets by now or will be soon, if youre not yet seeing them on your device.

The Wikipedia app is hereon Google Play.

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Hoping To Engage More Readers, Wikipedia Rolls Out A Redesigned Mobile App

MSTERDAM, January 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

- La Praemium Erasmianum Foundation concede el Premio Erasmus 2015 a Wikipedia.

La Wikipedia recibe el premio porque ha promovido la divulgacin del conocimiento mediante una enciclopedia completa y universalmente accesible. Para ello, los iniciadores de la Wikipedia han diseado una plataforma democrtica nueva y efectiva. El premio reconoce especficamente a la Wikipedia como comunidad, un proyecto compartido que involucra a decenas de miles de voluntarios de todo el mundo para ayudar a determinar esta iniciativa.

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Distribuyendo el conocimiento a sitios donde antes no estaba disponible, la Wikipedia tambin desempea un papel importante en pases donde la neutralidad y la informacin abierta no son un hecho. Con su alcance mundial e impacto social, la Wikipedia hace justicia a la idea de un mundo nico pero diverso. Es un trabajo de referencia digital disponible en varios idiomas, que pasa por un desarrollo permanente. Con un carcter abierto, la Wikipedia destaca cmo las fuentes de conocimiento no son neutrales y deben sopesarse siempre. Con su atencin crtica al texto, fuentes y expansin del conocimiento, la Wikipedia refleja las ideas de Erasmus, el ciudadano mundial que da nombre al premio.

El Premio Erasmus se entrega anualmente a una persona o institucin que ha realizado una contribucin excepcional a la cultura, la sociedad o la ciencia social. El premio est formado por un premio en efectivo de 150.000 euros. El premio se conceder a representantes de la comunidad de Wikipedia en una fecha que se determinar en otoo de 2015.

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