The Economist has recently published an article about K. David Harrison, of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. Dr Harrison thinks that IT, which is usually considered an arch enemy of rare languages, may actually save them from extinction. He [...]

Last year NTT DoCoMo, a Japanese mobile communications operator, developed an app to translate menus. They are now announcing they are testing a new phone whose main feature is to translate conversations in almost real-time using cloud technology. At the [...]

At the end of February, Alibaba Group, China’s biggest Internet firm, announced it wants to delist the shares of Alibaba.com, its e-commerce company, that are traded on the Hong Kong stock exchange. They decided to [...]