When the iPhone launched in 2007, few could have predicted the impact it would have on education. One of the most powerful developments in education has been the arrival of language learning apps.
Software
Apr 29, 2014
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Manchester is the UK's language capital, according to researchers at The University of Manchester.
Social Sciences
Aug 13, 2013
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As a schoolboy, Akihiro Matsumura spent hundreds of hours learning the intricate Chinese characters that make up a part of written Japanese. Now, the graduate student can rely on his smartphone, tablet and laptop to remember ...
Other
Jun 25, 2013
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UBC researchers have launched a study to explore why learning-disabled students shine in the University's demanding opera program. The study, called "Libretti of Learning," will be presented at Congress, a national gathering ...
Social Sciences
May 31, 2013
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Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have made a large step towards the understanding of how human genes are regulated. In a new study, published in the journal Cell, they identified the DNA sequences that bind to ...
Biotechnology
Jan 17, 2013
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Japanese researchers are working on a robot they hope will be smart enough to ace entrance exams at the nation's top university, which test everything from maths to foreign languages.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 12, 2012
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Merging the real world with its mirror in a virtual world so that students can be immersed in a hybrid learning environment that permits improved language teaching: that is the objective of scientists at the Universidad Carlos ...
Computer Sciences
Feb 21, 2012
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The US State Department on Friday launched a new high-tech form of outreach to the international community when it took questions on foreign policy from Twitter followers in different languages.
Internet
Jan 6, 2012
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(AP) -- Twitter Inc. and Japan's biggest homegrown social networking site mixi Inc. joined forces Wednesday to strengthen their ground against a rapidly expanding Facebook.
Internet
Nov 30, 2011
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(AP) -- Stumped by foreign languages when you're traveling? Google Inc. is working on software that translates text captured by a phone camera.
Software
Feb 16, 2010
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