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Information remains a powerful weapon, even more, in the circumstances around the world these days.
Re-conceptualize the future
It is easy to think that we are no more future-fit today than we were when COVID-19 first stole headlines a year ago. And it would only be natural for those of us in the translation industry to raise a white flag of surrender in the face of such uncertainty — especially as we look toward continued Zoom calls and socially-distanced events rather than the in-person conferences that have connected the industry. However, NTIF 2020, held November 17 via the Remo platform, rejected this premise.
For her keynote address, marketing specialist Annsi Krol seamlessly used technology to get attendees’ thoughts on that same technology’s ever-expanding presence in our home offices and suggested ways to preserve the human element in the midst of a virtual work life. She used the instant-messaging function available with the Remo event platform to tally a quick estimate of the number of sales representatives in attendance. With the Slido polling platform, she generated real-time survey results in response to opinion questions about working from home, virtual meetings, and camera etiquette.
Video meetings users will be able to smell the virtual coffee
People in video meetings will, in the future, be able to feel their hands being shaken and smell coffee in their virtual space, the founder and CEO of Zoom has predicted. Eric Yuan was speaking at the Web Summit tech conference.
Unsurprisingly perhaps, he argued that video meetings were here to stay, stating that the pandemic had demonstrated that "it works" - despite Zoom's share value plunging following the first announcement about Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine. He said that for office-based staff, coming in for maybe two days a week could become the norm. "The world will become a hybrid [workplace], and I think that's a world we have to embrace," he said.
However, he hinted that even he had experienced "Zoom fatigue" after attending 19 video meetings in one day. "Yeah, that was pretty much," he said.
Museum where language comes to life
Where Language Comes to Life is the motto at Planet Word, a museum in Washington DC that opened in October. Nominated for USA Today’s Best New Attraction, the museum brings together language, technology, and ingenuity to create a fun experience for people of any age or literacy level. It features a host of interactive exhibits, many with 3-D and voice recognition, as well as an upcoming word game mystery adventure village.
Amazon lets firms check if staff follow coronavirus rules
Amazon plans to sell companies a way to detect when staff is not wearing face masks or socially distancing. Beyond the pandemic, the system could also be used to track compliance with other workplace rules or to monitor the public - for example, to check the number of customers queuing in a store.
It involves retrofitting a box to existing security cameras that can then draw on off-the-shelf AI apps. But privacy campaigners have raised concerns.
Web browsers have become more capable
Ever try to buy a Kindle e-book on an iPhone app? You can’t. The growing complaints from app makers show that the downsides of app control may be starting to outweigh the benefits.
Do you know what’s free from Apple and Google’s iron grip? The web. Smartphones could lean on the web instead.
This is about imagining an alternate reality where companies don’t need to devote money to create apps that are tailored to iPhones and Android phones, can’t work on any other devices, and obligate app makers to hand over a cut of each sale.
Maybe more smaller digital companies could thrive. Maybe our digital services would be cheaper and better. Maybe we’d have more than two dominant smartphone systems. Or maybe it would be terrible. We don’t know because we’ve mostly lived with unquestioned smartphone app dominance.
Last but not least
An article recommended by Mário Júnior, CEO of AP | PORTUGAL Tech Language Solutions >> This year, Inc. launched the Best in Business awards, featuring Company of the Year to recognize companies that have had a superlative impact on their industries, their communities, the environment, and society as a whole.
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