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- ↑ Mossberg, Walt. "Encyclopaedia Britannica Now Fits Into an App", 28 September 2011. The Wall Street Journal . (subscription required) The article mentions WikiNodes, while discussing the Britannica app, noting that "This kind of visual array of related items isn’t a new idea. In fact, there is an iPad app called WikiNodes which does something similar for Wikipedia content."
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- ↑ WikiNodes: app that presents a keyword to a word association game. Ideal for expedition Wikipedia! (Japanese) AppBank
- ↑ "The interface presentation of information [is] similar to that of mind mapping, which I love." – Jess Seilheimer, Digilicious Archived 2014-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "The interface is a freestyle drag and zoom bonanza that lets you jump between related articles easily." – iPad Apps Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "[WikiNodes]...could redefine the way that you use Wikipedia on the iOS." – Blake Grundman, 148Apps
- ↑ "WikiNodes takes the huge sprawling maze of information that is Wikipedia and organizes it into a spider web of knowledge." – Phil Hornshaw, Yahoo! News & Appolicious
- ↑ To see history of prior features in the Apple app store, adjust the date on this App Annie page Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ WikiNodes for iPad – Making Wikipedia Fun to Explore by Patrick Jordan on May 11, 2011 / http://ipadinsight.com/ipad-app-reviews/wikinodes-for-ipad-making-wikipedia-fun-to-explore/ Archived 2013-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
