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All Things Hired: Bonnie Cha Is Our Latest ATD Reviewer

Kara Swisher in News on April 23 at 1:01 pm PT

ATD adds another staffer to the team.

Welcome to ATD: The Very Social Mike Isaac

Kara Swisher in Social on April 16 at 8:23 am PT

A new reporter to cover social, while a current one looks hard at what it takes to innovate and more.

How E-Commerce Is Expanding Internationally, One Package at a Time

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 13 at 7:00 am PT

Retailers are realizing that another way to juice revenues is to open up their sites to international markets — if they can manage the logistics.

Smartling, a Language Translation Engine for the Web, Raises $10 Million

Arik Hesseldahl in News on July 27, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

Ever thought that translation on the Web could be better? You’re not alone. Smartling, a New York-based start-up, aims to break down the Web’s language barriers.

D8 Tech Demo: Wordnik

Drake Martinet in D8 on June 3, 2010 at 11:45 am PT

What does it all mean? For nine million words of the English language, Wordnik claims to have the answer. Founded by Erin McKean, the former editor in chief of The New Oxford American Dictionary, Wordnik claims to have the word’s most complete map of the language you are currently reading.

Connecting With Your Inner Earpiece

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on January 19, 2010 at 4:17 pm PT

The new Jawbone Icon synchs with a PC to expand its voice-command capability and add personality to your Bluetooth device.

BoomTown Decodes Google CEO Schmidt's Shut-Up-You-Whiny-News-Folk Op-Ed (So You Don't Have To)!

Kara Swisher in News on December 3, 2009 at 1:30 pm PT

Google CEO Eric Schmidt did one of his patented throat-clearers in an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal today and it pretty much begs for translation. Well, BoomTown shall not tarry from the task of decoding the extra-long rumination from the head of Google, who was responding to the recent spate of aggressive attacks by traditional media publishers. They have blamed the search giant for everything from their current business woes to the destruction of journalism to Tiger Woods’s dicey marital troubles. Okay, not that! But the rest for sure.

YouTube, Univision and Google: The Three Amigos

John Paczkowski in News on November 16, 2009 at 10:05 am PT

Univision, home to Spanish-language TV staples “Sabado Gigante,” “El Show de Cristina” and “Tormenta en el Paraiso,” is coming to YouTube. This morning, the Spanish-language media outfit announced a deal that will see its programming featured on Google’s video site.

Lost in Immersion: Speaking French on the Web

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on August 18, 2009 at 4:00 pm PT

Rosetta Stone Totale may be the next best thing to living in a country.