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An SDL advertisement in 2009 claimed that one person translated over 34,000 words in a 10 hour period using the new SDL Trados product release. The logic in the ad: buying a Trados license is a no-brainer and the expense can be recouped quickly. Many people, however, were upset by that ad and called it false advertising. You can read the discussion here. Close to 100 comments were written until the discussion was closed for further comments.

In another discussion about SDL Trados on LinkedIn (read it here) over 35 comments were received, while more comments keep coming in daily.

The following are some selected responses from these two discussions: continue reading…

Google has released its own phone, Nexus One. It runs Google’s own mobile operation system, Android. And the Google Chrome has already surpassed Apple’s Safari in browser usage. So how long will it take for Google to open an online music store and take away market share from iTunes?

The iTunes store has generated Billions of dollars in sales since it launched in 2003. The iTunes store is currently generating over US$100 Million in sales per month and that number is growing exponentially (see graph). This is a hugely profitable area which Google can compete in.

Google has already made several moves in this direction, and seems poised to become an online music retailer.

• Google has launched a music search service which streams music and offers links to other online music sites.  
• BusinessWeek magazine recently stated that Google has already entered the Online Retailing business (read article here).
• Various sources have reported that Google is in talks with online music retailer Spotify to launch a partnership in online music retail.