Tag archive: English

Following riots in a number of English cities earlier this month, Facebook and other social media sites have come under close scrutiny, with prime minister David Cameron announcing plans to somehow ban those suspected of planning disturbances from using social media networks. Any such ban, however, came too late for Jordan Blackshaw and Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan. The two men, both in their early twenties and from near Manchester, were each given… Read More

With the recent revolutions that swept across the Middle East, Twitter has secured a firm position as a necessary tool for any anti-government group that seeks to communicate with supporters and the media to get its message out to the world. Those anti-government groups have generally been suppressed peoples trying to break free from the strangleholds of dictatorial regimes. Until now: The Taliban has its own Twitter account, reports the… Read More

Or maybe sooner. The Next Web published a neat infographic that breaks down the world's 1.97 billion Internet users by language and found that while English is still the dominant language of the Internet at 27.3 percent (536.6 million), Chinese is catching up fast. It is already number two with 22.6 percent (444.9 million) and is growing at a pace much faster than English (what you're reading now!). In the last 10 years, Chinese grew… Read More

The English language may not be the most common language on Earth—Mandarin Chinese and Spanish beat it out, for instance—but English has always been willing to expand its boundaries and adopt (and co-opt) new words and phrases to expand its lexicon. The Global Language Monitor estimates that almost 15 words a day get added to the English language, and today the organization announced what it claims to be the one-millionth word… Read More

Lenovo's P100 is an affordable entry-level handheld aimed at Chinese students, while the P300 model is a mid-tier device targeting business professionals. In addition to Palm OS PIM functionality, the P300 and P100 come bundled with English learning tools, including Mintel's Smart Memory Engine. Recommended to students by educational institutions, this solution also provides video English teaching programs that can be displayed… Read More