Language barriers are a huge reason people are hesitant to travel, but Google is trying to change that. Google is updating its Google Translate app to make traveling and communicating easier than ever. The new update will allow you to translate printed text by using your phone's camera, and you don't even need an internet or data connection to do so! You will be able to translate between English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. In addition to the translation of printed text, Google Translate will be able to translate full conversations as they happen; just choose the two languages being used and Google will do the rest. Before, you had to translate between each phrase, but the update greatly improved this feature for travelers and anyone else who will use it. More languages will be available in the future as well.
As technology advances, it is getting easier and easier to communicate, share, and collaborate from anywhere with anyone. Especially in classrooms, students are working together even more than ever before. Google unveiled Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) nearly ten years ago, and since then it has evolved to an extremely helpful tool. However, there is much to Google Drive that many do not know or completely understand. David Chartier set up a list of tips to get the most out of Google Drive, including: searching by person, saving directly to Drive from the Web, and working in over sixty languages, among many others.
Along with Google's updating their translate app and Google Drive, Google recently introduced Google Hangouts, a communication platform that combined the features of several previous Google services, such as Google Talk, Google+ Messenger, and the Hangouts of Google+. Google Hangouts offers a free way to broadcast live to YouTube, which opens up many possible opportunities for yourself. These possibilities include becoming a TV producer, reviewing products, broadcasting a conference live, or interviewing celebrities. Also, minutes after a live broadcast, a recording is saved on YouTube for anyone to see whenever they want! Don Crowther released a Google Hangout Broadcast on how to use Google Hangout to build and grow your business. 
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