If you read my blog posts, I largely include Wikipedia articles for a given word. Because Wikipedia content is the best source of information. There are many people who can't access Internet from their mobiles. So Wikipedia is extending its reach by introducing a new method to get Wikipedia articles.According to Wikipedia, with the help of Knight News Challenge grant and South Africa's Praekelt Foundation, Wikipedia is trying to extend the content reach through SMS and USSD. This will be really helpful for the people who want to get information even if they don't have Internet accessible devices.
But a service of India has done this long before which is fully based on SMS. The service is very similar to the above concept. Through this service you can get any updates about Sports, News, Finance Entertainment etc., from here you can get Wikipedia articles too. To use this service, you how to send SMS to 92665 92665 including a tag. This service is available only in India, US and Canada. In India, more than half of the people don't have smart phones or Internet accessible devices. So they can use this service for getting information. If you want to use this service, get a detailed information on using this service by visiting txtWeb site.
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