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Building something where nothing stood before is monumental, but last weekend I spoke to Google Translate (at a noisy party) and had it instantly and correctly translate what I said to mandarin.

I guess what I'm trying to say, is that taking the technology and making it ubiquitous on a mass market is no small fry, either.

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Depends on the resources available to the company trying to popularize the product/idea. If it's a tiny start-up with limited resources, then absolutely, it's a huge accomplishment. If it's a massive company with tons of cash, together with the name recognition and momentum of n number of other products already out...then it's probably not that big of a deal, but still commendable, I guess.

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