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Not so sure right here. Now it is WLGC vs. MSFT? So, we doubt our CEO yet we venture forth into the biggest of the big tech companies....and think we are going to win?
Wish I knew more about "who" developed WLGC technology and how sound the patents are. I asked this board 2 or 3 years ago what we know of the R&D department/team/onesmartguy that WLGC has benefited from in developing the current technology. No answer.
I hope the company can mount a fantastic court case and settlement...but I have already decided my entire escapade with WLGC stock is write-off.
If you have any ray of hope to offer, please do; I need some reason not to jump of the ledge on this puppy.
VANCOUVER, Feb. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ - WordLogic Corp. (WLGC), the predictive intelligence technology company, is pleased to announce further to the December 7, 2015 News Release, the Mandatory Settlement Conference scheduled for February 29, 2016 has been extended to March 18, 2016.
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Microsoft’s SwiftKey Acquisition Could Make Mobile Apps More Productive
SwiftKey is leader in software that can make variety of mobile applications easier to use
The acquisition of SwiftKey could give Microsoft competitive advantages not only in mobile apps, but in emerging areas such as virtual reality. ENLARGE
The acquisition of SwiftKey could give Microsoft competitive advantages not only in mobile apps, but in emerging areas such as virtual reality. PHOTO: JOSH EDELSON/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
By JAY GREENE
Feb. 3, 2016 5:26 p.m. ET
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Microsoft Corp., struggling to stake out territory in mobile computing, on Wednesday snatched up a leader in software that can make a variety of mobile applications easier to use.
The acquisition of London-based SwiftKey for an undisclosed sum could give Microsoft competitive advantages not only in mobile apps, but in emerging areas such as virtual reality, where SwiftKey’s technology could predict users’ behavior before they take action.
SwiftKey’s technology is a sophisticated version of the familiar text-autofill feature. It analyzes typed input, picking up on slang and trending terms on Twitter, to fill in words before the user enters them. Its technology is used on more than 300 million iOS and Android devices.
Neither Microsoft nor SwiftKey executives would discuss the deal. But in blog posts, the companies noted that Microsoft would continue to develop SwiftKey for iOS and Android.
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SwiftKey learns from users’ typing history as well the broader Internet to predict what users intend to type. It is more than just whizzy technology, though. It helps trim the time users need to enter text messages, emails, and other communications, freeing them to be more productive. It makes Microsoft’s apps easier to use as increasing numbers of users are typing into mobile devices for work and leisure.
“In this cloud-first, mobile-first world, SwiftKey’s technology aligns with our vision for more personal computing experiences that anticipate our needs versus responding to our commands, and directly supports our ambition to reinvent productivity by leveraging the intelligent cloud,” Harry Shum, Microsoft’s executive vice president of technology and research, wrote in a blog post.
Mr. Shum noted that Microsoft intends to integrate SwiftKey into Word Flow, on-screen virtual keyboard technology that lets mobile users swipe from letter to letter rather than lifting their finger for each letter.
But SwiftKey’s predictive technology could enhance other Microsoft products, as well.
“The big benefit will be beyond the touch-screen keyboard,” said Per Ola Kristensson, leader of the University of Cambridge’s Intelligent Interactive Systems group and an expert in predictive-language technology. “There is a real benefit when the signal is noisy.”
Take Microsoft’s augmented reality headset, HoloLens, which projects digital imagery in front of a user. A virtual keyboard superimposed on a real-world object or floating in midair requires much more precise input than a typical mobile-screen keyboard, Mr. Kristensson said. SwiftKey’s predictive analytics could offer drastic improvements.
It could also enhance products such as Cortana, Microsoft’s virtual assistant that competes with Alphabet Inc.’s Google Now and Apple Inc.’s Siri. Cortana can read a users’ email, with permission, to help with specific tasks, such as tracking packages. It can also set reminders based on a users’ location.
In addition, the service has predictive features, such as helping users draft emails and detecting whether language in an email indicates that a person is about to make a commitment. For example, if a user were to write, “I’ll get back to you by next week,” Cortana would offer to make a calendar invite.
The business model for SwiftKey within Microsoft is less clear. SwiftKey doesn’t charge for the app, but it collects revenue from in-app purchases such as colors and themes for its keyboards. Nonetheless, its greater value may lie in making Microsoft’s other apps and services easier, quicker, and ultimately more productive to use.
—Elizabe
Good morning. Microsoft Corp.‘s acquisition of SwiftKey, which has developed a more sophisticated version of the familiar text autofill feature, is intended to make mobile apps easier to use. But Microsoft, which has been “struggling to stake out territory in mobile computing,” may have broader intentions for the technology, which is important as computing interfaces continue to evolve beyond the keyboard. The WSJ’s Jay Greene has the story.
Harry Shum, Microsoft’s executive vice president of technology and research, noted in a blog post that Microsoft intends to integrate SwiftKey into Word Flow, an on-screen virtual keyboard technology that lets mobile users swipe from letter to letter rather than lifting their finger for each letter. SwiftKey technology also could be useful in emerging areas such as virtual reality, predicting users’ behavior before they take action, the WSJ reports. It could also enhance products such as Cortana, Microsoft’s virtual assistant that competes with Alphabet Inc.’s Google Now and Apple Inc.’s Siri, the WSJ says.
“The big benefit will be beyond the touch-screen keyboard,” Per Ola Kristensson, leader of the University of Cambridge’s Intelligent Interactive Systems group, told the WSJ. “There is a real benefit when the signal is noisy.”
VANCOUVER, Dec. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ - WordLogic Corp. (OTCQB:WLGC), the predictive intelligence technology company, is pleased to announce further to the Honorable Judge Janis L. Sammartino's ruling against Touchtype, Inc., dba SWIFTKEY on November 4, 2015, the Court has now appointed the Honorable Bernard G. Skomal, United States Magistrate Judge, to preside over the mandatory settlement conference, now extended to February 29, 2016 by mutual agreement of the parties. The parties will meet and confer prior to February 1, 2016 to determine a mutually-agreeable discovery plan and each must submit confidential settlement statements to the court no later than February 16.
I thought we were awaiting the Feb 16 confidential court meeting on the settlement, followed on Feb 29 with the judge's court settlement. How can MSFT insert itself given the judge's rulings? I wonder if WLGC has negotiated some sort of patent settlement? WLGC needs to provide investors with a press release as the consequences of this MSFT/SwiftKey are material to WLGC. Your thoughts?
Dingo,
Any word since the Nov 14 court date? Wonder if Lu/APWR even showed up. Thanks
referring to Dr. Contango post #9294 (blast from past #9242; re: Trounces post 9202)
James West interview Frank Evanshen
That is a scary interview...something happens to our ceo as the time progresses.....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....?
dingo:
do you know if Liaoning (GaoKe) High Tech still exists? If so, I think it generated the bulk of apwr sales. thanks.
I am surprised at the hostility of the news that wlgc has against aapl. Wonder if aapl might just acquire wlgc to put an end to the aapl's apparent inability to approve/control wlgc's access to IOS. Would be the easiest and best outcome for appl, wlgc, and shareholders. What do you think?
dingocub:
the Hong Kong court settlement was for $360M. Is this upcoming USA court going to consider raising that amount to about $410?
Wonder how they will compute the damage/loss amount. I would think that even if a large sales contract was agreed upon, shouldn't some responsibility be shared by GET as they would need to tract their gearbox sales and set production schedules. Shouldn't the GET sales rep have realized somewhere during the first couple of months that no actual orders were being placed? Wonder what terms of a possible cancellation clause indicated. Still, it is pretty stupid of GET to produce more than a one month order for the long term gearbox contract with a China company just entering the wind turbine business.
Wonder if the USA judge will use the common sense rule and reduce the HK award down to something like $5M.
thanks for providing your great insights.
I am surprised that APWR still exists. Wonder where Lu is? Wonder if any of the entities within APWR are still in existence and what their revenue and profit look like? Problem is, there is no one to inquire to about the possible BK, breakup or restructuring of whatever might be left of APWR.
anyone have any idea whatever happened to CEO Lu? In jail?
bankrupt? or, is there another form the company has re-emerged into?
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ground control to apwr longs...over.
Respectfully, please help me understand what growth strategies WLGC is working on that holds promise for substantial upside.
Apparently the ability to generate royalties from licensing our product to others is not working.
Also, the pursuit of generating .99 from app downloads is not worth the effort.
GE partnership is too hush-hush to explain to shareholders and one can guess it is just more fluff.
Apple? Google? Other geographies like India...all much BS. Name one thing that is progressing on these fronts. Disappointing because that is where the major pop could come from.
While I think the Quality Stocks posts have been very helpful in communicating what WLGC is, it begins to serve only the empty promises we shareholders envision when we just hope for the best, the possibilities. Quality Stocks is too frequent and subverts its mission thereby.
If management cannot provide truthful responses to these sort of questions then I likely will sell my "significant" position in WLGC (sorry longs). I yearn for truth from the company about where it is in commercializing WLGC, most likely growth prospects and assessment of probability of success.
Come-on, we shareholders are a source of future stock purchase power that can/will fuel growth if you can share with us where you are taking WLGC and what metrics we should utilize to determine future progress.
Help us think how we might see $1 or $5 per share. If you can't then, I'm out.
thanks for your research and posting.
my question has become very basic...do APWR shareholders still have any ownership of Liaoning Hi Tech?
Last i remember, CEO Lu was on the way to the pokey and was trying to sell APWR to some other consortium. The whole thing is completely confusing.
the company appears to US investors as simply bankrupt, but there have been no BK filing documents.
i appreciate your fantastic work on this board.
News: I just received checks for APWR settlement. Mine was $10,191. Shows you how deep I was, correction: AM, into APWR. Let's hope we get some sort of breakthrough and re-listing of the stock once PCAOB audit issues are resolved by China/USA. Good luck to LONGS!
Board:
So, are we thinking that once the Big 4 SEC China decision is reached on PCAOB auditing of China auditors' working papers that we will find an opportunity for APWR to complete and release their much delayed financial statements? Hope so, but big question is: does APWR still exist?
Whatdoyathink?
Wonder if APWR still exists. No BK filing/notice.
Biggest piece of APWR was Liaoning High Tech that was doing about $500M per year when things blew up. If the stock is still authorized, shouldn't we get some sort of update from Liaoning High Tech as shareholders? So weird.
Did Lu ever do jail time as a result of his attempting to sell the company?
So, very weird.
Thanks for the info on the class action mailing out checks this week. I have the stock in 4 accounts and I received notice about 3 months ago that one of my accounts would not qualify for payout. Still hopeful on the other accounts.
Have a nice holiday season.
Wonder how WLGC will leverage the GE IP? Wonder if it has anything to do with the recent iOS app?
"On December 8, 2014, Wordlogic Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Patent Assignment and License Agreement (the “Agreement”) with General Electric Company (“GE”). Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company has acquired the exclusive rights to monetize specific patented intellectual property in GE’s portfolio."
Underscores the importance of current lawsuit against SwiftKey.
from Today's WSJ, page D1 and D2:
Of all the iOS 8 fixes, I'm downright giddy about what's happening to the keyboard. For years, the iPhone keyboard was stuck in the past, while Android allowed for alternative layouts and speed-typing tricks.
Third-party apps like SwiftKey now work on the iPhone. ENLARGE
Third-party apps like SwiftKey now work on the iPhone. DREW EVANS/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Apple's fresh QuickType keyboard suggests the next word you might type based on the context of your conversation, the person you are messaging and what app you are in. For me, it has replaced autocorrect. While predictive typing speeds things up, I've gotten even faster using third-party keyboards that Apple now lets you download from the App Store. I've been testing SwiftKey and Swype, both of which guess what word you want to type as you drag your finger around the keyboard. So far, SwiftKey seems to have learned my typing behavior better.
The keyboards are just one example of how apps can now integrate and talk to Apple's hardware and software. Even the iPhone's Touch ID thumbprint reader now talks with other apps. I tested a beta version of my favorite password manager, Dashlane, that can use my thumbprint as a master password and fills in usernames and passwords in the mobile Web browser automatically.
Senior Chief:
Radio check, over.
Trust you are doing well, over.
Final insult from APWR. Just got a letter from the class action folks and they indicated my settlement is $0. Somehow they calculated I did not lose money. Crazy. anyone else get a letter?
Senior Chief,
I have read every one of your posts and have identified with them. I too am very long wlgc and wonder if this investment will pay off.
Sorry to learn of your stroke and your cancer surgery. You are tough and will handle it just fine. Keep faith alive as God has big plans for you yet to come on this earth.
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When wlgc finally pays off, we on this board should gather in a pub for cheers in Vancouver!
I wish you fair winds and following seas.
Dingo,
I contacted the judges in both Texas counties where SSE turbines were to be erected. Both said they had not heard from SSE lately and that the easements requested and granted were dismissed due to no activity or communications. Pains me to say Texas is dead for apwr. I believe Shweta has moved on to her next gig. JMHO.
Dingo, thanks for the continuing research and post.
I am just uncertain that apwr continues to exist. That HK court proceeding exposed that Lu was selling Liaoning Hi Tech to another firm is not a good sign. I think the judge prevented that from occurring, but still, what is the status of the apwr shareholder? If apwr still exists, what is actually in the company? Only actual event I know regarding shareholders is the promised payment (this fall?)from the class action lawsuit.
The total lack of information about apwr as a corporation is nearly impossible to deal with. There seems to be no process/means for shareholders to inquire about anything.
Liaoning Hi Tech has a nice business, ditto the Evatech...I just don't know if we have any ownership in those enterprises anymore. Further, I don't know if Lu is in or out of jail.
Any insights on our status and the going concern of apwr as a company would be appreciated.
Sure seems like the gates of Hell here. Our CEO likely is in jail in China. We are awaiting the good faith/credit of the lawyers holding the class action settlement money. Seems like lies and fraud had their way with us. Cost me so very much. Hurts more than the Yahoo bashers can lament. Will be happier if the class action pays in the Fall. Somehow, I doubt it. Still and confused as what happened. Thought we had a nice China play in DPG and wind and solar. But, apparently, just a bunch of asian bandits. Makes me wonder if I should pull out all my funds. Oh, and by the way, you Yahoo a-holes: GFY.
Dingo: good to hear from you. Again, your search skills just amaze me in coming up with a reference to Liaoning Hi Tech. Great to see they have current job openings and that they have an international sales and EPC focus.
Wonder what the status is of apwr shareholder ownership of Liaoning Hi Tech since we last learned that Lu was attempting to sell the company to one of his pals.
Thanks for the update.
I think it is in the 5 to 7 cents range. Good luck!
boardname: wonder what the status of CEO Lu is? probably is in HK jail for a 3 month or so visit. i am hopeful that Liaoning GaoKe (Hi Tech) is still in operation...perhaps pumping out engineering projects at the $500M/yr pace. wonder if apwr shareholders still have ownership in that business unit after Lu's little stunt to sell the company for peanuts. looking forward to the class action checks to go out in Sept-Nov time period.
Marc,
I just reviewed the new marketing e-brochure and it does look nice and professional.
I am trying to figure out the strategy behind the release of IKU/Reach now. Perhaps this is a chance to get "major handset manufacturers" to see the power of WLGC offerings and move closer to attempting an acquisition. JMHO
Here's an older article on the same subject:
U.S. Senator Reid, son combine for China firm's desert plant
BY MARCUS STERN
WASHINGTON Fri Aug 31, 2012 5:06am EDT
U.S. Senator Harry Reid recognized nine years ago that connections between his official duties and the lobbying activities of his relatives could lead to ethical questions.
In 2003, the Nevada Democrat publicly banned relatives from lobbying him or his staff after newspaper reports showed that Nevada industries and institutions routinely turned to Reid's sons or son-in-law for representation.
Now, questions surrounding family ties are flaring again in Nevada around the Senate majority leader. He and his oldest son, Rory, are both involved in an effort by a Chinese energy giant, ENN Energy Group, to build a $5 billion solar farm and panel manufacturing plant in the southern Nevada desert.
Reid has been one of the project's most prominent advocates, helping recruit the company during a 2011 trip to China and applying his political muscle on behalf of the project in Nevada. His son, a lawyer with a prominent Las Vegas firm that is representing ENN, helped it locate a 9,000-acre (3,600-hectare) desert site that it is buying well below appraised value from Clark County, where Rory Reid formerly chaired the county commission.
Craig Holman, a lobbyist for the non-partisan advocacy group Public Citizen, said the senator is dealing with "an iffy ethical landscape" because of the family connections and should recuse himself from the project. "Is this just happening because ... it benefits the Reid family, or did Harry Reid actually believe in this?" Holman said.
The senator has supported numerous clean energy projects in Nevada. Rory Reid cites energy as one of his specialty areas at the law firm.
The two Reids deny discussing the ENN project.
"I have never discussed the project with my father or his staff," said Rory Reid. Kristen Orthman, a spokeswoman for the senator, said he had not discussed the project with his son.
The Langfang, China-based ENN Energy Group hopes to build what would be the largest solar energy complex in America. The site chosen with Rory Reid's guidance is in tiny Laughlin, Nevada, a gambling town of 7,300 along the Colorado River, 90 miles south of Las Vegas.
County officials have said that they were so thrilled to recruit a company to the area, with the prospect of thousands of new local jobs, that they were eager to negotiate.
ENN is headed by Chinese energy tycoon Wang Yusuo, who made a fortune estimated by Forbes at $2.2 billion distributing natural gas in China. Wang escorted Reid and a delegation of nine other U.S. senators on a tour of the company's clean energy operations in Langfang, and Reid featured Wang as a speaker at his 4th annual National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas last year.
NEVADA'S LARGEST LAW FIRM
To advance the Nevada project, ENN retained the state's largest and most prestigious law firm - Lionel Sawyer & Collins, where Rory Reid works. It is headed by Richard Bryan, a former Nevada attorney general, governor and member of the U.S. Senate.
Rory Reid faced a one-year cooling off period from lobbying the Clark County commission after leaving his post in January 2011, and Bryan took the lead on ENN's negotiations with the county.
Since the one-year ban expired, Rory Reid has been ENN's primary representative before the county, according to Steve Sisolak, the board's vice chairman.
Rory Reid acknowledged representing ENN at both the county and state levels since January. He declined to discuss the project otherwise.
Two months after Harry Reid's China trip, Lionel Sawyer registered ENN Mohave Energy LLC as an American subsidiary of the Chinese company. The firm negotiated with the county to buy the land rather than lease it, as the county's staff had recommended.
In December, Clark County commissioners voted unanimously to sell up to 9,000 acres of public land to the subsidiary at pennies on the dollar.
The deal spurred local controversy. Separate appraisals valued the land at $29.6 million and $38.6 million. The commission agreed to sell it to ENN for $4.5 million.
The county did build in certain conditions before the project could begin, including milestones for jobs creation and investment. ENN also must assure the county that it has a power company willing to commit to buying energy from the solar farm. But in the eight months since the commissioners approved the deal, no utility has signed a power purchase agreement.
However, Harry Reid stepped up again.
The Democrat recently used an online discussion related to his annual energy summit for an as-yet unsuccessful effort to pressure Nevada's largest power company, NV Energy, to sign up as ENN's first customer.
In the July 30 discussion, Reid said the project "would start tomorrow if NV Energy would purchase the power." The utility controls "95 percent of all of the electricity that is produced in Nevada and they should go along with this." Reid's online comments were first reported by the Las Vegas Review Journal.
The power company responded by saying it had exceeded its minimum renewable energy requirements both last year and this year, though it would consider buying power from ENN in the future. A spokesman for NV Energy declined to discuss the matter further.
Bryan, the head of the law firm, did not return repeated phone calls and emails.
An official with ENN in Langfang did not respond to emails.
In 2007, after a controversy over the number of lawmaker relatives engaged in lobbying, Congress passed the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act, sharply restricting the lobbying activities of close relatives of members of Congress.
The law only applies to registered lobbyists and Rory Reid is not registered as a federal lobbyist in Washington or a state lobbyist in Nevada, according to records in both jurisdictions.
End of Article
...wonder if APWR Lu/Reid fit anywhere in this unfolding story:
Reports: Company Tied to Reid's Son Wants Land in Bundy Standoff
Image: Reports: Company Tied to Reid's Son Wants Land in Bundy Standoff Rory Reid
Sunday, 13 Apr 2014 08:48 PM
By Greg Richter
The Nevada rancher who forced the federal Bureau of Land Management to back down last week may have been targeted because a Chinese solar company with ties to Sen. Harry Reid's son wants the land for an energy plant, several websites report.
A report on Godfatherpolitics.com, says Chinese energy giant ENN Energy Group wants to use federal land as part of its effort to build a $5 billion solar farm and panel-building plant in the southern Nevada desert. Rory Reid, the son of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, is representing ENN in their efforts to locate in Nevada.
Part of the land ENN wants to use was purchased from Clark County at well below appraised value. Rory Reid is the former Clark County Commission chairman, and he persuaded the commission to sell 9,000 acres of county land to ENN on the promise it would provide jobs for the area, Reuters reported in 2012.
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In addition to the county acreage, the federal Bureau of Land Management at one time was looking at BLM property under dispute with cattle rancher Cliven Bundy. The BLM is headed by former Harry Reid senior policy adviser Neil Kornz.
According to BizPac Review, BLM documents indicate that the federal property for which Bundy claims grazing rights were under consideration by a solar energy company. Those documents have since been removed from BLM's website, but BizPac quotes from one of them:
"Non-Governmental Organizations have expressed concern that the regional mitigation strategy for the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone utilizes Gold Butte as the location for offsite mitigation for impacts from solar development, and that those restoration activities are not durable with the presence of trespass cattle."
"Trespass cattle" is a reference to Bundy's herd. Bundy's family has grazed cattle on the land since the 1870s, and Bundy maintains he has grazing rights to the federal land. But he hasn't paid his federal grazing fees in 20 years in a dispute with the BLM.
BLM agents hired contract cowboys earlier this year to seize hundreds of head of cattle and were moving in to seize the rest when militia members from across the country and other supporters showed up last week.
Citing a dangerous situation, the BLM backed off its efforts and returned Bundy's cattle Saturday, but it has vowed to continue fighting him in court and administratively.
In its effort to get Bundy off the land, it has attempted to get him to reduce his 1,000-head herd to 150, The Blaze's Dana Loesch reports. Bundy says his ranch would not be viable with a herd that small.
The BLM claims a need to control grazing on the land to protect an endangered desert tortoise. But Loesch and others note that in August, the tortoise population in a nearby conservation center was set to be euthanized because of underfunding.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service denied those reports, saying that only unhealthy tortoises would be euthanized and others would be relocated. But KVVU-TV in Las Vegas reported that the agency didn't say how many of the tortoises in its care were deemed "healthy."
Further, Loesch reports, Harry Reid pressured the BLM to change the tortoise's protected zone to accommodate developer Harvey Whittemore, one of the Democrat's top donors. Whittemore was convicted in May 2013 of making illegal campaign contributions to him.
"BLM has proven that they’ve a situational concern for the desert tortoise as they’ve had no problem waiving their rules concerning wind or solar power development," Loesch writes.
"Clearly, these developments have vastly affected a tortoise habitat more than a century-old, quasi-homesteading grazing area. If only Clive Bundy were a big Reid donor."
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"Current projects in development include an iOS version that will work in a custom messaging and note-taking application.
WordLogic recognizes the underserved Apple device market when it pertains to predictive technologies and looks to expand its market to iPads and iPhones. Also WordLogic is integrating its predictive technologies into voice recognition software to allow for phrase and context aware search by talking to a device. WordLogic realizes that this is a significant market for auto drivers as state laws ban use of mobile devices with your hands and eye gazing. WordLogic is also exploring using their tightly constructed set of algorithms and data structures allowing it to operate quickly and efficiently in wearable computing. Combined with the ability to predict not only words but letters, n-grams including up to 5 word sequences of language that can be defined and predicted better than ever before. Other current development efforts include adding more language dictionaries to the iKnowU ® product including Mandarin, Japanese, and Arabic."
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"Ultimately, the Company believes that it may become an acquisition target for larger companies within the technology sector due to the breadth of its patent portfolio and the novel characteristics of its technology."