Google Now Shows Translated English Results In Non-English Searches
If you have ever tried searching Google for “आईफोन” (the “iPhone” transliterated in Hindi), you know that the search engine returns hundreds of thousands of results, but the official Apple website is nowhere to be found on it. Recently, Google took on the challenge of fixing this issue by including English results for search queries [...]
Click here to continue readingGoogle Now Shows Translated English Results In Non-English Searches
If you have ever tried searching Google for “आईफोन” (the “iPhone” transliterated in Hindi), you know that the search engine returns hundreds of thousands of results, but the official Apple website is nowhere to be found on it. Recently, Google took on the challenge of fixing this issue by including English results for search queries [...]
Click here to continue readingWhy Are Manholes Round? The 10 Toughest Interview Questions
A job interview at one of Google’s 75 campuses around the globe might seem to have more in common with pledging a secret fraternity than job-hunting. An often months-long interview process, iron-clad non-disclosure agreements and back-to-back hours of interrogation in windowless offices are a matter of course, but the added intrigue of allegedly absurd interview questions takes the [...]
Click here to continue readingHow Google Translate Works
The web giant’s translation service might serve up the odd batch of nonsense, but it’s still one of the smartest communication tools of all time. Using software originally developed in the 1980s by researchers at IBM, Google has created an automatic translation tool that is unlike all others. It is not based on the intellectual [...]
Click here to continue reading40 Exceptional Web Apps for Foreign Language Students
If studying to get a Bachelor of Arts or related degree, learning a second language can be anything from a requirement to a minor. However, learning a foreign language isn’t an easy task and requires lots of effort on a regular basis. But how can the average student squeeze in some extra learning during commutes, [...]
Click here to continue readingGoogle Chrome Launches Bilingual Search
Search king Google has released a new extension for its Chrome browser that allows users to search Google and YouTube in two languages simultaneously. The “Bilingual Suggest” extension claims to enhance Google and YouTube searches with query suggestions from more than 50 languages. “Bilingual Suggest turns Google and YouTube Suggest into two columns; the first [...]
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