Google Translate brings translations all through your apps

Google is hoping to make it easier for you to translate words you don’t understand. The latest update for Google Translate lets you translate any word you want, within any app. The catch is you have to be running Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The update also introduces “smoother conversation” in 40 languages, new 20 languages for instant translation using your camera from printed text, and better accessibility support and stability.

According to SlashGear, the languages included in this update's TO/FROM English text section are Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukrainian. The update also adds FROM English to Hindi and Thai.

Source: SlashGear

Airbnb gets Apple Watch support on iOS

Airbnb app is making it easier for its users to get in touch with each other with the latest update. The version 15.35 of the app on iOS adds support for Apple Watch. It allows hosts to receive new bookings on their wearable. It’ll show them the complete request including the traveler’s name and photo, requested date, and personal message. Hosts can decide to accept or reject the request on the spot. It also allows hosts to initiate and respond to client messages from the Watch. Hosts are also allowed to save quick, pre-recorded responses to help maintain what Airbnb calls a healthy response rate.

Source: 9to5Mac | Download: Apple App Store (Free)

Twitter crowds your mobile timeline further with ‘who to follow’ list

You may or may not have gotten used to seeing more items on your main timeline on Twitter mobile. Now, you’re going to have to get used to more as Twitter adds a “Who to follow” feature on both iPhone and Android. Much like the “While you were away” feature, it shows you a list of people Twitter thinks you should be following—including “promoted accounts” a.k.a. brands. If by chance Twitter recommends a person to you who has passed already, they encourage you to contact their support team. And just like the “While you were away” feature, you can also just take this thing out by tapping on the X symbol.

Source: Twitter | Via: The Verge

Microsoft ending several Lumia mobile apps in preparation of Windows 10 on phones

As Microsoft moves towards a post-Nokia direction with Windows 10 on phones, it has decided to deep-six to get rid of various, once-innovative Lumia apps. So, we pour one out for Lumia Storyteller, Lumia Beamer, Photobeamer, Lumia Refocus, Lumia Panorama and Video Uploader which are no longer going to be available.

Moreover, these apps will no longer have online services available and will no longer be supported after October 30, 2015. While none of these apps will be forcefully dissapeared from exisitingd devices, the fact that they are dead to Microsoft simply means that they are just taking up space, so it is best to move on.

Too bad, though. These were some of the apps that made Windows Phone really special and different, but I guess they have no place in a world where Nokia can no longer make a plea for them to exist.

Source: Thurrott.com