Skype’s real-time translator – the end of language learning and teaching?

A reposting of the post I wrote for the British Council’s Voices blog. Originally published at http://www.britishcouncil.org/blog/skypes-real-time-translator-end-language-learning.  All you have to do, to understand any language in the universe, is put a small, yellow, leech-like fish in your ear, and you will instantly hear the translation of the speaker in your head. This is the description of 

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Shark fin affects using push notifications

Been experimenting with Parse recently as a way of increasing engagement in Johnny Grammar’s Word Challenge.  Johnny Grammar is an app that provides grammar, word and spelling quizzes and includes a leaderboard. Parse provides a number of services including the ability to push pre-programmed and ad-hoc push notifications through an app to mobile devices. Every 

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So you think you want an app?

A post I published on the British Council’s internal blog which has relevance to all companies who do digital product development. Six questions to ask if you think you want an app Have you or your department ever thought about building a mobile app? If so, read on. The British Council has had over 11 million 

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