Skype’s incredible real-time speech translation feature is now available to everyone
Almost a year ago, Microsoft demoed one of the best features it could have ever invented for its video chat and messaging application at Re/code‘s Code Conference, and the company is finally ready to make Skype Translator available to anyone interested in trying it. Last December, the company released a preview version of it, but only to users patient enough to sign up for access and wait to be allowed in.
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Galaxy S6 users plagued with annoying spam popup – here’s how to stop it
Samsung’s new Galaxy S6 is easily the most impressive flagship smartphone the company has ever made. It’s packed full of powerful components, a killer screen and dramatically improved software. Meanwhile, the hardware is finally on par with other high-end smartphones thanks to its all-metal and glass construction.
Now, it looks like Samsung has another new feature to set its latest flagship phones apart from its earlier efforts: Spam.
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Watch all of the trailers for NBC’s new 2015-2016 TV lineup right here
On Monday, we shared the cancellations and renewals for the five major networks: NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox and The CW. There weren’t too many surprises on the list, but it doesn’t really matter, because what we’re really interested in are the new shows that will be premiering over the next 12 months.
First up, let’s take a look at all of the trailers that NBC has released so far.
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Sign of the times? Employee fired after removing GPS tracking app from her smartphone
A troubling lawsuit coming out of California alleges that a woman was fired from her job after she uninstalled an app that her employer requested all employees had to download. The troubling aspect of the story is that the app in question was capable of tracking employee location data even when employees weren’t on the clock.
The lawsuit in question was filed by Myrna Arias who was previously employed by Intermex Wire Transfer as an account manager. According to the suit, originally spotted by Ars Technica, Arias’ boss asked her and other employees to download a mobile app called Xora which, according to the app description on the App Store, allows mobile workers to record pertinent information when they are on the go.
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KILLER LIFE HACK: After losing 50 lbs in 3 months, this is the iPhone app that will help keep me on track
This past January, I shared the story of how I lost 50 lbs in just three months, and I wrote about how technology helped me do it. More important than the amount of weight I lost and the speed at which I lost it were the lifestyle changes I made and the good habits I formed along the way, thanks largely to some good advice and some good apps.
But a huge piece of the puzzle was still missing, and I think I just found it.
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Elon Musk says he’s not quite as insane as a new book makes him out to be
On Monday, The Washington Post published some excerpts from a new book on Elon Musk written by Ashlee Vance called Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future that really made the brilliant Tesla and SpaceX CEO look fairly insane. However, Musk took to Twitter on Tuesday to specifically refute one particular excerpt in the book that alleged he ripped into an employee for missing a company event to witness the birth of his first child.
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10 amazing Google apps and tools you probably never knew existed – CHECK THESE OUT!
More so than any other company in the tech space, Google has a tendency to work on many projects out in the open, allowing users to access things that are still in development and provide feedback. As open as Google is, it’s also quite scattered, constantly launching new and interesting things that are either missed or forgotten by users because there’s just so much going on.
In this post, we’re going to show you 10 amazing Google projects that you probably either never knew about or have completely forgotten about.
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Ex-Googlers launch new iPhone app that could change the way you read the news
A pair of ex-Googlers is bringing another player to the news app space today with their launch of Spotter, an app that crawls hundreds of news sites to try to bring users information that matters to them and could help their careers.
The app, which launches first for the iPhone and iPad, and is headed to the Web and Android soon, was developed by Jon Emerson and Tom Charytoniuk, both of whom worked on various aspects of the Google+ experience, among other things, while they were with the search giant.
They built Spotter, they explained, on the premise that the most relevant articles to a user can come from anywhere – from Medium posts to The New York Times and everything in between. And rather than jump into different streams or manually pick content creators to follow, their goal is for Spotter itself to do the heavy lifting of picking and choosing.
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HUGE $51 IN SAVINGS! 7 awesome paid iPhone apps on sale for free right for a limited time
There are still a few solid paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free in yesterday’s post that you can grab if you hurry, but today we have a fresh new batch for you. Tuesday’s list features seven apps in total, but there are some truly great apps on today’s list including one that normally would cost you $20 to buy on the iPhone and another $20 on the iPad.
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Mustang Week 2015: MM&FF Presents Battle at the Beach Dyno Shootout!
Competition is limited to just twelve Mustangs, who will compete for the bragging rights on Pro Dyno’s mobile Dynojet chassis dyno.
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