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Tech T@lk

Zoom buys AI company that Facebook launches newsletter

worked on real-time translation platform Bulletin

roprietary video telecon- acebook has launched most interesting bit is integra-
ferencing platform re- a new service, called tion with Facebook Pages, and
Pcently announced that it’s FBulletin, that will allow the fact that the work Bulletin
acquiring a company known as writers to publish free and paid writers do will be eligible for
Kites (short for Karlsruhe Infor- newsletters that can be posted distribution in Facebook News.
mation Technology Solutions), to the web, sent to subscrib- “The goal here across the
which has worked on creating ers’ inboxes, and shared across company is to support people
real-time translation and tran- Facebook. making a living doing creative
scription software. As per Mashable, an- work,” Zuckerberg said in the
According to Mashable, German their professors were nounced by Facebook CEO audio call announcing the news.
Zoom said that the acquisition lecturing in. Mark Zuckerberg via Face- He added, “We’re trying to el-
is a move to help it make com- Zoom already has real-time book’s Live Audio Rooms on evate and support those writers
municating with people who transcriptions, but it’s limited to Tuesday, Bulletin is a set of and creators who are already
speak different languages eas- people who are talking in En- publishing and subscription producing high-quality work...
ier and that it’s looking to add glish. On a support page, Zoom tools aimed at independent [I think Bulletin] can be anoth-
translation capabilities to its also makes it clear that its cur- writers in the US. The new er great tool for writers and cre-
video conferencing app. The rent live transcription feature service offers each user their ators to have in their toolbox.”
company’s site tells Kites be- may not meet certain accuracy own standalone website with a Initially, Facebook has
gan at the Karlsruhe Institute of requirements. customisable name, logo and launched Bulletin for a small
Technology, and its technology As per Mashable, the com- colour palette, and tools en- group of creators. The full list
was originally developed to act pany has said that it’s consider- abling them to embed media of writers who participated in
as an in-classroom translation ing opening a research centre in into their posts and style them the launch included Malcolm
for students who needed help Germany, where the Kites team as they please. Gladwell, Jane Wells, Erin An-
understanding the English or will be staying. On the distribution side, the drews and Adam Gran.

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