Dear Eric Schmidt (Google CEO):
Please buy RIM. Seriously. Do your shareholders – and the entire world – a huge favor. Lead Google into the merger of the decade. Be remembered as the guy who made the awesomest business acquisition ever at a time when that acquired company’s share price was so ridiculously low.
Here are two huge reasons why you should be meeting with RIM CEO Jim Balsillie right now: (more…)
In an earlier post, I discussed how practicing speaking a foreign language is a much better practice activity than simply watching TV/movies, since the former provides the learner with an adjustable pace, a stronger incentive to pay attention, and a greater chance of receiving corrective feedback. Well, there is another underrated activity that is also more effective than television: reading. (more…)
Love using Brainscape? Want to help us make it better and tell the whole world about it? Brainscape is offering six exciting internships at our New York office this Fall semester. Please check out the positions below and apply asap if you are interested. We look forward to hearing from you! (more…)
Rather than dressing up vocab-building as a goofy “game”, GRE Vocab Genius uses an optimized flashcard repetition algorithm to help the serious learner get serious results. The app quickly rose to #1 educational app during its first week on iTunes.
NEW YORK– With no promotion or marketing, the GRE Vocabulary Genius app, by New York-based ed-tech startup Brainscape, saw over 20,000 downloads within its first two weeks on iTunes. The company is understandably pleased, as this first product release was merely a test run for upcoming releases of several dozen new apps based on Brainscape’s innovative mobile learning platform. (more…)
Recent advances in mobile technology allow for some exciting new opportunities for reaching students. Our colleagues at Mobl 21 recommend the following types of learning experiences that are perfect for a modern mobile platform: (more…)
