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A Sudanese man lays a tray of food as Muslims ready to break their fast during Ramadan. (Photo: ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/GettyImages)
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High-Tech Holiday: Ramadan Goes Digital

posted July 23, 2012 by Hannah Rubenstein
This year, for the first time, Ramadan is coming to a wireless connection near you. Read more »
Tags: Google, holidays, Islam, Ramadan, Religion, YouTube
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Experts estimate that only 50% of the languages that are alive today will be spoken by the year 2100.
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Tech to the Rescue: Protecting Endangered Languages

posted June 26, 2012 by T.J. DeGroat
When ancient, dying languages meet modern technology, miracles can occur. That’s the simple yet powerful idea behind the Endangered Languages Project. Read more »
Tags: Endangered Languages Project, Google, languages, linguistics
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Google Translation’s Silent Voices

posted May 3, 2012 by Hannah Rubenstein
For Google Translate to be truly universal, there is more work to be done – and it begins with two geographic regions historically underrepresented by mainstream media: Central Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Read more »
Tags: Africa, Asia, Google, Google Translate, Language, linguistics, Sarah Kendzior
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With “Search Plus Your World,” Google Misses the Mark

posted January 27, 2012 by Brandon Thomas
I don’t think that the idea of a personalized search is misguided — but the way in which Google is going about introducing the idea certainly is. Read more »
Tags: Bing, Google, Search, Search Plus Your World
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America the Google

posted January 25, 2012 by Hannah Rubenstein
What photographer Doug Rickard presents is an objective snapshot of America’s forgotten corners, its once-thriving economy shuttered, under the gaze of the omnipresent Google camera. Read more »
Tags: A New American Picture, Doug Rickard, Google, Google Maps, MoMA, Photography
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