News tagged with instant
IBM Researchers Lower Language Barrier With Text Translator
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 23, 2009 |
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IBM Researchers are helping to break the language barrier with the advent of technology dubbed "n.Fluent" -- smart software that translates text between English and 11 other languages. IBM employees use it to instantaneously ...
Google buys online collaboration startup
Dec 05, 2009 |
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Online collaboration startup AppJet said that Google is buying the San Francisco firm and merging its technology with an innovation Wave communication platform the Internet giant is creating.
Research finds that chatspeak has no impact on children's spelling ability
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Parents, get ready to say OMG and watch your teens roflol.
Microsoft websites top spots in September: comScore
Nov 07, 2009 |
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Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.
Google hoping Web surfers will ride its 'Wave'
May 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc. is hatching a new species of e-mail and instant messaging, but the Internet search leader first wants the hybrid service to evolve even more with the help of independent computer programmers.
Google wants businesses to ride Wave
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Google pitched its fledgling Wave communications platform as a way for businesses to turn routine email into collaborative exchanges that ramp up productivity.
Nokia N900 now available in US
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Nokia today announced that the highly anticipated Nokia N900 is now on sale in the United States and shipping to consumers who jumped on the opportunity to be among the first to pre-order the Maemo-powered ...
Mobile phones ring in growth in emerging markets
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Once just a simple telecommunications tool, the mobile telephone has in recent years become a driver of economic growth in emerging countries, experts said at one of the industry's biggest fairs.
Interoperability overdue for instant messaging
Oct 15, 2009 |
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You would think it was crazy if your cell phone could call only people with phones on the same network. But we put up with that absurd situation when it comes to instant messaging -- and have for years. Worse, there's little ...
Yahoo! vows to fight Microsoft on new front
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Yahoo! on Monday vowed to fight Microsoft on a new frontier, saying that having the software giant power its online searches won't stop it from battling for the devotion of Web surfers.
Review: Need advice? Aardvark can sniff it out
Jul 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- I like to get advice from friends on all sorts of things, and love to give it even more. In the past few years, instant messaging, e-mail and Twitter have sped up the process, but there's still room ...
Teens, texting and the sleep connection
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Between their crazy schedules and upside-down circadian rhythms, teens always have been somewhat sleep-deprived. Now technology is making it worse. Teens are not just texting, instant-messaging and surfing Facebook all day; ...
Tech gadgets can be addictive
Aug 28, 2009 |
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I've been thinking I need to take a break from technology. Not an extended one, mind you. I'm not planning on becoming some latter-day Thoreau and retreating to my own Walden Pond sans laptop, TV and smart-phone.
