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In run-up to Tokyo Olympics, KDDI tests translation system for tourist taxis in Tottori
2015-12-06 13:03:54| IT Services - Topix.net
Major mobile phone carrier KDDI Corp. has started testing a translation system in taxis for foreign tourists in the city of Tottori. To put the system into commercial use, the carrier is planning to collect more data, partly through a survey of the taxi drivers and foreign nationals who use them.
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Lottery Registration for 2016 Empire State Building Run-Up Presented by Marmot Opens October 21, 2015
2015-10-14 01:39:35| Appliances - Topix.net
Of the thousands of runners from around the world who enter the lottery for an opportunity to race in the Empire State Building Run-Up Presented by Marmot, a select few will have the opportunity to participate. Race entry is per applicant, and will only be charged once the applicant is notified of his or her selection as a participant.
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Parisians will try car-free Sunday as run-up hosting climate talks
2015-09-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: On Sept. 27, the city of Paris will banish cars to reclaim its streets and drive home a message as it prepares to host a landmark climate change summit in December. Between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on that Sunday, most parts of the central districts of the French capital will be closed off to private motorized vehicles. As Paris will host the Conference of the Parties this year, this flagship initiative has a strong symbolic value, Christophe Najdovski, the deputy mayor of Paris in charge of transport,...
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UK clothing sales tumble in Christmas run-up
2014-11-24 18:43:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A decline in sales volumes at UK clothing chains in the year to November failed to offset overall retail growth in the run-up to Christmas, the latest figures show.
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Was 2013 the Run-Up to Nineteen Eighty-Four?
2013-12-23 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
It is time to look back on 2013 and consider what we've learned about technology and human nature. Both Apple and Dell were massively changed, and Google went from a company that wanted our private information to one that wanted our jobs. The U.S. government decided, through the NSA, that laws don't apply to it. Those who brought this to our attention got big punishments.