Arabic Dictionary is an iPhone app developed by iThinkdiff. Whether you are a native speaker of English or Arabic, this helpful app can help you translate common words, phrases, and even idioms between these two languages.

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An app called Buycott is giving iPhone owners the chance to make a political statement each and every time they shop. The concept behind the app is simple: when you’re in a store, scan an item’s UPC code to see what parent company owns the product.

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UK-based mobile app developer Paul Stoakes said he has created a new mobile app aimed at helping pilots, aviation industry professionals, aircraft enthusiasts and air travelers in touch. The new app, called Air365, allows stakeholders to have access to aviation industry reports on a daily basis.

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Flying under the radar yesterday was a minor release by T-Mobile into Apple’s app store with the release of T-Mobile TV. T-Mobile has offered its TV app on Android since 2010 and with the release of the iPhone is expanding their efforts to showcase their “free” app.

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Fly with Qantas? Got an iPhone? Then your next logical step is grab the Red Roo’s new iPhone app, which is now live on Apple’s iTunes Store.

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Most airlines allow travelers to check in electronically, either online or via the special kiosks in the aiport. However, for those that have trouble checking in electronically, there’s always a friendly face at the counter that is willing to help. EasyJet is hoping to reduce the number of people checking in at the airport with the launch of a new smartphone application.

Read more www.tomshardware.com

The National Gallery of Art debuted its new app for iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches last week. Called “Your Art,” the app includes two self-guided gallery tours, as well as a list of events and exhibitions, high-resolution versions of some of the museum’s best-known works, and visitor information.

Read more www.washingtoncitypaper.com

In addition to its high-end hardware, Samsung’s Galaxy S4 phone comes with a slew of proprietary apps that help improve your health, enhance your photography, control your TV and secure your business data. Though Samsung would certainly like iPhone users to switch platforms for these features, most of them are available in iOS via third party apps. So before you run to the store to trade-in your handset, check out this rundown of 7 Galaxy S4 features you can get on the iPhone today.

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Field Trip, your guide to the cool, hidden, and unique things in the world around you is now on the iPhone! Field Trip runs in the background on your phone. When you get close to something interesting, it will notify you and if you have a headset or bluetooth connected, it can even read the info to you.

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Facebook is rolling out a patch to fix a rare bug in its API that had apparently been leaking users’ phone numbers to app developers.

The glitch, which was first reported back in June 2012, was affecting the email field in some mobile apps accessing Facebook’s API (application programming interface).

Read more www.macworld.co.uk

It’s been about nine months since Socialcam was acquired by Autodesk, and the company continues to innovate. It’s just released a new version of its iPhone app and has a new Android app coming soon. Even more impressive? The company is leaning on the expertise of its parent company to help improve things and boost the quality of videos that are produced.

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iOS: Streaming music service Spotify has updated its iPhone app this morning with an overhaul to the interface as well as a few new features like a now playing bar and track menus. The big interface change comes in the form of a new sidebar. Here, you’ll find all your settings, the radio station button, playlists, and more.

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Amazon has updated its Kindle app for iOS devices, but if you’re yet to snaffle the latest version, then hold your horses: there’s a bug that’ll delete your entire ebook library. That wasn’t listed as one of the features.

Amazon has put a warning on the iTunes page about the bug, TUAW reports, though only on the US page, not the UK. But the flaw seems to be affecting UK users too, with plenty sounding off in the comments.

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Your iPhone is on your desk right in front of your Mac and all you want to do is drag one picture from one to the other. It doesn’t take a herculean effort, but it can take just enough to make you seethe. InstaShare can help by adding a little AirDrop-like action to your whole suite of iDevices.

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Bump has really come a long way since it debuted in the App Store back in 2009. The app, which once only allowed users to exchange contact information, now facilitates the sharing of photos, documents and even Dropbox files between mobile devices. But the latest update looks to take Bump to a whole new level, with a revamped ‘Bump to PC’ feature.

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This is the year of increased productivity, particularly on mobile. Just a week ago we saw the highly-hyped launch of Mailbox. That is a really nice email replacement app that’s a lot nicer than Apple’s own email app. (I can’t use it because it doesn’t support Gmail’s labels, which I use extensively, but other than that it certainly is nice and has been racking up great reviews).

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Global collaborative phone directory app TrueCaller is based in Sweden, but it’s proving to be a hit in India and other parts of Asia. TrueCaller revealed today that it now has 11 million users worldwide, with 300 million phone number searches every month. With this momentum, the team also released a major new update which now allows its users to search phone numbers by name, among other new functions.

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For years, Dragon Naturally Speaking has been the go-to-program on the PC for converting spoken words into text. In the early days, the software was quirky and you had to do a lot of training (speaking specific sentences into the microphone to help it learn your voice) to get it to work right. It was almost more hassle than it was worth.

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For all the technological advances we’ve made over the past few decades, dealing with email remains a horrible, heinous, please-stop-making-me-do-this experience. But email is far too ingrained in our lives to be disregarded entirely. So we cope.

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Five years after popularizing the term “app” and sparking a mobile-software boom, Apple is losing its advantage in smartphone applications to Google, diminishing one of the iPhone’s big selling points. Sales of applications from Google’s online store doubled in the fourth quarter from the prior three months, while Apple’s revenue climbed 20 percent, according to market researcher App Annie.

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