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  Google has updated its Translate app for Android and it brings one of the most useful features that will be lauded by tourists. In addition to the regular text translation, the Translate app now offers speech-to-speech translation. This could be helpful for tourists who don’t understand the language while vacationing in another country. Google [...]

  Microsoft today extensively previewed the upcoming operating system codenamed Windows 8. The new OS shown at the BUILD conference will be like a one OS for all, including PCs, mobile phones and tablets. Some of the interesting features that you’ll find in the new OS is the Metro Style UI, fully touch optimized interface, [...]

  Nvidia has introduced a new tool for broadcasters and professionals to deliver better quality and improved on-air graphics with very low latency. The GPUDirect for Video announced at IBC last week takes allows industry-standard video I/O devices to communicate with the Quadro or Tesla GPUs at ultra-low latency. The result is that the GPUDirect [...]

  Have you ever wanted to control various PCs in your office with the single keyboard or mouse? Well, Truong Do, a developer at Microsoft has heard you. As a side project, Truong developed Mouse without Borders that allows you to do just that. A user has to install the software in up to 4 [...]

  With the rise in the sales of Android devices, hackers have been attracted to the one of world’s largest mobile platform. According to reports by Mcafee and Norton, Android is the number one target by hacker’s for malware, making it necessary for users to protect themselves from any untowardness. We’ve been trying out Norton’s [...]

  Skype has updated their Android app today and have added more devices to its list of video call support. Now most top-end devices including Galaxy S II, Galaxy Tab, Sensation, Flyer and some non-certified devices can video call their Skype contacts for free however, video calling quality on non-certified devices may not be at [...]

  RIM has updated one of the strongest apps (and a service) available on BlackBerry — the BlackBerry Messenger. The Canadian company has bumped the app to version 6 which now supports “BBM Connected” apps. This function integrates BBM service and allows users to chat with their friends from the app itself. For instance, a [...]

  Apple has finally approved the Google+ dedicated app for iPhone. Users on the new social network now won’t have to visit the HTML5 optimized webpage to add users to their circle, get stream updates as they can do the same from the app now. Needless to say, the app has a similar feel to [...]

  Google has updated its Maps app for Android that adds the all new Transit Navigation support. With the new Navigation option, a user can get directions that involve traveling in a train or any other public mode of transportation. Google has also added some more features like an improved notification bar that notifies when [...]

  Microsoft has released the first Service Pack for its widely popular Office suite, Office 2010. The update KB2460049 can be downloaded from the links below or you can wait for the update to appear in Windows Update. Some of the bug fixes, improvements are as follows: – Outlook fixes an issue where “Snooze Time” [...]

  Opera Inc. has announced Opera 11.50 aka Swordfish browser for desktops. The updated Opera boasts an improved design which is said to be more clean and streamlined and comes with other features like Speed Dial extensions that allows users to save their favourite extensions on the Speed Dial, in addition to websites. Additionally, Opera [...]

  Apple has announced the release of its professional-grade video editing software Final Cut Pro X. Apple says the software has been created from scratch that brings in some interesting features as well as takes advantage of the latest Mac hardware by using multi-thread processing or the GPU for fast background rendering. Some of the [...]

  Evernote, the ubiquitous note-taking app has expanded the functionality of the app by taking advantage of the iPad Smart Cover. As the name goes, the Evernote Peek App allows users to peek under the iPad Smart Cover to reveal bits of text, thus transforming it into a learning, studying or memory-enhancing tool. Lift the [...]

  Apple’s office apps consisting of Keynote, Pages and Numbers are now available for users using the iPhone or the iPod touch. The iWork suite now takes advantage of the Retina display and allows users to edit, create or share documents on the go. Users can import or export documents from iWork on Mac or [...]

  Norwegian browser maker, Opera has confirmed that the latest version of its Mini browser is now available in the App Store. Major change from the last version is the support for high-resolution displays, which means iPhone 4 and iPad users will be able to enjoy web surfing without the loss of precious pixels. In [...]