Android/iOS: Word Lens, the app that can translate the words and language it sees in real time, is free to download today. Google has purchased Word Lens' parent company, Quest Visual, and their first ...

The Word Lens app hit the Apple App Store last week to a lot of hype. There's a justification for the hype: Word Lens uses character recognition to instantly translate text it sees. The words appear ...

Microsoft has updated its Translator app to allow for real-time two-way conversation in different languages. All you need is a smartwatch and smartphone. The technology is based on the same ...

Microsoft today launched its Bing Translator app for Windows (including Windows RT). We don’t usually write all that much about Windows apps, and translation apps aren’t exactly new, either, but it’s ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Despite the viral nature of YouTube, entrepreneur Otavio Good was still shocked when a video of his mobile translation app, Word Lens, became a social media sensation. "It ...

Microsoft has announced the addition of three new Indian languages in Micorosft Translator. The company has revealed that it has added Konkani, Maithili and Sindhi languages in Microsoft Translator.

Mobile device convergence is accelerating like crazy, with a new breed of smartphones packing enough power to run an impressive range of software. And some of these mobile applications are getting ...

Dictionary apps are always convenient – whether you are accommodating to life in a new country, learning a new language for kicks, or simply wanting to check the meaning of a few words you didn’t ...

Language is a complicated thing. You could spend years studying a language and still not quite fully grasp all the colloquialisms that native speakers regularly use. So when you visit another country ...

What happens when an American in Japan turns to his iPhone app for translation help during conversations? CIO.com's Tom Kaneshige finds some success, some failures and some odd looks from hotel ...