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Facebook language can help predict age, gender, personality and traits of users: Study

Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 19:00

In a latest study, conducted by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, it has been revealed that the language used in posts and statuses on social media site Facebook can help provide insight into user`s age, gender, personality and other traits.

Lawyers` fast demanding Tamil as court language enters 3rd day

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 15:39

The fast by a group of lawyers at Madras High Court Bench premises, demanding that Tamil be made the official court language, entered the third day Wednesday.

Not against English, but Hindi should be working language: Mulayam Singh Yadav

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 00:11

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav said he was not against English language, but wanted that it was not used for official work so that people do not have any problem in understanding.

`Not against English, but Hindi should be working language`

Last Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 22:14

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today said he was not against English language, but wanted that it was not used for official work so that people do not have any problem in understanding.

Give Bhojpuri, Rajasthani status of official language: MPs

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 15:36

Members demanded in the Lok Sabha that Bhojpuri and Rajasthani be given the status of official language by including them in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution

Human language and tool-making skills may have evolved at same time

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 16:13

A new study has found that the same brain activity is used for language production and making complex tools, supporting the theory that they might have evolved at the same time.

Primate calls help infants form `categories` just like human speech

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 14:36

A new research has found that for 3 and 4-month-old infants, non-human primate vocalizations promoted object categorization, mirroring exactly the effects of human speech, but that by six months, non-human primate vocalizations no longer had this effect.

Now, system that helps computers learn natural language

Last Updated: Monday, August 26, 2013, 16:06

A linguistics researcher has used supercomputers to develop a method for helping computers learn natural language.

Other Tongue

Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013, 18:49

With the world going flat, learning a foreign language will give you an edge over others, Prachi Rege decodes the scope.

Chinese language website of Tibetan administration hacked: CTA

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 21:05

Suspected Chinese hackers have targeted the Chinese language website of Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) in exile with some virus, making it inaccessible, a CTA official said.

Twitter issues new rules to control abusive language

Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 09:34

In a bid to counter abusive language, Twitter has issued its new rules.

Arrest political leaders for using provocative language: BJP

Last Updated: Sunday, July 21, 2013, 19:51

The state BJP demanded immediate compensation of Rs 10 lakh each to the family members of poll-violence victims.