5 good iPad apps worth checking out | ZDNet. Kendrick: A couple of these apps are brand new to the iPad, and some of them are so good they quickly replaced favorite apps I have been using for a while.

NAJIT Blog: Interpreting and the T Word – by Barry Olsen. As an interpreter, if you want to expand your client base and remain relevant in a growing and changing linguistic services market, you can’t turn a blind eye to innovation.

IMIA – International Medical Interpreters Association. Participate in contest to earn free registration to the IMIA 2013 Conference to be held in Miami, FL.

Prevailing Cloud fears mostly unfounded | ZDNet. For those who assume that there’s a monster out there coiled and waiting to strike at your data, consider the advice [Ken Hess] gave during that chat session: Take a transitional approach to migrating to Cloud storage.

New Automatic Translator Could End Language Barrier in Lectures – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education. Speech recognition is fraught with problems, he says, such as recognizing variations in accent. Translation, too, is problematic, since accuracy depends on context and dealing with the peculiarities of each language. “It’s clearly making mistakes, and sometimes […]

Registration_Opens_for_January_2013_International_Medical_Interpreting_Conference.pdf (application/pdf Object). This IMIA led 3-day event has expanded and in just seven months will take place in Miami Beach Florida. “It was important to take the conference out of Boston to bring it to interpreters in other areas,” said Izabel Arocha, M.Ed., CMI-Spanish, and Executive Director of IMIA, “and Miami Beach seems like […]

Twitter quietly grows up; handles its scandal | ZDNet. Twitter has, over the past year, quietly reached a level of maturity en par with that of Facebook or any other major web service.

The financial rewards for pursuing a career in interpretation can be considerable as interpreters develop their skills. via Livemocha – A Career in Interpreting – Translating Language and Culture.