Forget.me Helps You Disappear from Google Search Forever

Are there any irrelevant, outdated or potentially inappropriate links about you floating out there on the Web for all to see? Based on a recent European court ruling last May, Google is required to take down these type of webpages and de-index them from search (at least in Europe). Now a new French startup by… Continue reading Forget.me Helps You Disappear from Google Search Forever

How Far Apart Are English and French, Italian and Spanish? Here’s a Chart of the Lexical Distances between European Langauges

Have you ever wondered why English is considered a Germanic language, yet borrows many words from French? In her map of the lexical distances between European languages, writer Teresa Elms uses linguistic research by Kostiantyn Tyshchenko in Metatheory of Linguistics to demonstrate the vocabulary divergence among all the major languages of Europe. In the chart,… Continue reading How Far Apart Are English and French, Italian and Spanish? Here’s a Chart of the Lexical Distances between European Langauges