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Real-time Speech Communication on Packet Networks named an IEEE Milestone
2 February 2012
In the 1970s and early 1980s, the Laboratory, working on its own and in collaboration with other research laboratories, conducted pioneering research, development, and experiments in the use of packet networks for speech communications. In August 1974, the first real-time packet speech, between (...)
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Yahoo India bets big on regional languages
2 February 2012
At a time when digital media and search majors like Yahoo and Google are struggling with the monetisation of platforms that they have already built, Yahoo India is looking to introduce at least 5 new languages to its content search options by the end of the year. According to Prem Panicker, (...)
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New Alcatel-Lucent Technology from Bell Labs enables Instant Language Voice Translation (ILVT)
1 February 2012
Tony Guez, Application Business Development Director, Alcatel-Lucent France, here explains how this universal language translation service is provided through telephones and the Internet: "As one person begins a conversation in English, the service translates the dialogue in real-time, so that (...)
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TAUS announces partnership with APET
1 February 2012
TAUS, the translation innovation think tank and interoperability watchdog, announces a partnership with APET (Portuguese Association of Translation Companies). This partnership allows the respective members access to the networks, communities and knowledge of the two organizations as well as (...)
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Innovation without Age Limits
31 January 2012
Venture capitalists in Silicon Valley prefer to fund the young, the next Mark Zuckerberg. Why? The common mantra is that if you are over 35, you are too old to innovate. In fact, there is an evolving profile of the "perfect" entrepreneur—smart enough to get into Harvard or Stanford and savvy (...)
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Pre-Announcement of the 5th call for proposals of the AAL JP
26 January 2012
The AAL Association will announce the 5th Call for proposals of the AAL Joint Programme: ICT-based Solutions for (Self) Management of Daily Life Activities of Older Adults at Home. Most people prefer to live independently in their own homes for as long as possible. When support is necessary, (...)
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Reding unveils new EU data Protection Rules
24 January 2012
After much internal strife, the European Commission published today (25 January) a broad legislative package aimed at safeguarding personal data across the EU. The proposal, if approved, is expected to strengthen citizens’ rights and could have a far-reaching impact on the way online data are (...)
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Tabletop Computer Knows you by your Shoes
22 January 2012
New research from the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany, aims to quell the frustration and strife that can come when multiple people use a single touch screen. The project, called Bootstrapper, uses cameras below a table to identify different users by their shoes. Each set of shoes (...)
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Capita Group Plc. acquires Applied Language Solutions for greater market penetration
18 January 2012
Applied Language Solutions, a provider of translation services, has been bought by Capita Group Plc, a provider of business process outsourcing and integrated professional support service solutions. The Capita Group Plc has announced its acquisition of language services provider, Applied (...)
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European Commission: New service unlocks project information on CORDIS
18 January 2012
The European Union has some of the world's best research facilities and most accomplished researchers. Harnessing their full potential will help turn novel ideas into jobs, green growth and social progress. To facilitate this, the European Commission finances, either wholly or partially, a wide (...)
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Lang Tech News BETA now online!
18 January 2012
Lang Tech News is a new, constantly evolving website, aiming to bring together news and information about Language Technologies in Europe and the world. It covers a wide range of domains and topics including technologies, applications and industries. You can follow them on Twitter too (...)
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Yahoo Predicts America's Political Winners
18 January 2012
Data scientists at Yahoo are using prediction markets—along with polls, sentiment analysis on Twitter, and trends in search queries—to create the mother of all political prediction engines. The project involves Web-based prediction markets like Intrade, in which large numbers of people bet on the (...)
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FP7-ICT CAll 9 is now open!
17 January 2012
The new call for proposal has been published today (18/01/2012) with a deadline of 12th of April 2012, at 17:00.00 Brussels local time. The indicative budget is 291 million euros. Several objectives of the following Challenges are open: Challenge 2: Cognitive systems and robotics, Challenge 4: (...)
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Stimulating growth and employment: an action plan for doubling the volume of e-commerce in Europe 2015
10 January 2012
The development of electronic commerce and online services offers enormous potential for beneficial economic, social and societal change. The Internet economy creates 2.6 jobs for every "off-line" job lost, and offers a better choice to consumers, including those in rural and isolated areas. (...)
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Search & Mobile Marketing Trends: SEO Apocalypse 2012 by SEW
26 December 2011
This has been a year where search marketing truly matured. Mobile became one of the largest growth components, with its share of the overall search market now reaching 20 percent. Looking ahead, expect 2012 to be the year when we push further into the Mobile Semantic Web 3.0, which presents (...)
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