Google announced a significant update for the Google Translate app for iOS on Wednesday, adding technology from Word Lens after it was acquired by Google in May 2014.
Google Translate for iOS gains Word Lens translation, conversation tools
Jake Smith
Facebook launching Work iOS app for FB@Work
Facebook announced on Wednesday that it's launching FB@Work, a new product that will allow businesses to create their own social networks for their employees that are built to look and act like Facebook itself, to collaborate on work projects.
Facebook is finally bringing itself to the enterprise after ten years.
As part of the new service, Facebook plans to launch a new app titled "Work" for iOS. The FB@Work product will also be accessible through the web and looks exactly like the consumer facing version of Facebook.
Apple brings iAd platform to Latin America emerging markets
Apple is continuing its iAd international push by beginning to sell the advertising service to businesses in Brazil and Mexico, with eventual plans for Venezuela, Colombia, and Argentina, to help the struggling service better reach consumers.
Latin America is a key emerging market for Apple growth, and as such the company has selected MS Internet Media Services (IMS), a "leading" digital marketing and communications company that partners with businesses seeking to expand into and within Latin America, to handle sales in the Latin American market.
Analyst: Apple to announce $200 billion buyback and dividend program
Apple has plans to announce a $200 billion program to buy back shares and raise its dividend, heavily upgrading its current buyback program announced three years ago, analyst Kulbinder Garcha of Credit Suisse told CNBC. Furthermore, Garcha raised the stock to "outperform" from "neutral", seeing the stock rising 19 percent over the next year.
BlackBerry’s official Twitter account accidentally tweets from iPhone
Someone at BlackBerry made a hilarious mess up on Tuesday when plugging the new BlackBerry Classic in a tweet that was sent on an iPhone.
While Twitter's first party apps don't show what device a tweet is sent from, third-party apps like Tweetbot show the crime committed in BlackBerry's case. You'd think its new QWERTY-touting phone would be perfect for typing a tweet.
Apple files another patent for Kinect-like technology for Apple TV, Mac
Apple was granted a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday that puts new motion-sensing hardware and software to use, much like the Kinect for Xbox One.
The patent describes "three dimensional user interface session control," essentially, a software UI for use with PrimeSense's motion-sensing hardware.
‘The Sims 4’ landing on Mac in February, after missing 2014 launch
Electronic Arts announced on Tuesday that its title "The Sims 4" will launch for Mac in February. The game house had previously promised a 2014 launch for the hit game on Mac after previously releasing it for the PC, but didn't meet its own deadline.
Study: Google Play overtakes App Store in amount of apps
Google Play had more apps than the Apple iTunes Store at the end of 2014, marking a big change for app community, a new study from appFigures said on Tuesday.
It said Google surpassed Apple for total number of apps with 1.43 million compared to 1.21 million. The apps come from roughly 390,000 Android app developers and 280,000 iOS developers, those of which have to pay $99 a year to be a part of Apple's Developer Center.
Apple granted patent for GoPro-like camera system
Apple has been granted a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office that covers a camera system like the popular GoPro action camera, Patently Apple first reported.
The patent notes that the new camera system could be secured to various objects, such as a bike helmet or scuba mask, or mounted to the handlebars of a motorcycle or the front of a surfboard, like a GoPro.
iPhone smuggler caught in China with 94 strapped to his body
An iPhone smuggler was caught by Chinese authorities trying to making his way through customs with 94 iPhones strapped to his body. He had a "weird walking posture, joint stiffness, muscle tension" that caused authorities to become concerned.
iPhone’s monster December quarter brings huge earnings to Apple suppliers
Apple suppliers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Foxconn's Hon Hai Precision saw record monthly revenues in December thanks to the huge fourth-quarter Apple's iPhone saw, regulatory filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange revealed on Monday.
New Chevy Volt is GM’s first car with Apple CarPlay built-in
The 2016 Chevrolet Volt is the first production car from General Motors that features Apple CarPlay built right into the dash, The Verge observed at Detroit's North American International Auto Show.
Chevrolet presented the new Volt on Monday, which offers greater range and a slightly sleeker look than the previous model, along with the new technology from Apple. The 2016 Volt is the second version of the hybrid vehicle, which has seen mixed reviews from automobile critics and customers alike.