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Twitter now supports LOLCAT language. KTHXBYE!
Twitter has added lolcat to its list of supported languages, bringing an extra layer of localisation and personalisation to the service that many users will undoubtedly appreciate.
Most European languages “unlikely to survive in the digital age”
Dozens of European languages are threatened by a lack of technological supports, a major international study called Languages in the European Information Society has found
Google expands Voice Search availability to 100 million new users
Google has added 13 new languages to Voice Search on Android bringing faster searching to potentially 100 million new users.
Facebook launches new inline translation service
Facebook quietly rolled-out a new inline translation feature last night. The service, which uses Bing Translate, allows users to translate public Facebook Page content, like comments, into their own language.
Chinese to overtake English as the dominant language of the internet
Chinese will overtake English as the dominate language on the internet in the next five years, according to data collated by TNW. TNW says that there are over 400m Chinese language internet users, a number approaching the 530m English language internet users. Along with this already large number Chinese has also seen a 1,277% increase in online use in the past decade.
