News tagged with mandarin chinese
Language speed versus efficiency: Is faster better?
A recent study of the speech information rate of seven languages concludes that there is considerable variation in the speed at which languages are spoken, but much less variation in how efficiently languages communicate ...
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Google voice search learns Chinese
Google's voice search tool now understands Chinese. The Internet giant announced on Monday that users of Nokia S60 series mobile phones could now search the Internet using voice commands in Mandarin Chinese.
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Relatively speaking: Researchers identify principles that shape kinship categories across languages
Different languages refer to family relationships in different ways. For example, English speakers use two terms — grandmother and grandfather — to refer to grandparents, while Mandarin Chinese uses four terms. ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 24, 2012 |
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Asian start-ups gain as Facebook's Saverin looks East
Far from the Wall Street limelight, Facebook's co-founder Eduardo Saverin is keeping a low profile in Singapore, investing his wealth in tech start-ups while enjoying a life of luxury.
May 17, 2012 |
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Facebook CEO turns 28, IPO could be $100B gift
(AP) -- Don't let the hoodie and sneakers fool you. Mark Zuckerberg is no wet-behind-the-ears CEO.
May 13, 2012 |
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Warm and fuzzy T. rex? New evidence surprises
The discovery of a giant meat-eating dinosaur sporting a downy coat has some scientists reimagining the look of Tyrannosaurus rex.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Blood on the menu: New research could make it easier to grow health-promoting blood oranges
For the red pigmentation to develop, blood oranges normally require a period of cold as they ripen. The only place to reliably grow them on a commercial scale is in the Sicilian area of Italy around Mount ...
Mar 13, 2012 |
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AP Exclusive: CIA following Twitter, Facebook
(AP) -- In an anonymous industrial park in Virginia, in an unassuming brick building, the CIA is following tweets - up to 5 million a day.
Nov 04, 2011 |
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Computer scientist seeks the real meaning of language
Better be careful about telling a lie to Julia Hirschberg. The computer science professor, an expert in spoken language, examines what people unconsciously communicate through such things as intonation, accent ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 27, 2011 |
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China to launch space station module prototype
China’s space program is in the news again, this time with unconfirmed reports that the Tiangong 1 space lab may be launching into orbit sometime this year – possibly later this month. Previous ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 17, 2011 |
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China's Baidu, music labels launch online service
(AP) -- Baidu Inc., which operates China's most popular search engine, said Tuesday it will distribute music from three global labels in a deal that its partners say could help clean up China's piracy-plagued music market.
Jul 19, 2011 |
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Looking beyond English
In fall 2008, Daniel Ginsberg, an English as a Second Language teacher at a public high school in Malden, Mass., approached MIT professor Wayne O’Neil asking about incorporating linguistics into his curriculum ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 05, 2011 |
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