iPhone apps

A U.S. soldier used his own savings to develop an iPhone app that can help troops track the Taliban.

The National Security Agency (NSA) now has an app for aspiring agents.

Identify products, pinpoint landmarks and solve Sudoku puzzles instantly. The latest version of the Google Goggles app for Android and iPhone takes image identifying to the next level.

The USAA Mobile app for iPhone and Android offers military families branchless banking and other mobile services.

Apps for iPhone and Android provide definitions for more than 150,000 military acronyms and abbreviations.

The Brain Wave app uses soothing sounds and binaural tones to stimulate the mind and increase sleep, relaxation, focus and concentration-mental health benefits for soldiers under stress.

Technology or magic? The Word Lens app translates printed words from one language to another instantly without any Internet connection.

Take holiday shopping into your own hands-scan product bar codes to find the best prices online and at nearby stores with the Shop Savvy app for Android and iPhone.

Flash2Bang, an iPhone app for military personnel, can estimate the range of an artillery shot or the distance of an approaching thunderstorm using the sounds associated with the event.

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