Voice Search arrives in 13 new languages

Voice Search arrives in 13 new languages

“Norwegian restaurants in New York City.” I can type that phrase fast, but I can say it even faster—and when I’m on the go, speed is what I’... 21.01

“Norwegian restaurants in New York City.” I can type that phrase fast, but I can say it even faster—and when I’m on the go, speed is what I’m looking for. With Voice Search, you can speak into your phone to get search results quickly and easily. Voice Search is already available in 29 languages, and today, we're bringing support to 13 new languages for Android users—bringing the total to 42 languages and accents in 46 countries. In fact, 100 million new speakers can use Voice Search now, with the addition of:

Basque Bulgarian Catalan European Portuguese Finnish Galician Hungarian

Icelandic Norwegian Romanian Serbian Slovak Swedish

Each new language usually requires that we initially collect hundreds of thousands of utterances from volunteers and, although we’ve been working on speech recognition for several years, adding these new languages led our engineers and scientists to tackle some unique challenges. While languages like Romanian follow predictable pronunciation rules, others, like Swedish, required that we recruit native speakers to provide us with the pronunciations for thousands of words. Our scientists then built a machine learning system based on that data to predict how all other Swedish words would be pronounced.

This update has already started to roll out, and will continue to do so over the course of the next week. How you get started with Google Voice Search depends on what kind of phone you have. If your phone runs Android 2.2 or later, and you see the microphone icon on the Google Search widget on your homescreen, all you have to do is tap the icon to start a voice-powered search. Otherwise, you can install the Voice Search app from Google Play. Note that you can only speak one language into the app at a time, and you may need to change your language settings to use one of these new languages.

As with other languages we’ve added, one of the major benefits to Google’s cloud-based model is that the more people use Voice Search, the more accurate it becomes.

Posted by Bertrand Damiba, Product Manager

Screenshot No Root Shakeshot v1.0 Apk

Screenshot No Root Shakeshot v1.0 Apk

Screenshot No Root Shakeshot v1.0 Apk Requirements: Andorid 2.1+ Overview: EASILY Take Screenshots on your Unrooted Android phone. NO ROOT N... 08.24

Screenshot No Root Shakeshot v1.0 Apk

Requirements: Andorid 2.1+
Overview: EASILY Take Screenshots on your Unrooted Android phone.
NO ROOT NEEDED. The Android APP you've been waiting for.

ShakeShot Screenshot app will allow you to take screenshots of anything on your phone even if your phone is NOT ROOTED. Rooting your phone can be dangerous and it voids your warranty. With ShakeShot you will be able to take screenshots safely and easily without any changes being made to your phone system.
PLEASE READ BEFORE INSTALLING:

In order for this app to be activated you will need to download a small file for your computer
at ShakeShotApp.com. This will work for both PC and Mac
This will activate your phone when you connect it to your computer and allow it to take screenshots without having to be rooted.
The only thing to remember is that you will need to reactivate this app from your computer anytime your phone is cut off or restarted. This should be great for you if you keep your phone on consistently. However if you cut off your phone all the time you may have to reactivate it whenever you restart.
It is also advised to remove this app from any task killers or antivirus programs on your phone so it can work without any problems.

FEATURES:
- Easy Shake To Capture
- Crystal Clear Picture Quality
- Easy Cropping Before Saving
- Paint Feature for Pic Editing
- Save As Png or Jpeg
- Clean and Simple Interface
- Easy Enabler/Disabler
- 1 Click Activator for Restarts
- Shake Sensitivity Control
- Perfect for any Android Phone
- Works with any Unrooted Android

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Kaspersky Mobile Security v9.10.118 Apk

Kaspersky Mobile Security v9.10.118 Apk

Kaspersky Mobile Security v9.10.118 Apk Requirements: Android 1.5 and up Overview: Robust anti-theft, anti-malware, privacy protection and c... 07.20

Kaspersky Mobile Security v9.10.118 Apk

Requirements: Android 1.5 and up
Overview: Robust anti-theft, anti-malware, privacy protection and call/SMS filter

Protect your smartphone like the mini-PC that it is. Kaspersky Mobile Security delivers real-time protection from viruses, spam, malicious programs, and unwanted calls and SMS texts, plus an instant, cloud-based scanning of downloaded apps. Our unique privacy mode allows you to control access to your contacts and communications. And, advanced anti-theft protection remotely disables, cleans, and finds your missing phone via Google Maps – even if your SIM card has been replaced.

ANTI-THEFT PROTECTION: Block, clean or find your missing phone even if your SIM card has been replaced

ANTI-VIRUS PROTECTION:
• The latest technologies prevent viruses and spam from infecting your phone while you’re surfing the Internet
• Automatic, cloud-based scanning of downloaded apps
• On-demand and scheduled scans allow you to set up antivirus scanning when it’s most convenient for you

CALL & SMS FILTER: Blocks unwanted calls and SMS texts

PRIVACY PROTECTION:
• Control what others can see and access when they pick up your phone
• Keep designated incoming calls and SMS texts completely hidden until you’re ready to view them
• Activate “Private” mode manually, automatically, or remotely

SUPPORTED LANGUAGES
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish

SYSTEM RQUIREMENTS
Android 1.6 – 2.3

ANTI-THEFT PROTECTION: Block, clean or find your missing phone even if your SIM card has been replaced

ANTI-VIRUS PROTECTION:
• The latest technologies prevent viruses and spam from infecting your phone while you’re surfing the Internet
• On-demand and scheduled scans allow you to set up antivirus scanning when it’s most convenient for you

CALL & SMS FILTER: Blocks unwanted calls and SMS texts

PRIVACY PROTECTION:
• Control what others can see and access when they pick up your phone
• Keep designated incoming calls and SMS texts completely hidden until you’re ready to view them
• Activate “Private” mode manually, automatically, or remotely

What's in this version:
- Application self-defense to prevent unauthorized uninstallation has been added;
- The application can now be removed from within the application settings.

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Root Explorer (File Manager) v2.21 Apk

Root Explorer (File Manager) v2.21 Apk

Root Explorer (File Manager) v2.21 Apk Requirements: Android OS 1.0+ Overview: The ultimate file manager for root users. Access the whole of... 07.16

Root Explorer (File Manager) v2.21 Apk

Requirements: Android OS 1.0+
Overview: The ultimate file manager for root users. Access the whole of android's file system (including the elusive data folder!).

Features include SQLite database viewer, Text Editor, create and extract zip or tar/gzip files, multi-select, execute scripts, search, remount, permissions, bookmarks, send files (via email, bluetooth etc), image thumbnails, APK binary XML viewer, change file owner and group.

What's in this version:
Added Create Shortcut option for files and folders.
Make Root Explorer available to process downloaded or received archive, text and database files.
Allow device files to be listed.
Use Holographic theme on dialogs for ICS/Jelly Bean.
Fixed Verizon Galaxy S3 startup freeze issue.
Stop suggestions appearing when entering file/folder names.
Added Whats New dialog.
Improved Italian translation.
Improved Korean translation.
Fixed properties layout issue for Korean language.
Various other bug fixes.

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Use any credit or debit card with Google Wallet

Use any credit or debit card with Google Wallet

(cross-posted from the  Google Commerce Blog ) Since we released the first version of Google Wallet , the app that makes your phone your wal... 10.56

(cross-posted from the Google Commerce Blog)

Since we released the first version of Google Wallet, the app that makes your phone your wallet, we’ve made it available on six phones from Sprint and Virgin Mobile, as well as the new Nexus 7 tablet. We’ve also partnered with more than 25 national retailers, and thanks to MasterCard PayPass, you can pay with your phone at more than 200,000 retail locations across the U.S.

Today we’re releasing a new, cloud-based version of the Google Wallet app that supports all credit and debit cards from Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. Now, you can use any card when you shop in-store or online with Google Wallet. With the new version, you can also remotely disable your mobile wallet app from your Google Wallet account on the web.

 


A wallet with all your credit and debit cards
To save a card to Google Wallet, just enter the number into the mobile app, online wallet, or Google Play when making purchases. When you shop in-store, you can use Google Wallet in conjunction with your selected credit or debit card for purchases (more info here). Shortly after making a payment, you’ll see a transaction record on the phone with the merchant name and dollar amount. You can now view a history of all your in-store and online purchases from the online wallet.

To support all credit and debit cards, we changed our technical approach to storing payment cards. The Google Wallet app now stores your payment cards on highly secure Google servers, instead of in the secure storage area on your phone. A wallet ID (virtual card number) is stored in the secure storage area of the phone, and this is used to facilitate transactions at the point of sale. Google instantly charges your selected credit or debit card. This new approach speeds up the integration process for banks so they can add their cards to the Wallet app in just a few weeks. Banks that want to help their customers save cards to Google Wallet, including their custom card art, can apply here — there is no cost.

A wallet you can lock — and remotely disableWe take security very seriously and have always had a dedicated Google Wallet PIN to prevent others from making payments with your Google Wallet. And as always, we encourage Google Wallet customers to set up the phone’s screen lock -- as an extra layer of protection.

Today, we’re adding a Google Wallet security feature that makes it possible for you to remotely disable your mobile wallet on a lost phone. It’s easy. If you lose your phone, just visit the ‘Devices’ section in the online wallet and select the phone with the mobile wallet you wish to disable. When you successfully disable your wallet on a device, Google Wallet will not authorize any transactions attempted with that device*. If the Google Wallet online service can establish a connection to your device, it will remotely reset your mobile wallet, clearing it of card and transaction data. There is no way you can do that with your leather wallet.

The new Google Wallet app is available now on Google Play, and if you have a supported NFC device and are in the United States, we encourage you to give it a try.

Posted by Robin Dua, Head of Product Management, Google Wallet

* For now, Google Prepaid Cards and some Citi MasterCard cards will remain active until Google Wallet can remotely connect and reset your mobile wallet.