Number of Posts: 28
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Comment donner le goût de la lecture?
(How to instill the love of reading?)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 20.3.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | childhood, school, spelling, texting, threat, word/writing
Summary | Teenagers don't read a lot. This is not new, but nowadays texting and social networks are a priority among young people. They want immediacy, community, and noise, and reading equals silence, long time, and solitude. Young people read differently, which is why Bayard decided to focus on short stories instead of novels. Elementary schools are experimenting something new: the reading machine. Users can alternate on a tablet reading and listening phases.
Image Description | Photograph of an open book
Messenger met les marques en contact avec leurs clients
(Messenger brings together brands and their customers)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 12.4.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, marketing
Summary | Bots might be the future of big companies such as Facebook. In France, the train company SNCF and the insurance company Axa Shift were the first ones to introduce bots. Chatbots were born in 1950, but they only became popular with the introduction of Siri in 2011 (the iPhone's assistant). With bots, people will be able to book a cab or check their bank information on their phone. Bots wouldn't replace apps; they would make the use of apps easier.
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Et si nous repensions la place que prend le smartphone dans notre quotidien?
(What if we rethink about the role of smartphones in our daily life?)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 5.2.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | privacy, smartphone, technology-free, threat
Summary | The 16th edition of "Days without smartphones" will be held this weekend. According to Phil Marso, smartphones can be dangerous (e.g. privacy issues, car accidents). Marso wants to show people that smartphones are convenient but that we can live without them.
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Viv, le nouvel assistant personnel des créateurs de Siri
(Viv, the new personal assistant of Siri's creators)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 11.5.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence
Summary | The new personal assistant Viv is more efficient than Siri. Viv understands natural language and can answer complex questions and requests thanks to artificial intelligence.
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Peut-on vivre sans écrans?
(Can we live without screens?)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 13.5.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, smartphone, technology-free
Summary | In the past few years, new technologies have been spreading so fast. We use our smartphone everywhere (restaurant, bathroom, street). A few French people decided to unplug for an hour, a weekend, or their whole life. Marie Bezou says that she felt free when she gave up her phone. People who try to regulate their use of digital devices are rare. A 16-year old girl claims that she doesn't use her phone very often, unlike other young people who are hyperconnected. People who own a smartphone look at their device about 150 times a day.
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L'ordinateur personnel est-il condamné à disparaître?
(Are personal computers going to disappear?)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 20.5.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | smartphone, threat
Summary | Computer sales are down; more and more people only use their smartphone and don't need a personal computer. Smartphones are spreading faster than any new technology (besides TV). in 1977 the PC era was launched with Bill Gates, but today, computer sales are down. However, for certain uses, computers are still preferred (e.g. video games).
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The Pilot, des oreillettes de traduction quasiment en temps réel
(The Pilot, translation earpieces that work almost instantanly)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 21.5.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | translation
Summary | The Pilot (translation earpieces) allow people who speak different languages to communicate easily via bluetooth. The American company Waverly Labs created the earpieces.
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Tinder, Snapchat : tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir sur l'amour virtuel...
(Tinder, Snapchat: everything you ever wanted to know abotu virtual love...)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 4.1.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | online dating, virtual reality
Summary | Anne-Sophie Letac studies the effectiveness of virtual relationships. Does virtual love allow the same kind of intimacy than physical sex? Is it a real feeling or an illusion? Can people cheat on their partners if they have a virtual relationship? Virtual love can also be seen as a social progress.
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Pourquoi Twitter fait sa révolution en abandonnant les 140 caractères
(Why Twitter is having a revolution by dropping its 140 characters)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 7.1.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | Facebook, Twitter
Summary | Twitter is having a revolution: the social network is going to give up its 140-character limit. Twitter has not made any comments yet. Twitter users don't like the idea of writing long tweets. The social network has not changed a lot since 2006. Facebook, however, does not hesitate to introduce changes.
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Sur Facebook, de nouveaux boutons pour dire la colère, la tristesse et l'amour
(On Facebook, new buttons to express anger, sadness, and love)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 28.1.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis, Facebook
Summary | Facebook is going to introduce new reaction buttons to express love, sadness, surprise, and anger. Mark Zuckerberg thought that a dislike button would have been too negative, so he decided to introduce those new reaction buttons.
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