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Google is launching some significant updates for its Translate Android app today, offering offline language packages for fifty languages. The offline models are not as comprehensive as their online counterparts, but are good for basic translation duties while travelling abroad. To use this feature, users must select Offline Languages in the Google Translate app menu.…
Users of public transit, rejoice! Your commute just gotten a whole lot easier. Google Maps Transit has been updated to reflect real-time arrival and departure of public transit systems in some U.S. cities today. Users of the service can now access public transportation information for seven lines in the New York City Subway (MTA) as well as…
Samsung has definitely taken the lead in the Android smartphone market, gaining market share like crazy over the last year. With it’s solid line of Galaxy devices, Samsung has successfully made itself a staple in the Android landscape, and it looks like that trend is set to continue. Typically, demand for devices is lower in Q1, but Samsung is…
One of the most popular iPad apps of all time, Flipboard, is out with version 2.0 of its app. It’s nothing too radical, but it does bring an abundance of new features. Overall, it helps move the app into the future and intensify competition with other personalized magazines like Zite. The main attraction in Flipboard…
If you stop by the Google Play Store on your Android tablet, be sure to check for an update for Play Movies and TV today, as it adds a pretty nifty feature. Using facial recognition, Play Movies will detect the actor you’re watching when paused, and bring you relevant information for the actor or actress. The feature…
According to a report from DigiTimes, Amazon’s oft-rumored smartphone will ship with a 4.7 inch display to keep up with the current smartphone market. It looks as though Amazon was initially planning to make its upcoming smartphone with a 4.3 inch display, ” but later scrapped the idea after witnessing increased demand for larger size…
It looks like Sony is hard at work on a few upcoming Xperia devices already for the summer. Not only does it look like Sony will be bringing the Xperia A (Dogo) and Xperia UL (Gaga) to Japanese markets later this summer, but also a mammoth 6.4 inch phablet, codenamed Togari. Here’s a quick rundown…
T-Mobile officially announced its new pre-paid “Un-carrier” model today at a press event in New York, detailing pricing and device availability. Along with rolling out LTE service in seven new metro areas, T-Mobile is also offering HD Voice on its nationwide network. “T-Mobile is enriching the customer experience on its network with our nationwide launch…
An internal memo from HTC that leaked out to the public has been confirmed as authentic. The memo talked about unexpectedly strong pre-order numbers for the company’s new flagship Android device, the HTC One. Normally this would be excellent news, but it might actually pose a problem for the manufacturer that had to delay the…
AT&T customers rocking a Samsung Galaxy Express are in for a treat today and can expect a OTA update to Jelly Bean begin to roll out. The device itself may cower in the presence of something like the Galaxy S 4, but the Jelly Bean update for the Galaxy Express should bring a nice spit-shine…