coursera, Introducing The Global Translator Community!

We believe that everyone should have access to a high-quality education, and our community is a reflection of that: Courserians live in every country in the world, come from all walks of life, and speak dozens — if not hundreds — of languages. 

But together, we want to do more to make a great education possible for learners of all backgrounds. 

As a step towards that vision, we are excited to announce the launch of theGlobal Translator Community (GTC). The GTC is a community of dedicated individuals and partner organizations working together to provide subtitle translations for Coursera-hosted courses. The GTC offers participants an opportunity to become members of a tight-knit community, earn recognition for their contributions, and — most importantly — help millions of learners across the globe. And for learners, the GTC promises to make more content more available in more languages. 

Visit our Global Translator Community page to join us, and to learn more about the program. And visit our course catalogue to enjoy the wide variety of courses already available with subtitle translations. 

Thank you! 

Yours in learning without limits, 
Sébastien Kuo
Program Manager, Localization

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Google finally combines text and chat conversations in Hangouts

Google is crossing off a major complaint about Hangouts this week: the messaging app will finally merge your SMS and Hangouts conversations.  Users can pick between Hangouts and SMS when sending a given message, but that's it. There's no option to use Hangouts with SMS as a fallback option, which is the approach Apple takes with iMessage.

Google also promises that "different message types will be easy to tell apart in the conversation," but it's not as obvious as the company lets on. Your received messages all look the same, with only a small "via SMS" label below texted replies. Sent messages easier to tell apart with a glance; they're green when you're sending regular Hangouts messages, and white when sent as an SMS message. Users that don't like the merged view can revert back to the old style to keep things separate.

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5 tips to optimize your new Twitter profile layout

Twitter is currently rolling out a profile redesign to all users, a redesign that puts an even greater emphasis on the great Twitter content that you share and one that provides some bonus opportunities to make a branding splash.

Visual content will get a big boost. Top tweets will get a bump. And we’ll all be scrambling to find out what works best on this extreme makeover of our Twitter homes.

While you wait your turn to find your way around your new profile, you might be interested to plan ahead. We collected some Twitter tips from past stories, some psychological studies on marketing best practices, and some ideas on how each of these different factors might combine for some truly terrific tips on how to handle your new Twitter profile.

This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog.
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Samsung galaxy note 4 rumored to feature a three sided flexible display

The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 has already been rumored to include a 4K display and a possible Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset however, a latest report hints that it might also feature a remarkable flexible display.

Shortly after a Samsung representative stated that the Galaxy Note 4 will feature a “new form factor”, the Korean Media reported that the device will be the first smartphone to feature the “Youm” flexible display by Samsung. To add more to the flame, the same source, citing industry insiders, said that the screen will be three sided. But what is the use of a three sided screen? Well, it could be used to display various notifications such as messages, reminders or even the time.

Source: ZDNet
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Google Launches Chrome Remote Desktop App for Android

Google's Chrome Remote Desktop service, first launched in 2011, is coming to mobile. Today, the company released an Android app that will let users access their desktop computers, whether through a Chrome web app for Mac, PC, and Linux or through Chrome OS itself. Once you've set up your primary machine, you can launch the Android app to connect to it. GigaOm reported a few days ago that the app was in beta testing, but it's now available to anyone with an Android phone or tablet, though doing much with the former will be a little cramped. There's no precise date given for an iOS version, but Google says it will be coming later this year.

App Description:

Securely access your computers from your Android device.

• On each of your computers, set up remote access using the Chrome Remote Desktop app from Chrome Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/remotedesktop
• On your Android device, open the app and tap on any of your online computers to connect.

For information about privacy, please see the Google Privacy Policy (http://goo.gl/SyrVzj) and the Chrome Privacy Policy (http://goo.gl/0uXE5d).

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