Everyone of us has been through the situation when you meet someone who doesn’t speak a language you know. In the absence of a friend who knows both the languages, the situation becomes even worse. The iPhone app called Converse is about to change the situation.

The application turns your iPhone into a double ended instant messaging language converter. The application allows two users to type from both ends of the phone (more…)

Language is a big challenge for armies travelling to other conteinents. Specially in a war sceneario. And here comes a amusing disclosure; The US Army uses iPod touch loaded with an custom language tool for translating commands to local languages.

The app allows the soldiers to select a situation (eg a raid), and then a command. Upon selecting the command (say: ‘Get Down’) they will see a animated screen with vocal assistance in (more…)