The tech titan buys Quest Visual, which makes the Word Lens written-word translation app for Android, iOS, and Google Glass. Senior writer Seth Rosenblatt covered Google and security for CNET News, ...

Although Word Lens has been around for a few years, the app has somehow slipped under the radar of folks, such as international business travelers, who could most make use of it. The big news right ...

A man uses a Google vocal translate app on his smartphone during a Google promotion event at the City of Fashion and Design (Cite de la mode et du design) in Paris on November 4, 2014. Credit: THOMAS ...