Daily Archives: October 6, 2015

Android 6.0 adds the ability to translate text within apps

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As part of its move to simplify processes and make things easier for users, Google has added a very useful feature to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Users can now translate text directly within select apps. If a user has Translate installed on their device that’s running Marshmallow, they can simply go to a supported app, select the desired text and then press the translate option that will appear beside the options of copy and share.

The process is extraordinarily simple and should prove to be very beneficial, particularly for those who have formerly needed to copy the text and paste it into Translate just to see what something says. While not all apps are currently supported, the list does include some big names such as TripAdvisor, WhatsApp and LinkedIn. Other developers can easily add the feature to apps with custom text selection.

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With Windows 10, Microsoft Takes The Mobile Battle Back To Its Home Turf

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“How can we possibly make this more like a PC?” Microsoft Corporate VP Panos Panay asked the crowd at Tuesday’s mega-sized Microsoft media event, held in a cavernous space at New York’s Moynihan Station. And while he was specifically referring to one of the company’s new Lumia 950-series smartphones, the question could have just as easily applied to a half-dozen other devices that got stage time at the day’s event.

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