Number of Posts: 17
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Les robots sont idiots
(Robots are stupid)
Newspaper | 24 heures
Date | 20.8.2017
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, translation
Summary | Automatic online translations are sometimes incomprehensible and stupid. The author of the article provides a few examples of weird translations she saw. She was also not convinced by the Facebook translation button he used to translate someone's page.
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La police du fun n'aime pas vous savoir seul
(The police of "fun" doesn't like to know that you're feeling lonely)
Newspaper | 24 heures
Date | 26.8.2017
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | emojis, texting
Summary | When you type a text and specific words, you can see emojis pop up. If you type "alone" for instance, a sad-looking emoji appears. However, can't the word "alone" mean something else? Does it have to be something bad?
Image Description | Portrait of the author.
Image Tags | male(s)
Se parler pour de vrai
(To talk to each other for real)
Newspaper | 24 heures
Date | 25.6.2017
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | language threat, social media, spelling, texting
Summary | We constantly 'click' and 'follow', but we don't talk to each other anymore. As a result, some people are trying to find new ways to make people talk again.
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En 10 ans l'iPhone a révolutionné nos vies
(In 10 years, the iPhone revolutionized our lives)
Newspaper | 24 heures
Date | 13.9.2017
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | smartphone, texting
Summary | 10 years ago, we couldn't find an address on a online map, buy products online, or take a picture. Today, we can do so many things just with once device, which definitely changed our habits. The smartphone is like a digital swiss knife that we can bring with us anywhere. Our communicative habits have also been changed with the introduction of messaging apps such as WhatsApp. Finally, the fact that anyone can take pictures with a phone has made photography a more amateurish practice.
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Suivre Le Petit Robert sur Twitter, c'est trop lol mdr
(Follow Le Petit Robert on Twitter, it's lol mdr)
Newspaper | 24 heures
Date | 5.2.2016
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | spelling, texting, Twitter
Summary | When people first starting texting, they would use abbreviations such as "lol", "mdr", or "tkt". In order to promote French language and eradicate "text message language", Le Robert Dictionary uses its Twitter account to share jokes related to text message features.
Image Description | Photograph of an open dictionary and screenshots of Tweets.
Image Tags | dictionary, Twitter
Le portable: mangez-le si vous voulez!
(Cell phone: eat it if you want to!)
Newspaper | 24 heures
Date | 19.3.2016
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | smartphone
Summary | We all know that we should turn off our phone if we go see a play, for instance. Some people still pick up their phone in the middle of performances. However, for some shows, the audience can be asked to use their phone (e.g. send a text to choose the casting). Besides that, new technologies are not an integrated part of plays.
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L'écriture sous toutes ses formes
(Writing in all its forms)
Newspaper | 24 heures
Date | 24.2.2017
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | texting, word/writing, youth
Summary | Texting and abbreviations are more and more common. People, especially the youth, think less before they write. Sylvie Guggenheim claims that we need to get back to the basics and place writing at the center. Thus, she organized a showroom with workshops, conferences, and expositions in order to gather all the writing professionals.
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600 millions de dollars pour Giphy, le roi du «GIF»
(600 million dollars for Giphy, the king of "GIF")
Newspaper | 24 heures
Date | 8.11.2016
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | GIFs
Summary | Several companies share the "GIF market", but one of them (Giphy) seems to stand out. GIF stands for "Graphics Interchange Format" and are very popular nowadays. They usually come from TV shows, movies, or animated movies.
Image Description | Screenshot of Giphy's website
Image Tags | gifs
Le poids des mots, le choc des images
(The weight of words, the shock of images)
Newspaper | 24 heures
Date | 19.2.2017
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | The Finnish just released a series of 56 explanatory emojis. What we can learn from the Finnish is that they are good players, like seals and hippos, have a strong sense of humor and, in general, have the "kokko" which implies that they "are on fire".
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Le HTML5 se parlera-t-il avant l'alphabet?
(Will people speak HTML5 before the alphabet?)
Newspaper | 24 heures
Date | 28.12.2016
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | computer programming, digitized education, school
Summary | A lot of parents would like their children to be able to speak the language of computers. However, Swiss schools do not allow kids to learn how to speak fluently HTML5, Python or Java Script. Switzerland is lagging behind in terms of digital education. In Anglo-Saxon countries, computer programming has been part of primary schools' curriculum for two years. Learning computer programming is useful if one wants to know the logic behind a smartphone, a video game, or a fridge.
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