Arie Abecassis and Michael Semegran (pictured) are the brains behind the operation at AppStori. They say that one of the biggest differences with AppStori is that it’s about more than just the crowdfunding. They also help developers with beta testing and app discovery, as well as more help through the blogging and social media support. Even if you don’t reach your funding goal, you can continue to use these features through the AppStori platform.

And unlike Kickstarter, AppStori is much more focused. You won’t find smartwatches or robot drones; it’s completely focused on mobile apps, though they’re open to every mobile platform.

Check out the full interview on MobileDevMag.com.

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Companies like Vocre announced at Tech Crunch Disrupt offer voice to text translations in real time, although when we tried to get a demo of Vocre it did not perform well and the translation had to be edited for accuracy. I spoke with Andrew Lauder Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Vocre briefly about this trouble and he attributed it to microphone quality being less optimal on the iPod in comparison to the iPhone; which is what the demo girls were using to show me the translation.

Regardless, Vocre is a very useful tool and once the team works out the bugs it should grow very fast amongst iPhone travelers. What is special is that Vocre uses the corrected translations to improve the engine and accuracy for future translations. Something Ortsbo has yet to do, but is planning to. Luccatch briefly talked about crowd sourcing phrases and terms used that are not easily translatable while keeping the same meaning, like “knock on wood.” Although you and I as english speaking folks may understand the phrase, someone in swahili may not grasp the concept if directly translated. This is where Ortsbo’s Wiki will come to the rescue. Already with 85-95% accuracy it can only get better. Ortsbo web translation is being used by 30 million unique users with 250 billion translations each month. When asked how the iPhone app adoption was performing — with 114 seemingly positive reviews on iTunes — Lucatch diverted from an answer and turned to their future release of a Mango version once Windows Mango launches.

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