Wikia Search, an open-source search tool launched early this year by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, today opened its platform with a new application programming interface (API) that allows individuals ...

San Mateo-based Wikia Inc.’s new open-source search platform is now open to the public in its first alpha release at www.wikia.com following a brief private testing period. The Wikia Search project ...

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is targeting the fourth quarter of this year for the unveiling of an open-source search engine that he hopes could challenge the dominance of market-leaders Google Inc.

Developers can use the Wikia Intelligent Search Extensions platform to create apps for the open-source search engine that sharpen its ability to answer queries Wikia Search will roll out on Wednesday ...

Community wiki-building site Wikia, has announced that it’s allowing its social networking platform to become open source. This will allow anyone to easily create a social community complete with ...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 27 (Reuters) - Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said on Friday he is putting the building blocks in place for a community-developed Web search service that would compete with search ...