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Skype adds support for Italian and Mandarin real-time chat translation

Apr09
by on April 9, 2015 at 4:46 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates, Translation, Video chat, voice chat

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Skype announced today today that it has added Italian and Mandarin to its short list of supported languages on its real-time Translator service for voice and video chat. The company launched a preview of Skype Translator for registered Windows users last December, with support for English and Spanish. In addition to the two new languages, updates to the preview include a few interesting features designed to make translated conversations feel more natural. For starters, you can now hear your chat partner speak continually at a low volume while the translation plays at full volume. You can also mute the translated…

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Adobe will showcase upcoming Creative Cloud video suite upgrades at broadcasters’ annual meetup

Apr09
by on April 9, 2015 at 4:01 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

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Every year — just in time for the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters — Adobe circles back to its video suite — Premiere Pro, After Effects, Media Encoder, SpeedGrade, Audition and others, and finds it wanting. This year, the company is shining the spotlight on four major innovations to its Creative Cloud video lineup. First, it is launching a preview of Character Animator, a new companion app for After Effects CC; then, we will see new color workflows via the Lumetri Color Panel, a color-oriented inspirational iPhone app called Project Candy, and improvements in sharing assets via Creative Cloud Libraries. These initiatives…

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Adobe will showcase upcoming Creative Cloud video suite upgrades at broadcasters’ annual meetup

Apr09
by on April 9, 2015 at 4:01 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

adobevidfeat
Every year — just in time for the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters — Adobe circles back to its video suite — Premiere Pro, After Effects, Media Encoder, SpeedGrade, Audition and others, and finds it wanting. This year, the company is shining the spotlight on four major innovations to its Creative Cloud video lineup. First, it is launching a preview of Character Animator, a new companion app for After Effects CC; then, we will see new color workflows via the Lumetri Color Panel, a color-oriented inspirational iPhone app called Project Candy, and improvements in sharing assets via Creative Cloud Libraries. These initiatives…

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Use Facebook’s new Messenger site on your Mac’s desktop with this app

Apr09
by on April 9, 2015 at 1:32 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Earlier today, Facebook unveiled a new site for its Messenger app that brings the experience you know from mobile to the Web. It seemed like the perfect candidate for a desktop app, but Facebook didn’t release an official one. Just a few hours later, a group of developers has made a small app available that makes the Messenger site act like a desktop app on OS X. It looks and feels like a native application, with the expected features like desktop notifications and you get the full, official Messenger experience. The app is open source, so if you want to contribute or…

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#Homescreen for iOS update lets you check out other people’s apps

Apr08
by on April 8, 2015 at 10:30 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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#Homescreen for iOS, the app that lets you share what apps you’ve got installed with friends, has today received a big update that makes it easier to discover new apps and icon layouts. The update introduces a new mode where you can endlessly scroll through other people’s home screens to find out what apps they’re using. It’s a fun way to discover new apps that doesn’t involve trawling through the Apple App Store. Previously, the only way to view other people’s shared home screens was via the web interface. You can share other people’s home screens to Twitter (which seems…

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