From Twitter’s translate feature keeping the World Cup in mind to Facebook Messenger finally capable of sending short video messages, here are some of the coolest app updates this week you should know about. Twitter Bing Translate for iOS Just in time for the World Cup, Twitter has added Bing Translate to its iOS apps for Apple’s iPad and iPhone. To view the translate option, users need to tap on individual tweets to view a small globe icon that says “Translate from …” the language detected by Bing. Simply tap on that line and one is presented with a translation of the tweet. Download Twitter for iOS from the Apple App store. SwiftKey One of the best and most popular third-party keyboard apps **SwiftKey** has moved from a paid to an in-app purchase model for Android. SwiftKey v5.0 removes the one-time charge to buy the app and revenue will now be generated via paid themes within the app. The SwiftKey Store will have over 30 themes at launch. The default theme has been changed to Nickel from Cobalt, but if you have already bought the app, you could choose to get a refund from Google or use SwiftKey’s offer of a free Premier Pack of 10 premium themes worth $4.99 for free! Android users can download SwiftKey from the Google Play store. [caption id=“attachment_225657” align=“aligncenter” width=“640”]  SwiftKey for Android[/caption] Pinterest In April, Pinterest introduced **Guided Search** to help users find the right pins faster on mobile. Earlier this week, the feature made its way **on to web** , along with some improvements. Guided Search helps you discover newer things. For instance, if you are not sure what to look for then simply type the closest related term that you can think of and the app will start suggesting categories and keywords. The suggestions could either begin with the same letter or may be related to the keywords. Skype Skype for iOS finally gets a facelift. The new redesigned app reduces the clutter to focuss on the messaging trend. The lower menu bar gets two major features - phone calls and messaging. Users will have to swipe on the right or left to find contacts, favorites, and recent calls or chats. Unlike before, with a single tap on the contact, users can start chatting. Download Skype for iOS from the Apple App store. Facebook Messenger **Facebook Messenger** , like many other apps has finally joined the wagon of being able to send short video messages similar to Snapchat’s new video features . The feature has been introduced first for iOS and will soon be available for Android. The new feature comes days after Facebook’s attempt of developing a **Snapchat like messenger called SlingShot** got leaked into some international versions of the iOS App Store and was removed immediately after. [caption id=“attachment_218792” align=“aligncenter” width=“640”]  Facebook Messenger gets Snapchat-like feature[/caption] Remote Desktop app for Windows Microsoft has updated the preview of the **Remote Desktop App for Windows Phone 8.1** , which adds some much-needed UI changes as well as better connection management. Remote Desktop App preview version was released in late April and brought along support for RemoteFX 3D graphics capabilities and the Network Layer Authentication Protocol and added touch capabilities on Windows Phone 8.1 devices. Google Now Everyone must have experienced that moment when the bus or train ride to work becomes so enjoyable and relaxing that we unknowingly doze off and miss our stop. Well **Google Now** will help us avoid this by identifying and alerting us about the arrival of our destination. It is like a alarm with a built-in tracking device that charts our movement.
From Twitter’s translate feature keeping the World Cup in mind to Facebook Messenger finally capable of sending short video messages, here are some of the coolest app updates this week you should know about. Twitter Bing Translate for iOS Just in time for the World Cup, Twitter has added Bing Translate to its iOS apps for Apple’s iPad and iPhone. To view the translate option, users need to tap on individual tweets to view a small globe icon that says “Translate from …” the language detected by Bing.
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