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Google impact on the Portuguese language

I'm shocked....

Everyone that speaks portuguese knows that there are differences between PT and BR language speakers but align because-in spite off - thanks to Google ?

 

Too weird :(

 

"Google, it could be said, conquered its first Romance language last week.

The Portuguese parliament voted last week to change its national language to reflect the more popular Brazilian Portuguese, the language used by about 80 percent of the world’s 230 million Portuguese speakers. In the next six years, European Portuguese will be phasing in three new consonants – k, w and y – and dropping confusing hyphens and silent consonants. So from now on, when you are IM-ing a Portuguese beauty, the correct style is otimo, not optimo, when she suggests meeting for a drink "

 

The post in full : http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3978345.ece

Heart of Google

" The most famous part of our ranking algorithm is PageRank, an algorithm developed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who founded Google. PageRank is still in use today, but it is now a part of a much larger system. Other parts include language models (the ability to handle phrases, synonyms, diacritics, spelling mistakes, and so on), query models (it's not just the language, it's how people use it today), time models (some queries are best answered with a 30-minutes old page, and some are better answered with a page that stood the test of time), and personalized models (not all people want the same thing). "

 

Get the entire post : http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/introduction-to-google-search-quality.html

FON latest figures are impressive

" Number of registered Foneros is at 830,000. Number of registered hotspots is 332,000 and of active hotspots at anytime has gone up to 212,000 around the world up from 145,000 in "

 

The numbers in full : http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/fon-latest-figures.html

Stardoll.com

When show biz meet E bizz ...

Almost virtual everything .....

www.stardoll.com

a must see on the virtual craze

Virtual tourist

Crude design but a lot of information and people on it thus they are doing something well

I prefer Tripadvisor but SocialNetworking and tourism is really an upcoming Trend because who do you trust more - other users or travel agencies ?

....

Right !!!

 

Check it out : http://www.virtualtourist.com/

Free ideas for cool webServices?

Why not create a really simple reminder service,  a bit on, the Twitter principle ?

Just IM, Email or SMS a quick reminder and the be reminded before it happens - for instance :

 

SmS send : Mothers day 22/05/08 1d meaning sms me 1 day before that mothers day is coming :)

 

Cool idea or just dumb ?

Mystery Bulb

"Hanging about 18 feet high in the engine bay of a Livermore, California firehouse, a humble, low-watt light bulb has been burning almost continuously since 1901. Take *that*, halogen!"

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/18610

The sharks

Microsoft vs Yahoo

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