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Apple apparently hiring staff to help expand Siri’s language base

Siri could start understanding and using a variety of additional languages in the near future. Apple has apparently begun hiring Siri Annotation Analysts, with a focus on including languages from Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, amongst others. Per MacRumors: Apple’s office in Cork, Ireland is hiring people fluent in Ukrainian, Hungarian, Slovak, Czech, […]

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Apple releases iOS 9.2, watchOS 2.1 and tvOS 9.1 updates

Today was the day in which pretty much everything Apple got an update. Everything. Leading the pack, Apple releases iOS 9.2 for its iOS devices. The update, a 272 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – Apple Music improvements. – A new Top Stories section in the News app. – Mail Drop in […]

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Google Translate app update, now supports 27 languages

A nifty thing just got a hefty upgrade. The Google Translate app, which previously allowed you to visually translate printed text in seven languages, has now been updated to 20 more languages, for a total of 27. The app also allows for real-time voice translations with greater fluidity. The app now supports English, French, German, […]

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Swype receives iOS 8 update, support for 20 additional languages, other changes

Nuance Communications announced on Tuesday that its popular Swype keyboard for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users with iOS 8 is now available in more than 20 languages. Other new features include new intuitive emoji support, as well as new keyboard layouts. And iPad users can now access all available Swype themes. Swype’s pioneering continuous […]

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Adium updated to 1.5.4

Adium, the open source instant message chat client with support for multiple programs (including AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo! Google Talk, Bonjour, etc.) has been updated to version 1.5.4. The new version, a 22.7 megabyte download adds the following fixes and changes: – Updated the included Growl SDK to 2.0, adding support for […]