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Reverso Context [iOS, Android App]

App Name: Reverso Context [iOS, Android App]

Cost: Free (Premium version to remove ads)

Developer: Reverso

App Market: Download Page

Description:

Reading a news article in Spanish and you don’t understand a word? With the Reverso Context app, the right translation is at your fingertips. All you need to do is select the word and the translation best-suited to the context of your article will pop up. This free app harnesses the power of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence which has led Reverso to become the world’s leading independent language website, with over 45 million unique visitors a month.

With the Reverso Context app you can:
• search any word or phrase in 13 languages and get relevant examples you can learn from
• improve your oral skills by listening to the pronunciation of words and testing your own through voice recognition
• add words and phrases to your favorites to create a personalized vocabulary list and memorize them through flashcards and quizzes
• have offline access to your search history and vocabulary list

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ForceFeed I The Smart Restaurant Curator [iOS App]

App Name: ForceFeed I The Smart Restaurant Curator [iOS App]

Cost: Free

Developer: ForceFeed LLC

App Market: Download Page

Description:

ForceFeed is a new take on modern dining. Instead of wasting time searching for a restaurant to eat at, ForceFeed takes your taste profile into consideration, and decides for you.

Instead of suggesting dozens of restaurants, the app picks a single, perfect restaurant for you based on what you love. Whether your Top Pick is a hot new restaurant, an old favorite, or a local icon, ForceFeed will inspire spontaneity and choose where you should eat. To really help you decide, we’ll give you just one restaurant every thirty minutes.

Unlike previous restaurant finders, ForceFeed chooses to make the quality of the restaurant paramount to the selection process. This is possible through Yelp API integration. By limiting the user to one search every half hour, the decision to go or not go has greater significance.

ForceFeed is an app that not only helps the user make quick decisions, it also helps restaurants. There are many small venues that receive little to no attention by the general public. They may have Yelp pages, but a user has no incentive to go to a new restaurant versus one they know very well. This is where ForceFeed makes a difference. When a restaurant is chosen, it is the only option for that individual. Future updates will further the relationship between restaurant and diner. This app works in every country that Yelp operates in, and is great for travel and when living in large cities.

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NLife Explorer [Android, iOS App]

App Name: NLife Explorer [Android, iOS App]

Cost: Free

Developer: Wazado Mobile Applications B.V.

App Market: Download Page

Description:

NLife Explorer is a turn by turn offline navigation app where the user can download the map he requires and enjoy 15 days of free navigation, and lifetime usage of the map and route planner.  The app is available for both Android and iOS users.

Key Features:

  • Powerful 3D map
  • Full voice routing guidance with street names (Text-to-Speech)
  • Latest routing calculation technology
  • Lane Assistance
  •  Fully interactive maps even during navigation
  • NLife will help you find a place to park your car
  •  Find and navigate to any contact stored on your phone, or any Facebook or Foursquare contact

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Driving Route Finder [Android App]

App Name: Driving Route Finder [Android App]

Cost: Free

Developer: Virtualmaze

App Market: Download Page

Description:

This application helps you to find the driving route between any start and end location. To create directions, just drag and drop the green and red colored pins at start and end location. The route between those two locations will be shown on the map. You can view the route in text format too. In addition to the route, you can view your traveling speed and travel distance.

Features:

  • Usability: Very simple and easy to use. Just drag and drop to find the route.
  • Driving Route: Shows very accurate driving route between the locations set by you. It helps you to reach the destination in time.
  • Travel Modes: Shows the route for driving mode and for walking mode.
  • Speed and Distance: It gives very accurate driving speed and distance.

The app is also available of iOS devices.

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CoPilot GPS Navigation for mobile devices

CoPilot GPS gives users full access to detailed offline street maps and points of interest (POIs) on their smartphone or tablet. Users can search and find millions of pre-installed POIs such as restaurants, hotels or attractions nearby or on-route. CoPilot’s street maps are stored directly on the device and allow for route calculation and directions even when there’s no mobile network coverage or data.

Free features in CoPilot GPS:

  • Premium quality street maps stored on your device for offline use
  • Millions of POIs built in
  • Powerful trip planning with a choice of three routes and drag-and-drop route editing
  • Unique itinerary optimizer to calculate the best route for multiple stops
  • Additional global map regions available to purchase
  • Trip optimization: Enter destinations in any order and CoPilot will create the fastest route
  • Lane indicator arrows, signpost information, highway exit numbers and realistic ClearTurn™ view make highway exits and interchanges simple
  • Just Drive mode allows you to navigate without a predetermined destination

Some Specifics:

CoPilot stores all map information directly on your device. This allows for reliable navigation even without a network connection, minimizes use of driver’s data plan and prevents expensive overseas data fees. Users can customize which map regions they wish to download, saving space on their mobile device.

It offers integration with Google local search, Yelp and Wikipedia so you always know what is around you now or when you reach your destination. Connect directly with Facebook and Twitter to keep connected to family and friends.

CoPilot also provides real-time traffic details with ActiveTraffic™, showing your issues along your route and allowing you to automatically reroute around delays, saving save time and gas. The app also offers live weather and fuel price information, and even the ability to navigate to a geotagged picture you took on your iPhone.

This turn-by-turn GPS navigation app comes preloaded with millions of Points of Interest so you will always know where the nearest gas station, hotel, coffee shop or hospital is, even without a data connection.

For more info, head over to CoPilot

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Communication Travel

Making International Calls Inexpensively – iVox

App Name: iVox Free International Call

Developer: iVox

Cost: Free

Market: Google, iTunes

Are you a traveler or have friends all over the world? Well if you do, then you might be interested in iVox. iVox is an app available for both Android and iOS users and allows folks to make inexpensive international calls.

iVox is a pretty straight foward app to use. When you first turn it on, you will need to register your phone by having it send an activation code. Once you put in the  code, you are ready to go. When you first sign up you get $1.00 free credit, so you can talk up to 45 minutes. You also get a $1.00 credited to your account for every person you refer.

The app’s interface is clean and easy to use. Within the app there are 4 main tabs:

  • Recent – lists all recent calls
  • Contacts – your list of contacts- you can easily add your existing contacts
  • Keypad – your keypad to dial the phone
  • Account – here you can access your account information, add minutes, check rates, reset you account and a few more things.
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So what key information do you need to know about iVox?

With this service you can make phone calls without an Internet connection. The way it works is that you are calling into a local number. You can call other iVox users for free.

The service provides very comparable International phone rates and they are very upfront with everything so you will know what you are getting into.

iVox is setup to be a user friendly and an inexpensive way to make International calls, so if that is something you are have been looking for iVox could be the answer.

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Entertainment for the long car ride – ADAC Travel Games [iOS App Review]

Before we leave for your yearly summer trip, we stock up the kids with things to do in the van. We get books, paper, pen, crayons, some small toys, you name it. We do not have a DVD player in our van; the kids watch enough at home, so we really do not need it on the road. The advent of portable electronics definitely has changed how kids survive long trips. I wish I had a iPad when I was going up!

Other than the standard games such as Angry Birds or Candy Crush, what apps might be good for the kids. The folks over at USM have put together a nice little app called ADAC Travel Games. This universal app provides some good family fun entertainment for long car rides. The app has something for everyone.

ADAC Travel Games is broken up into:

  • Game Ideas is a clearing house for huge variety of games which are broken up into such categories as For the Family, Single Player, Resting Place, and Music to Go. There are 10 categories in all and each has a good number of games.
  • Survival Tips provides some ideas for parents to help provide some fun for the kids on the trip
  • Codes listes country abbreviations and Germany license numbers
  • Games has four games for 1 or 2 players; Felix and Frieda, Geo-Quix, Night Drawing, and Car Ride. The games are cute and definitely geared towards the younger players. Night Drawing is an area that kids can just draw and color.

If you need any help in the game, simply hit the little medical kit.

The graphics and layout are nicely done. Overall this app is a nice resource for parents searching for ideas and things to do. Parents would be best served to reveiw the app before the trip and make a plan of attack. The games are ok but are a bit short and will only entain kids for a few minutes. You can favorite any of the ides listed for easy access.

This is a good app. A couple ideas for the developer:

  • allow parents to add their own ideas or games into the Game Ideas or Survival Tips.
  • add some more mini games within the app
  • maybe have some games that kids can play together on multiple iPads/iPhones

But if you are needing some ideas on games for the kids, this app from USM might just do the trick.

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