Google Updates Translate App With Awesome New Features

Google was expected to push out a drastically improved version of its translation app in the near future, but it looks like the new version of Google Translate has arrived even sooner than expected. The company revealed the upgraded service for Android and iOS today, introducing a couple of new features that should prove extremely useful for world travelers.

The first improvement is instant text translation, thanks to the overdue integration of Word Lens, which Google bought over the summer. In the past, you could snap a photo of foreign text to get a quick Google translation using the app. Now, you can simply point the viewfinder at the sign in question and get an even faster translation. The new feature works without an Internet connection, though for now it’s limited to just a handful of languages, including French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

Google also added a “conversation mode” that should make it possible to communicate with anyone using your smartphone. Simply tap the microphone icon in the app and start talking. Google Translate will quickly figure out which two languages are being spoken and offer written translations of everything you say.

Google says the update should roll out to both Android and iOS within the next few days. We just checked and the update was not yet available in either Google Play or Apple’s App Store, but you can hit the source links below to see for yourself.

 

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10 Powerful Linux Commands You Should Know!

We always say that the most powerful Linux tools are its Command lines. This is because you can do about everything right from your command line. You can easily explain your computer exactly what you require and it comes back to you with appropriate results. Infact there are some commands that make this tool even more powerful! Here we bring to you a list of 10 such commands that work like energy drinks for you Linux machines!

1. Runing the last command as Root

sudo !!

Also if you want to open some file to make changes and right when want to save it, you realise that you forgot to open it as root, there is nothing to worry. The command above is your solution.

2. To find your external IP address.

curl ifconfig.me

3. Run your previous command with replacing “foo” with “bar”

^foo^bar

Or alternatively you can use the below command:

!!:gs/foo/bar

Also after running a long command, if you realise that you have made a mistake, this command helps you replace that one word instead of running the whole command again, unlike the previous command which can only replace foo.

4. Auto-empty any file without removing it

> file.txt

5. Execute command without saving it in the history

command

6. Slick way to copy or backup a file before you edit it.

cp filename{,.bak}

7. Traceroute is a nice command but how about a single network diagnostic tool that can combine traceroute with ping? mtr is your command.

mtr efytimes.com

8. To Clear your terminal’s screen

ctrl-l

9. List of commands you use most often

history | awk ‘{a[$2]++}END{for(i in a){print a[i] ” ” i}}’ | sort -rn | head

10. Saving the file you edited in vim/vi without the required permissions

:w !sudo tee %

 

If you have some suggestions of your own please comment..

 

 

Google plan to launch a native Android Auto

 

 

 

Google may be planning to launch a version of Android Auto for vehicle infotainment centers — also known as head units — that will eliminate the need for a smartphone to be connected, giving native access to the Internet and mobile applications.

Today, Apple’s CarPlay, or open source standards such as MirrorLink or GENIVI, enable vehicle infotainment centers to mirror a version of a smartphone OS onto a vehicle’s head unit, thereby enabling the driver to use specific applications, such as Google Maps or iTunes. Google also announced Android Auto earlier this year, which when available next year, will mirror a connected Android smartphone to the car’s head unit.

apple carplayApple Apple’s CarPlay interface requires an iPhone to be plugged into the car’s infotainment center.
The difference with what Google may be planning, according to one report, is that Android Auto would be native on the head unit, and a driver would no longer necessarily need a smartphone to connect to those applications and the Internet.

Thilo Koslowski, a vice president at industry research firm Gartner, said what Google may be planning should be no surprise as executives talked about it when they announced the formation of the Open Automotive Alliance (OAA) earlier this year. The OAA includes Google, Audi, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai and processor chip company Nvidia.

During the initial OAA announcement, Google talked about the car eventually becoming another device platform, Koslowski said.

The difference, according to the Reuters report, is that the upcoming version of Android Auto (or whatever Google decides on calling it) won’t be mirroring an application interface from a connected smartphone; it will have that interface natively.

Google Android Auto Google
The current version of Android Auto, which requires a connected smart phone, will allow drivers to use applications such as Google Maps to navigate.

“It just allows you to get applications more quickly and naturally,” Koslowski said. “Think about the social networking capabilities, not that you would physically text, but you could talk to the system. Your car could also announce your location to others by automatically updating your status on Google+.”

Taking it a step further, Google Auto could also talk to the Internet of Things, such as your home’s Nest thermostat and tell it to turn up the temperature as make your way home.

“You car becomes a big mobile device. I call this the Internet of Cars, which is part of the Internet of Things,” Koslowski said. “Some people may find that creepy, but I think there’s a lot of value in it too.”