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Enlarge Image Google 2016 was a big year for VR, and it's about to get bigger. Google will be launching its Daydream VR platform in a matter of weeks, Bloomberg reports. Alphabet, Google's parent company, is said to be investing big money on content for the platform. Much of this is going toward development of video games and apps, licensing sports leagues and shooting 360-degree videos, many of which include YouTube stars, according to the publication. Daydream is being built into the Android 7.0 Nougat operating system, which launched this week. It said back in May that Samsung, HTC, ZTE, Huawei, Xiaomi, Alcatel, Asus and LG had agreed to make "Daydream ready" smartphones. The idea of the ...

Enlarge ImageGoogle has beefed up its Now on Tap feature to translate more than just webpages. Google Google's Now on Tap feature has expanded its language translation skills.Now on Tap, which can translate certain languages to and from your native tongue, now supports any mobile app or screen on your Android device, Google said in a blog post published Wednesday. On webpages written in foreign languages, the feature offers to translate the text into your native language. In apps and other screens, just hold down the Home button and tap the "Translate this screen" card, and the text gets translated.The translation feature is available for phones with the language set to English, French, Ital...