Microsoft has a couple new tricks up its sleeve to help it better compete with Google Translate. Released Thursday, the version of Microsoft Translator for the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch now includes optical character recognition, or OCR. That means the app can translate text that’s in an image. You could use your iPhone to …
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Apple Pay has landed in its fifth country, one that offers great opportunities but some significant challenges. Apple on Wednesday announced the launch of Apple Pay in China on its Developer page as well as through the Weibo account of CEO Tim Cook. Chinese consumers will now be able to use the service to purchase items at supported retailers using …
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Rumors have been floating that Apple will introduce a new iPhone with a 4-inch screen as early as next month. How much money would the company generate from such a phone? One analyst has looked into his crystal ball. Apple could snag $5.5 billion in revenue from a 4-inch iPhone this year, RBC analyst Amit Daryanani projected in an investors …
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Samsung is set to pull back the curtain on its new Galaxy S7 phone this weekend. Several of the phone’s reported specs have already leaked, and now a video and images apparently offer a close-up. Blog site Android Authority released the video and images Wednesday, citing an anonymous “insider.” The source also noted that the Galaxy S7 will be dust …
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Apple Pay could land in China as soon as Thursday. Reps for the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China have spread the word via social media that the mobile payments service will launch for its customers on February 18, according to Reuters. A separate post from the WeChat account of China Guangfa Bank credit cards on the Sina Tech website …
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It hasn’t been officially announced, but details on the Samsung Galaxy S7 continue to rain down. A video on a Samsung Indonesia website offers the tagline “Get ready for #TheNextGalaxy.” The clip is posted alongside a timeline that hints at the Galaxy S7. The video shows Indonesian archer Dellie Threesyadinda as she takes a Galaxy S phone with her during …
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Now’s your chance to catch an original show about YouTube mega-star PewDiePie, if you’re willing to pony up $10 a month. The video site, known mainly for cat videos and other amateur efforts, is kicking off four original programs with more on the way, according to a YouTube blog post Wednesday. The programs are available through YouTube Red, a subscription-only …
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Imagine not being able to buy an iPhone in your state because the device’s data is protected by encryption. A couple of Congressmen are trying to make sure that can’t happen. The Encrypt Act of 2016, short for Ensuring National Constitutional Rights of Your Private Telecommunications Act, would deny states the power to block the sale of encrypted smartphones or …
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Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo once acknowledged that “we suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform and we’ve sucked at it for years.” Now the company is confronting the problem in a new way. The company is forming the Twitter Trust & Safety Council to get feedback on harassment and bullying, Patricia Cartes, Twitter’s head of global …
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You’ll soon be able to dictate text to your Apple TV streaming-media box. The third beta version of Apple TV operating system tvOS 9.2, launched Monday for third-party developers, includes voice dictation. Blog site MacRumors, which has seen the beta in action, reported that instead of needing to use a remote control to enter each character for your username, password …
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