Google Inc. CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt took to the keynote stage at the Internationale Funkaustellung (IFA) trade show to preview new technologies - including tools for Android-powered smartphones that translate conversations from one language to another as you speak.
Schmidt spoke in Berlin at the 50th edition of the world's largest consumer electronics and home appliances tradeshow. He said more than 200,000 Android-powered smartphones are activated every day, and the Internet will soon deliver information to three or four billion people.
Schmidt also previewed other advances in development at Google. These include voice-powered search for Android, the mobile operating system for smartphones, and Street-view search for Android. Further, he noted that Android and the Android app store will be added to GoogleTV, which fuses television with the Web and search tools. Plans call for GoogleTV to launch this fall in the US. Also, users will be able to use Android-powered smartphones and the Apple iPhone as remote control devices for GoogleTV.
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