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Android Wedakarayo

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Android Wedakarayo
Type of site
Technology news
Available inSinhala
English
Founded
  • Thimira Madhusanka Thenuwara
HeadquartersColombo, Sri Lanka
Country of origin Sri Lanka
Area servedSri Lanka (content target)
Worldwide (accessible)a
OwnerAndroid Wedakarayo Media
IndustryJournalism
Products
  • YourTube
  • Peoples' Award
Services
WebsiteAndroidWedakarayo.com
AndroidWadakarayo.com
Alexa rankIncrease Sri Lanka Rank 424
Increase World Rank 237,852(July 2020)[1]
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedOctober 14, 2017; 6 years ago (2017-10-14)[2]
Current statusOnline
Content license
Creative Commons Attribution / Share-Alike 4.0b
Written in
  • a All content is accessible worldwide regardless of content target of Sri Lanka to serve all Sri Lankan foreign students and workers.
  • b Most text also dual-licensed under GFDL.

Android Wedakarayo (Wikipedia page si:ඇන්ඩ්‍රොයිඩ්_වැඩකාරයෝ) is an Sri Lankan[3] technology news website operated by Android Wedakarayo Media, publishing news, feature stories and product reviews. The main purpose of the website is to bring the latest tech news in the Sinhala language, and respects user contributions by letting anyone to contribute and update latest news, through the same manner anyone with access to the website can read news and get the latest updates via the official website

Android Wedakarayo soon recognized as one of most trusted tech communities in Sri Lanka[4] and won Tech Blogger of The year 2018 in Sri Lanka[5][6] at Google I/O Extended Sri Lanka 2018 Awards[7][8][9]

History[edit]

Origins[edit]

On June 29, 2013, Rajitha Dananjaya and a group of people thinking of an idea that would make a technological milestone in news publishing in Sri Lanka. It was not so long until he came up with the idea of Android Wedakarayo, a fundamental idea which was to make a community-powered, self-sustaining news publishing platform in the native language of Sri Lanka. This group of people together then founded Android Wedakarayo Facebook group[10] as the news publishing platform of Android Wedakarayo.[3]

Launch[edit]

On October 10, 2017 Android Wedakarayo board of directors approved to launch the AndroidWedakarayo.com on October 14, 2017[2], initially as just a blog.[11] that publishes the latest technological news, knowledge-sharing space, tech equipment reviews, and tutorials in Sinhala

References[edit]

  1. "Android Wedakarayo Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "AndroidWedakarayo.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "AndroidWedakarayo.com - Android වැඩකාරයෝ". Verified Business Listing of Android Wedakarayo - Android වැඩකාරයෝ on Google Maps. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  4. "9+ Best Sinhala Blogs (Technology, Health & More) in Sri Lanka". MicroWeb. 2019-03-10. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  5. "AndroidWedakarayo.com won The Tech Blogger of the Year 2018 at Google I/O Extended Sri Lanka 2018". ggslk.com. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  6. "Freecourseplanet Knowledge For Everyone". Freecourseplanet. 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  7. "Google I/O Extended Sri Lanka 2018 Awards. Vote for your favorites!". facebook.com. 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  8. "South East Asia's largest Google I/O 2018 Extended event today". Daily FT. 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  9. "Google I/O Extended Sri Lanka 2018". www.meetup.com. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  10. "Android Wedakarayo". Facebook. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  11. "Wayback Machine". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2020-05-09.


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