Converse like a local with ABBYY PhraseBooks for iOS

Want to be a smooth operator in six different languages or at least be able to ask someone where the bathroom is when traveling? ABBYY has released the illustrated digital PhraseBooks app for iOS devices.

It helps tourists communicate in various languages—English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Russian—and learn common phrases they would need on their trips. PhraseBooks divides content into 11 topics with special Useful Words section for each group. You’ll hear the phrases being pronounced by native speakers and view rather amusing visuals that describe the phrases. The ABBYY PhraseBooks is available for $9.99 USD on the App Store and you can learn more information about the app here.  

The Apple Beat: The iPhone, five years later

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It has been five years since Steve Jobs debuted the Apple iPhone and changed the world of mobile phones and the world of mobile computing as we know it. The iPhone's story is how one single product remapped the entire mobile industry.

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