Avoid Epic Fails by Checking Your Company's Name in Different Languages

Avoid Epic Fails by Checking Your Company's Name in Different Languages

WordSafety checks words in different languages and sees if they are a curse or are just unflattering

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 24th, 2015
This One Very Specific Brain Area Might Be What Makes Us Humans

This One Very Specific Brain Area Might Be What Makes Us Humans

It's what allows us to process abstract information

​Emojis Have Become a Substitute for Words, Instagram Shows

​Emojis Have Become a Substitute for Words, Instagram Shows

Instagram takes us back to the use of hieroglyphs

  • History
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • January 14th, 2015
From Ancient Butchering Tools to Comment Battles on the Web

From Ancient Butchering Tools to Comment Battles on the Web

Researchers say the butchering tools are probably the reason our ancestors started talking to each other

Language Development Differences Visible from Infancy

Language Development Differences Visible from Infancy

Researchers look at vocabularies of wealthy and poor children

  • Windows
  • By Bogdan Popa
  • February 10th, 2014
Windows 8.1 Supports More than 7,000 Languages

Windows 8.1 Supports More than 7,000 Languages

Microsoft claims that it worked on the language support in Windows 8.1

The Brain Picks Up Even the Slightest Variations in Speech

The Brain Picks Up Even the Slightest Variations in Speech

New study shows how individual sounds are processed

Exploring the Evolution of Language Just Got Easier with Three New Google Ngram Features

Exploring the Evolution of Language Just Got Easier with Three New Google Ngram Features

The tool has gotten some highly requested improvements

  • Web Blog
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 27th, 2013
Script of the Day: jQuery Universal Language Selector

Script of the Day: jQuery Universal Language Selector

A jQuery plugin from the Wikimedia Foundation to help deliver language settings

  • Web Blog
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 3rd, 2013
Script of the Day: jQuery.IME

Script of the Day: jQuery.IME

A jQuery plugin for changing the keyboard input language in form fields

  • Web Blog
  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • September 3rd, 2013
The "Great Language Game" Tests Your World Language Skills

The "Great Language Game" Tests Your World Language Skills

If you fancy yourself a polyglot, this site is for you

Infants Remembers Sounds They Heard While Still in the Womb, React to Them

Infants Remembers Sounds They Heard While Still in the Womb, React to Them

Researchers say this shapes speech perception, aids development

Client Orders Picture Cake, Baker Delivers Pastry Depicting USB Stick

Client Orders Picture Cake, Baker Delivers Pastry Depicting USB Stick

An employee's poor English ruins an order but makes for a hilarious moment

Microsoft Office 2013 to Support a Total of 106 Languages

Microsoft Office 2013 to Support a Total of 106 Languages

Microsoft adds support for three new Asian languages

  • Windows
  • By Bogdan Popa
  • December 20th, 2012
Windows 8 Is the First Windows Featuring the Original American Language

Windows 8 Is the First Windows Featuring the Original American Language

Microsoft officially adds the Cherokee language to Windows 8

  • Web Blog
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 9th, 2012
Script of the Day: oTrance

Script of the Day: oTrance

Manage translations for your applications via a Web-based interface

Social Interaction Promoted by Kind Words

Social Interaction Promoted by Kind Words

Swiss scientists study the power of emotionally-charged speech

 
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