Daily Dispatch: Verizon teams up with Skype; Google donates $2 million to Wikipedia

Combing through hundreds of blog posts and news articles daily, Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, sifts through the noise to bring you the tech news most important to consumers. If you have a tip on a story you want to share, leave a comment below.

[Nick Mandle filling in while Dirk enjoys some well-earned vacation.]

Most online content should be free, users say (TGDaily)

They're most likely to fork out for the sort of thing they're used to paying for already, such as movies, music and games - more than half said this was fine...Nearly eight out of every ten said they would no longer use a web site that charges them, reckoning they can find the same information for nothing.

Google Buzz: Then and Now (PCWorld)

As the initial excitement over Google Buzz turned to fears of poor privacy safeguards, Google scrambled to tweak the social networking service and satisfy its users. The result is a Google Buzz that's fundamentally different than the one Google unveiled at its Mountain View headquarters last week.

Verizon Does Odd Mating Dance With Skype (TechNewsWorld)

Verizon has announced an odd partnership with VoIP provider Skype. The wireless network will offer a full suite of Voice over IP applications on nine of its top smartphones beginning next month, which will let users bypass their cellular minutes and make calls using their unlimited data connections.

Google donates $2 million to support Wikipedia (Associated Press)

The donation announced Wednesday matches the largest grant made so far to Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit group that oversees the 7-year-old Wikipedia. Ebay founder Pierre Omidyar also donated $2 million to Wikimedia six months ago through one of his investment arms.

Wikimedia, which gets most of its revenue from donations, has collected contributions from more than 240,000 individuals so far this fiscal year, mostly in small sums.

Lighter side: Kim Kardashian outs air marshal via Twitter (Cnet)

As breathless as a groupie at a Julio Iglesias concert, she booted up her tweeting app (TweetGenius, for those who care) and sent this important message to her more than 3 million acolytes: "I'm on the airplane...love wifi! I am sitting next to an Air Marshall! Jim the air marshall makes me feel safe!"