(Video) Google's Eric Schmidt to Boston University Class of 2012
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Commencement address by Eric Schmidt, Google Chairman, to the Boston University Class of 2012 (May 20, 2012)[...]
Continue ReadingYouTube Launches Auto-Captions In Spanish
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Google’s YouTube is slowly but surely expanding its line-up of supported languages for its auto-caption feature. Starting today, videos in Spanish will feature these automatically generated closed captions based on Google’s voice recognition technology. Until now, this feature was only available for videos in English, Japanese and Korean. In total, says Google, about 157 million videos on YouTube new feature auto-captions.
Even though Google has greatly improved its voice recognition capabilities over the last few years (starting with its now discontinued Google 411 experiment in 2007), it’s obviously not perfect and regularly gets things wrong. Overall, though, it works su[...]
Continue ReadingEven though Google has greatly improved its voice recognition capabilities over the last few years (starting with its now discontinued Google 411 experiment in 2007), it’s obviously not perfect and regularly gets things wrong. Overall, though, it works su[...]
Kicked out of iOS 6, podcasts may find new home in standalone app
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One of the big changes in Apple’s iOS 6 beta is the confounding disappearance of podcasts from the iTunes app. But we now have an idea of where they’re going.
Starting with the rollout of iOS 6 this fall, Apple plans to offer a standalone app just for podcasts,�sources tell AllThingsD.
Podcasts are pre-recorded audio programs that you can listen to both on- and offline. �Apple is�largely�responsible for taking the previously-unknown�format and punting it into the mainstream, as the “pod” in its name shows.
If the report is true, Apple’s upcoming app (which will probably be named something apt like “Podcasts”) is likely to strongly�resemble�Listen, an[...]
Continue ReadingStarting with the rollout of iOS 6 this fall, Apple plans to offer a standalone app just for podcasts,�sources tell AllThingsD.
Podcasts are pre-recorded audio programs that you can listen to both on- and offline. �Apple is�largely�responsible for taking the previously-unknown�format and punting it into the mainstream, as the “pod” in its name shows.
If the report is true, Apple’s upcoming app (which will probably be named something apt like “Podcasts”) is likely to strongly�resemble�Listen, an[...]
How to protect free speech online
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The Stop Online Piracy Act may have been shut down at the eleventh hour, but free speech on the Internet continues to come under attack. In addition to ?son-of-SOPA? (which we will surely see in the coming year, under a different name), the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and a host of proposed regulations at the state level have taken aim at the open Internet. In response to these threats, the Internet Defense League is launching in the coming weeks. Building on the efforts that brought SOPA to a screeching halt, the league aims to fight against bad laws and restrictions on online expression, wherever they may arise.
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Reddit Bans Major Publications for Allegedly Spamming And/or Cheating
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Reddit, a popular link-sharing and discussion site, announced this week that it has begun blocking content from entire domains[...]
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