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Wednesday, 28th July 2010

Google Docs Adds Translation for 53 Languages

From Wikipedia articles to visual recognition and translation with Google Goggles, Google is constantly working to rebuild the Tower of Babel and enable frictionless multi-lingual communication. Its latest effort brings translation to Google Docs, making translation even simpler.

Mike Melanson comments

Augmented Reality

Hands On with Golfscape AR Rangefinder for iPhone

As the popularity of augmented reality (AR) grows and the technology becomes increasingly easier to develop, it is hard to find an area of our every day lives that is not being augmented. Sports have played a large role in the proliferation of AR - you can thank the technology for telling you where the first-down line is on Sunday - and it's…

Play Chris Cameron comments

Opera Reports Continued Mobile Web Explosion in Africa

Opera, the Oslo-based browser company, has released its latest monthly State of the Mobile Web Report. The company is calling this month's report the "World Cup Edition," as it takes a closer look at the continued explosion of the mobile Web in Africa and declares Chile as the winner of its own "Mobile Web World Cup." According to the report…

Mobile Mike Melanson comments

Adobe Buys ECM Vendor (and Apache Contributor) Day Software

Adobe today announced it has reached a deal to acquire ECM vendor Day Software. In a telephone interview, Erik Larson Senior Director of Product Management at Adobe, cited Day's technology's scalability and social features and the company's support for open-source software as the primary factors driving the acquisition. According to Day's website…

Enterprise Klint Finley comments

Verizon Smartphones (Droids?) Use More Data than iPhones

A study from wireless billing vendor Validas has revealed that Verizon Wireless smartphone owners are now exceeding the data usage of iPhone owners, who are currently restricted to AT&T. According to the study, average data consumption on Verizon smartphones is 421 MB as opposed to 338 MB on the iPhone. Out of all the vendors, Verizon…

Mobile Sarah Perez comments

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