<s>
Babylon	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
computer	B-General_Concept
dictionary	I-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
translation	I-General_Concept
program	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Israeli	O
company	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
Software	O
Ltd	O
.	O
based	O
in	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
Or	O
Yehuda	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Babylon	B-General_Concept
includes	O
in-house	O
proprietary	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
community-created	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
and	O
glossaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
also	O
uses	O
a	O
text-to-speech	B-Application
agent	O
,	O
so	O
users	O
hear	O
the	O
proper	O
pronunciation	O
of	O
words	O
and	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Babylon	B-General_Concept
has	O
developed	O
36	O
English-based	O
proprietary	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
in	O
21	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
–	O
2009	O
,	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
reported	O
earnings	O
of	O
50	O
million	O
NIS	O
through	O
its	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Between	O
2010	O
and	O
2013	O
,	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
became	O
infamous	O
for	O
demonstrating	O
questionable	O
behavior	O
typical	O
of	O
malware	O
:	O
A	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
Toolbar	O
bundled	O
with	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
and	O
other	O
software	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
widely	O
identified	O
as	O
a	O
browser	O
hijacker	O
that	O
is	O
very	O
easy	O
to	O
install	O
inadvertently	O
and	O
unnecessarily	O
difficult	O
to	O
remove	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
eventually	O
led	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
terminating	O
its	O
agreement	O
with	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
Ltd	O
.	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
Israeli	O
entrepreneur	O
Amnon	O
Ovadia	O
began	O
a	O
project	O
for	O
an	O
online	O
English	O
–	O
Hebrew	O
dictionary	B-Operating_System
which	O
would	O
not	O
interrupt	O
the	O
reading	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
Ltd	O
.	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1997	O
and	O
launched	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
25	O
September	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
filed	O
a	O
patent	O
for	O
text	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
and	O
translation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
a	O
year	O
following	O
its	O
launch	O
date	O
,	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
had	O
two	O
million	O
users	O
,	O
mostly	O
in	O
Germany	O
and	O
Brazil	O
,	O
growing	O
from	O
420,000	O
to	O
2.5	O
million	O
users	O
in	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
spring	O
of	O
2000	O
,	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
Ltd	O
.	O
failed	O
to	O
raise	O
$20	O
million	O
in	O
a	O
private	O
placement	O
and	O
lost	O
NIS	O
15	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
Ltd	O
.	O
continued	O
shedding	O
money	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
company	O
costing	O
its	O
parent	O
company	O
Formula	O
Vision	O
NIS	O
4.7	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2007	O
,	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
Ltd	O
.	O
(	O
)	O
has	O
been	O
a	O
publicly	O
traded	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
IPO	O
took	O
place	O
in	O
February	O
2007	O
;	O
Israeli	O
businessman	O
Noam	O
Lanir	O
purchased	O
controlling	O
interests	O
in	O
the	O
company	O
for	O
$10.5	O
million	O
,	O
sharing	O
management	O
with	O
second	O
majority	O
shareholder	O
Reed	B-Library
Elsevier	I-Library
and	O
the	O
Company	O
founder	O
,	O
Amnon	O
Ovadia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
–	O
2009	O
,	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
reported	O
earnings	O
of	O
NIS	O
50	O
million	O
through	O
its	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Ireland	O
signed	O
an	O
extended	O
cooperation	O
agreement	O
with	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
to	O
provide	O
it	O
with	O
online	O
search	O
and	O
pay-per-click	O
advertising	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
was	O
named	O
the	O
seventh	O
most	O
popular	O
website	O
in	O
Libya	O
,	O
the	O
eighth	O
in	O
Algeria	O
and	O
the	O
eleventh	O
in	O
Tunisia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Globes	O
magazine	O
,	O
Noam	O
Lanir	O
,	O
who	O
acquired	O
control	O
of	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
for	O
NIS	O
20	O
million	O
,	O
made	O
a	O
paper	O
profit	O
of	O
NIS	O
200	O
million	O
on	O
his	O
investment	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
source	O
,	O
the	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
website	O
achieved	O
an	O
Alexa	O
ranking	O
of	O
45	O
in	O
April	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
the	O
translation	O
business	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
Software	O
Ltd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
single	O
click	O
on	O
any	O
text	O
using	O
the	O
right	O
mouse	O
button	O
or	O
combination	O
of	O
the	O
right	O
mouse	O
button	O
and	O
a	O
keyboard	O
modifier	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
window	O
appears	O
providing	O
a	O
translation	O
and	O
definition	O
of	O
the	O
clicked	O
term	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Babylon	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
tool	O
used	O
for	O
translation	O
and	O
conversion	O
of	O
currencies	O
,	O
measurements	O
and	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
obtaining	O
other	O
contextual	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Babylon	B-General_Concept
has	O
a	O
patented	O
OCR	B-Application
technology	O
and	O
a	O
single-click	O
activation	O
that	O
works	O
in	O
any	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
application	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Outlook	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
,	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
and	O
Adobe	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
activated	O
,	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
opens	O
a	O
small	O
popup	O
window	O
that	O
displays	O
the	O
translation	O
or	O
definition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
solve	O
the	O
incompatibility	O
problem	O
of	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
OCR	B-Application
browsers	O
extension	O
;	O
users	O
can	O
benefit	O
from	O
Capture2Text	O
free	O
app	O
version	O
3.9	O
(	O
only	O
3.9v	O
)	O
which	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
8	O
or	O
another	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
dragging	O
its	O
capture	O
box	O
in	O
any	O
text	O
from	O
any	O
browsers	O
,	O
then	O
a	O
pop-up	O
box	O
appears	O
and	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
could	O
easily	O
grasp	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Babylon	B-General_Concept
provides	O
full	O
text	O
translation	O
,	O
full	O
Web	O
page	O
and	O
full	O
document	O
translation	O
in	O
many	O
languages	O
and	O
supports	O
integration	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Babylon	B-General_Concept
enables	O
the	O
translation	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Word	I-Operating_System
documents	I-Operating_System
and	O
plain	O
text	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Babylon	B-General_Concept
includes	O
its	O
in-house	O
proprietary	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
,	O
community-created	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
and	O
glossaries	O
(	O
UGC	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
include	O
general	O
and	O
technical	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
,	O
language	O
and	O
monolingual	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
,	O
thesauri	O
,	O
encyclopedias	O
and	O
lexicons	O
in	O
a	O
multitude	O
of	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
also	O
uses	O
a	O
text-to-speech	B-Application
agent	O
so	O
users	O
hear	O
the	O
proper	O
pronunciation	O
of	O
words	O
and	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Babylon	B-General_Concept
Ltd	O
.	O
has	O
developed	O
36	O
English-based	O
proprietary	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
in	O
21	O
languages	O
(	O
English	O
,	O
Arabic	O
,	O
Simplified	O
Chinese	O
,	O
Traditional	O
Chinese	O
,	O
Czech	O
,	O
Danish	O
,	O
Dutch	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
Greek	O
,	O
Hebrew	O
,	O
Italian	O
,	O
Japanese	O
,	O
Korean	O
,	O
Norwegian	O
,	O
Polish	O
,	O
Portuguese	O
,	O
Russian	O
,	O
Spanish	O
,	O
Swedish	O
and	O
Turkish	O
)	O
that	O
are	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
to	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
comprise	O
between	O
60,000	O
and	O
200,000	O
terms	O
,	O
phrases	O
,	O
acronyms	O
and	O
abbreviations	O
and	O
are	O
enabled	O
with	O
a	O
morphological	O
engine	O
which	O
facilitates	O
recognition	O
of	O
all	O
inflected	O
forms	O
of	O
single	O
words	O
and	O
phrases	O
,	O
provides	O
all	O
forms	O
of	O
terms	O
that	O
include	O
prefixes	O
and	O
extensions	O
and	O
supplies	O
a	O
solution	O
for	O
all	O
formats	O
of	O
writing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Babylon	B-General_Concept
's	O
Linguistic	O
Department	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
extensive	O
content	O
and	O
information	O
database	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
significant	O
component	O
of	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
's	O
Product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
7	O
August	O
2010	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
antivirus	O
products	O
identified	O
the	O
software	O
application	O
as	O
adware	O
(	O
identified	O
as	O
"	O
Adware	O
:	O
Win32/Babylon	O
"	O
)	O
due	O
to	O
potentially	O
intrusive	O
behavior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sixteen	O
days	O
later	O
,	O
on	O
23	O
August	O
2010	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
Ltd	O
.	O
had	O
modified	O
the	O
program	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
categorized	O
as	O
adware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Download.com	B-Application
started	O
bundling	O
the	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
Toolbar	O
with	O
open-source	O
packages	O
such	O
as	O
Nmap	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gordon	O
Lyon	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
Nmap	B-Language
,	O
criticized	O
the	O
decision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
vice-president	O
of	O
Download.com,	O
Sean	O
Murphy	O
,	O
released	O
an	O
apology	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
bundling	O
of	O
this	O
software	O
was	O
a	O
mistake	O
on	O
our	O
part	O
and	O
we	O
apologize	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
and	O
developer	O
communities	O
for	O
the	O
unrest	O
it	O
caused.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
the	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
search	O
toolbar	O
was	O
identified	O
as	O
a	O
browser	O
hijacker	O
that	O
,	O
while	O
very	O
easy	O
to	O
install	O
inadvertently	O
,	O
is	O
unnecessarily	O
difficult	O
to	O
remove	O
afterwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
toolbar	O
is	O
listed	O
as	O
an	O
unwanted	O
application	O
by	O
anti-spyware	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
Stopzilla	O
or	O
Spybot	B-Application
–	I-Application
Search	I-Application
&	I-Application
Destroy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
users	O
,	O
trying	O
to	O
uninstall	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
,	O
have	O
searched	O
for	O
help	O
on	O
different	O
support	O
forums	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
toolbar	O
tends	O
to	O
install	O
itself	O
onto	O
computers	O
as	O
an	O
add-on	O
with	O
other	O
software	O
and	O
changes	O
users	O
 '	O
home	O
page	O
to	O
the	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
search	O
engine	O
,	O
adds	O
the	O
search	O
engine	O
to	O
the	O
computer	O
and	O
sets	O
itself	O
as	O
the	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
29	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
notified	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
that	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
intend	O
to	O
renew	O
its	O
cooperation	O
agreement	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
companies	O
,	O
which	O
terminated	O
on	O
30	O
November	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
said	O
that	O
complaints	O
had	O
been	O
received	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
users	O
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
the	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
toolbar	O
damages	O
the	O
browser	O
's	O
user	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
,	O
Google	B-Application
may	O
have	O
reconsidered	O
the	O
decision	O
during	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
that	O
point	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
Software	O
no	O
longer	O
distributes	O
any	O
toolbars	O
or	O
offers	O
any	O
3rd	O
party	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
