Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Most Downloads of a Translation Software: Babylon.com sets world record

NEW YORK, USA -- Babylon.com, the world's leading provider of language solutions, announced today that it has passed the major milestone of over 100 million users , setting the world record for the Most Downloads of a Translation Software.

  Photo:  Babylon.com - most popular desktop language translation software.
 ( enlarge photo )

The Guinness world record for the most downloads for a single piece of software in 24 hours is 8,002,530 for Mozilla's Firefox.

  Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the most content ingested by an online video service: an average of 70.49 hours per minute, achieved by Ustream.

  This is Babylon.com's 100 Celebration - being one of the top 100 sites on the Internet with over 100 million users, and supporting 100 million translation requests a day.

 "When back in 1997, Babylon launched its dictionary software, we couldn't have imagined that over 100 million people in over 200 countries and territories would be using its software," said Alon Carmeli, Babylon's CEO.

  Babylon.com is a publicly traded company founded in 1997. The Company is a leading provider of language solutions such as online dictionary and translation software, translation services, language learning solutions, English writing enhancement and more.

  The Babylon.com user base exceeds 100 million desktop installations in more than 200 markets, supporting 75 languages.

Related world records:   
Most popular female star on Facebook: Rihanna (Video)

Most viewed online ad: 'Evian Roller Babies'  (Video)

First website made out of chocolate: Sagres (Video)

Most Fans on Facebook in 24 Hours: Frito-Lay

Largest online guitar lesson: Steve Vai (Video)

Largest Digital Archive of Holocaust Victims: Google's Holocaust collection

Oldest Facebook user: 103-year-old Lillian Lowe

Most comments on a Facebook post: Swayze's Fans

Most expensive domain name: sex.com

Most People Tagged in an Online Photo: Orange

Most expensive virtual item: Crystal Palace Space Station

Fastest update of relationship status: Dana Hanna and Tracy Page

Largest Online Collaborated Jigsaw: Lipton Yellow Label Tea

Most popular video ever: Numa Numa by Gary Brolsma

Most downloaded application in 24 hours - Firefox 3

Longest domain name - Llanfairpwllgw- yngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-Llantysiliogogogoch.com

Tuesday, July 19, 2011