1. Why i use Apple
instead of Linux or
Android day-to-day
Mayel de Borniol
Co-Founder of BABELVERSE

2. I am a geek and a hacker, so of course
I love open-source, but...

3. Linux on a PC is a giant mishmash of:
- hardware components
- Linux kernel
- thousands of software packages, hacked
together by thousands of programmers
- often device drivers made for Windows

4. Android is a nice idea,
but...
- Android OS by Google
- Hardware by manufacturers
- Everybody uses a different version
- Crapware added by the telecoms
- Crapware added by manufacturers
Very fragmented!

5. What’s the problem?
No ‘architect’ looking at the big picture,
at all the pieces, and thinking through
how they should work together

6. So many points of failure!

7. Study all the elements
and environment,
envision and then plan
what can be built with,
then ‘just do it’...

8. For example
It's a problem for me to
communicate, living in another country

9. I love the idea in science-fiction
of a universal translator

10. I saw how expensive it is for
conferences to get interpreters to come
translate at their events

11. A researcher just published a
paper about the trend of people with
more than one native language

12. Some linguists and philosophers
think we will lose a lot if we all speak
only English

13. A start-up started offering
telecommunications as a cloud service

14. There are already communities
with millions of young people
helping each other practice languages

15. An new open-source project
provides many useful features

16. Voice-over-IP is booming
thanks to the adoption of
mobile broadband & smartphones

17. breaking down language barriers
http://babelverse.com
@babelverse
2011/07 - UCN

18. Babelverse is...
• 1st app for real-time voice translation
• on any device (mobile, PC, telephone)
• powered by a community
of multilingual speakers
• launching in 2 weeks
at LeWeb!

19. Thank you!
Any questions?
find me at:
deborniol.com