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'''WikiNodes''' is an app for the [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] [[iPad]] built by [[Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement|IDEA.org]].<ref>[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2011-06-13/In the news|Wikipedia's 'The Signpost']] 13 June 2011, In the news.</ref> WikiNodes was the first tablet app for browsing [[Wikipedia]] using a [[radial tree]] approach to visualize how articles and subsections of articles are interrelated. The app displays related items (articles or sections of an article), which spread on the screen, as a spiderweb of icons.<ref>Mossberg, Walt. "Encyclopaedia Britannica Now Fits Into an App." 28-September-2011. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204226204576598870117070318.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Wall Street Journal]. 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."</ref>
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