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US Army meets with Apple, discusses tech for soldiers

by Chris Rawson (Mar 23rd, 2010)

Earlier this month, Major General Nick Justice and several members of his staff traveled to Apple's Cupertino campus to discuss soldiers using Apple's products and technology in the field. In addition to having the most awesome name ever, Maj. Gen. Justice also heads the US Army's Research, ...

iPod being used by Army as Arabic translator in Iraq

by Mike Schramm (Oct 10th, 2007)

Macenstein's got the tip on the Army using iPods in Iraq to speak Arabic. Vcommunicator Mobile is a hardware/software setup (the iPod straps to your arm, and gets a small speaker hooked up to it) that allows soldiers in Iraq to "speak" Arabic by choosing and playing certain phrases through an ...