Tag: duolingo
The Week in Review: April 21, 2023
Over the next five years, Taiwan plans to put nearly $1 billion toward English education in the country. It’s a pretty hefty sum of...
The Week in Review: March 17, 2023
This week’s been a pretty big one in the way of artificial intelligence (AI) advancements.
On Tuesday, OpenAI announced the launch of GPT-4, not even...
Looking at Duolingo’s end-of-year report on language learning trends
In addition to platform-wide trends, folks who used the app for more than five days out of the year can access personalized insights neatly packaged into a Spotify Wrapped-esque report.
Duolingo Announces 51% Bookings Growth and Accelerating User Growth in ...
Duolingo, Inc. (NASDAQ: DUOL), the world’s leading mobile learning platform, announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 in a shareholder letter that is posted at investors.duolingo.com.
Duolingo reports 485% increase in Ukrainian learners
The number of Duolingo users learning Ukrainian increased by 485% in the weeks following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The company will be donating all of its ad revenue from Ukrainian learners to organizations helping Ukrainian refugees.
Language Apps Disappear from App Stores in China
A handful of language learning apps mysteriously disappeared from popular Android app stores in China — the apps, including highly popular ones like Duolingo...
Your favorite language learning app, now possibly offshore
As industries adapt their operations to survive the pandemic, the technology sector’s capacity for remote work has earned many companies a unique position of...
Catch the Pidgin at the BBC: Digital Flight of Fancy?
So what is pidgin, exactly? The BBC describe it as "a mix of English and local languages enabling people who do not share a common language to communicate".
Conversational User Experience: Language Learning with Duolingo
Duolingo user experience shows how smart use of people and technology delivers satisfied users and increases language skills. For many, Duolingo is the “only game” in town.
Kudos and Comhghairdeas* to Duolingo’s Irish Language Volunteers
The Irish President (Uachtarán Na hEireann) Michael D. Higgins (Micheál D Ó hUigínn) (@PresidentIRL) has publicly recognized seven volunteers for their work in building up the Irish...
The Politics of Irish Language: Gaeilge (Never Gaelic)
I was going to write about the politics of the Irish language (Gaeilge) in the North of Ireland/Northern Ireland (see? in trouble already).
But I won't.
The...
The Future of Web Translation: Haters Gonna Hate
Just lurrve this TEDxCMU talk by Luis von Ahn of CMU called Duolingo: The Next Chapter in Human Computation. It's all about smart people...
