November 2012

The Dwyer Group Recognizes Veteran Achievements in Franchising

WACO, Texas (November 12, 2012) – On the one-year anniversary of the launch of Operation Enduring Opportunity, home-service franchisor The Dwyer Group is proud to recognize the accomplishments of more than 4,300 U.S. military veterans who have opened a franchise since November 11, 2011, including 33 who have been selected as owners for one of […]

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Microsoft Tech Turns Spoken English into Spoken Chinese in the Same Voice

TNW: Microsoft has today posted a video, and complementary explanation of language translation that goes far past what we thought was currently possible. In the video, the speaker explains and demonstrates improvements made to the machine understanding of his English words, which are automatically transcribed as he speaks. He then demonstrates having those words translated

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Small Business Saturday

For the past three years, American Express has celebrated small businesses with a day dedicated to “shopping small” called Small Business Saturday. This year, American Express is creating awareness about the importance of supporting community commerce with this infographic—a visualization created to spread the word about developing new local businesses and “shopping small” matters, as

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