Android

Google is making it even easier to get around a foreign city when you travel. The Google Translate app for Android got a major update allowing you to take a photo of a sign or even a menu, and translate it into another language. Now you never have to sit in a café unable to Continue Reading →

Google on Wednesday announced that it will be updating its Search application for the iPhone and iPad. The new version of Google Search will include the company’s enhanced voice functionality, which is similar to the service it offers in the latest version of Android. Performance on iOS should identical to the performance seen in Jelly Continue Reading →

It’s official: people really do like their tablets. The latest survey of around 6,000 tablet users from comScore found that tablet users on the whole are more satisfied with their tablets than with smartphones, and that Apple’s iPad and Amazon’s Kindle Fire score particularly high among owners. ComScore asked participants to rank their satisfaction with Continue Reading →

Jack Dorsey’s mobile payment startup Square has just taken a significant step towards the mainstream after it announced a tie-in with retail giant Starbucks. The company, which is now processing more than $5 billion per year, will handle all credit cards transactions with the coffee giant. The payment partnership will come into effect at 7,000 Continue Reading →

In what is a long-awaited feature addition, Bank of America’s iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows phone apps have been updated to allow you to deposit checks by snapping a picture of the front and back of them with the device’s cameras. The news, reported by MacRumors, is a welcome bit of news for the millions Continue Reading →

The Android-powered, Kickstarter-funded $99 console is, apparently, very small. Images released Tuesday morning put context to the pictures of the console and its controller that we’ve seen already. The console is super, super small. Like a baby GameCube. All it needs is a big goofy handle and we’re all set on that comparison. Anyway, the Continue Reading →

Samsung will reportedly update a number of its flagship smartphones to the latest version of Android by the end of the year. According to SamMobile, the Galaxy S III will be the company’s first handset to be updated to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, followed by the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note. The website notes, Continue Reading →

Oh yes folks, there’s (yet again) more news surrounding OUYA’s $99 indie gaming console. After passing $6.5M in funding on Kickstarter, OUYA is now partnering with iHeartRadio to release its HTML5 app on the console. Keep in mind that the company only just teamed up with VEVO and also recently announced an important partnership with Continue Reading →

RIM CEO Thorsten Heins’s interview with the Telegraph on Thursday made headlines for his admission that the company can’t keep up with Apple and Samsung without outside help. But there’s another interesting nugget buried within the interview that didn’t get quite as much attention: Heins says that RIM took a long, hard look at migrating Continue Reading →

Mobile is the fastest growing advertising segment (up 60.9 percent worldwide in 2011, PQ Media), but accounts for only one percent of total ad-spend. Even that low percentage represents $2.6 billion this year in the US alone (eMarketer). Brands are fed up with standard ad banners, preferring In-App, rich media. This makes sense, considering that Continue Reading →