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A Language Learning
Phenomenon — 5 Reasons
1,000,000 People Use This
App To Learn Languages
Over 1,000,000 people have turned to technology to
help them learn a language. We investigate why
app-based learning is proving to be such a popular
method, and what advantages it may hold over
more traditional methods.
BY ED M. WOOD
Facebook now has approximately 1.6 billion users,
which equates to about one quarter of the world’s
population. This number becomes even more
astonishing when you consider that 3.3 billion of the
world’s 7.2 billion people are connected to the
internet — Facebook has registered over half the
world’s connected population. The other internet
giant, Google, handles around 4 billion search
queries a day. Our information age of hyper-
connectivity has heralded a new understanding of
achievable scale. Every two days we generate the
same amount of information as we did from the
dawn of civilization until 2003 — five exabytes —
and platforms with skittish names and basement
origins categorize and index this information,
mediate how we interact with one another, and
mould the channels through which we access the
vast repository of human knowledge.
Companies that operate on the breathtaking scale of
Google and Facebook address and satisfy core
fundamental human needs; namely, access to
information and social interaction. It’s a formula for
success: identify or create a need and provide a
product or service which fulfills this need. In our
networked world, this can be done at a global level:
Uber can hail you a car either side of the Atlantic,
Airbnb can secure you an apartment in Bombay or
Buenos Aires, and Foodora can deliver you a
takeaway in Birmingham or Berlin.
What happens, though, when a web company
focuses not on need, but on aspiration? Can it also
unite thousands of people in a common desire to
educate and better themselves?
In 2007, the language experts at Babbel set out to
make language learning easy, effective, and
accessible to everyone . Fast-forward nine years and
the four founders have multiplied into over four-
hundred language enthusiasts — among them
linguists, teachers, polyglots and content creators
— who produce courses for learners of fourteen
different foreign languages from seven different
native languages, which equates to ninety-eight
combinations of individually tailored courses.
So how’s it working out?
The numbers speak for themselves: over 1,000,000
people choose to learn a language with Babbel, and
that number continues to grow. But why have the
Babbel apps proved so popular? We’ve selected our
top five reasons:
1. The People
From a rabble of budding language enthusiasts
working in a loft in the Kreuzberg neighborhood of
Berlin, Babbel HQ has since evolved to house a
broad range of experts united by the common goal
of creating the best language learning tools
possible. That may all sound rather, um… lofty, but
as I heard Eric Schmidt say just this week, such
overt ambition possesses a strong force of
attraction. For a company that requires specialists
in ninety-eight language combinations, this force of
attraction is integral to finding the right people,
whether it’s a Spanish linguist who can design a
course in Polish, or a graphic designer who can help
localize the look and feel across seven languages.
This imperative of multilingual, intercultural
expertise has endowed the company with a truly
unique topography of skills, and an unrivaled
potential for innovation within the world of language
learning.
2. The Product AND The
Service
App-based learning carries a few inherent
advantages. It’s convenient: you have your
smartphone by your side at all times, fully-charged
and ready to guide you through the labyrinth of
contemporary life, from the gentle tap of the snooze
in the morning to the emoji-peppered goodnight-
message you compose for a loved one in the
evening.
Furthermore, an online product can be constantly
improved and updated, blurring the distinction
between product and service. A Babbel learner’s
progress is measured, and junctures within courses
that prove difficult are optimized in order to ensure
information is conveyed as effectively as possible.
Yes, all that German grammar may sometimes seem
complicated, and yes, some of those French words
don’t look anything like they sound, but that’s
exactly where Babbel comes in handy: it prides itself
on making the complicated simple.
3. The Learners
All of the 1,000,000+ learners have their own story,
their own reason for endeavoring to learn a
language. As Babbel is in frequent contact with
them, some truly inspiring tales have emerged.
Gianni, for example, is probably our oldest learner at
the age of 101 . He’s a technophile who has long
used Skype to communicate with his daughter in
New York, and who likes to practice his new
language with his great-granddaughter’s English
speaking nanny. Cecilia is also Italian but has lived
abroad for many years and speaks multiple
languages. She now uses Babbel to learn German
with a view to moving to Berlin in the next few
years. The Babbelonians themselves are also keen
Babbelers, having taken part in numerous challenges
to see how much they can learn within a given
period of time, whether that be Turkish in seven
days , or French in a working week…
4. The Magazine
The Babbel Magazine was founded two years ago
with the aim of promoting entertaining, educational
articles, artwork and video on the topics of language
and culture. It’s written in six different languages –
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and
Portuguese – and is visited on average by over ten
million people every month. The editorial team now
consists of thirteen people from eight different
countries, and you can read about anything from the
secret languages of twins to how soccer players in
international teams communicate with one another.
If this sounds like your cup of tea, then you can
easily register with Babbel and receive all the latest
updates from our magazine.
5. The Future
Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented
reality… Science fiction is rapidly becoming science
reality. The education industry has often lagged
behind other industries, such as gaming and travel,
in adopting and developing new digital technologies.
Babbel aims to change this – driving innovation in
order to keep education in step and simultaneously
addressing the soaring trend toward informal,
autodidactic learning that’s been ushered in by the
Information Age.
Join the language learning phenomenon!
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Pick a language to learn
German Spanish Italian
French Portuguese Swedish etc

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Kickstarter project of the
week: Pocket is a wallet and
a portable battery pack.

Kickstarter is teeming with innovation, but
it’s also drowning in a bunch of experimental
products that won’t really take off or improve
your life. This is why we created the
‘Kickstarter project of the week’ series, where
we hand pick the best projects we see hitting
the popular funding website.

Other Kickstarter projects to see:
Lumenus is “designed to save lives”
Fleye is a “safe, fun and autonomous”
drone
So, which is the lucky winner this weekend? I
came across this nifty little gadget that is
named Pocket. This accessory only does a
couple things, but it does them very well. In
a nutshell, it is a wallet that doubles as a
battery pack.
As a wallet, it is actually quite a nifty
product. It is thinner, made of plastic and
seems to be quite resistant, but it is also
helpful. The spring-loaded card slot fits 6
cards, and another one can be placed on the
outside (good for NFC payments). On the
other side we will also find a band for
conveniently storing bills.

Now, what about that battery part? Packed
inside this little gadget is a 1300 mAh
battery. And you won’t be needing to carry
any extra cables here. The Pocket comes
with a couple charging cables integrated.
One has a microUSB tip, while the other
sticks to Apple’s Lightning connector.
1300 mAh is arguably a small amount of
juice, but we must consider this unit is super
small. Plus, it will never really get in the way.
There wouldn’t be a need to remember
putting it in your bag or think about it, so
you won’t even feel like you re carrying
anything extra. It’s always with you!
Considering all this, 1300 mAh is nothing to
scoff at. It just can’t really give you a full
charge on an average smartphone.
Interested? You will need to back this project
with at least $75 to get your hands on one.
This is a good discount over the expected
$99 retail price, right? There were cheaper
offers available to early backers, but those
are gone now.

Samsung officially takes the
Apple Patent case to the
Supreme Court

Today Samsung filed a 219-page appeal
requesting that the Supreme Court rule on
the legitimacy of Apple’s patent infringement
case. Samsung already paid a settlement
amount, but they are still disputing the
ruling, which initially awarded Apple $930
million in damages. Although the Korean
company whittled this amount down
considerably in later court dates before
paying $548 million earlier this month, they
believe that the ruling sets a precedent that
discourages innovation and competition
while at the same time encouraging frivolous
patent litigation.

The two juries in the original case were
presented with evidence that Samsung had
infringed on Apple’s patented technology.
These technologies include things like swipe
gestures and tap to zoom capabilities.
Samsung claims that the juries were not
given enough information to understand the
nuances of the case, and that the judge
instructed them to make their decision based
on the general similarity of appearance
between Apple and Samsung’s products.

The company released the following
statement:
“Samsung is escalating this
case because it believes that the
way the laws were interpreted is
not in line with modern times. If
the current legal precedent
stands, it could diminish
innovation, stifle competition,
pave the way for design patent
troll litigation and negatively
impact the economy and
consumers.”
In addition to disputing the way in which the
case was decided, Samsung is also claiming
that the way design patent damages are
calculated in general is flawed. They
describe a situation in which current design
patent rules are applied to a hypothetical
case in a way that would see the infringing
company paying out several times the total
value of its profits.
Samsung and Apple have agreed to set
aside all court cases related to this issue
outside of the United States, so however
matters are settled here will have lasting and
worldwide effect. It looks like this is World 8
Mario Brothers for the patent case that has
spanned four continents, lasted four years,
and which has already cost Samsung over a
half a billion dollars. If the US Supreme Court
takes on the case, it will be the first design
patent reviewed at this level in over 120
years.
What are your thoughts regarding the
continuing saga of Apple vs. Samsung? Who
is in the right here? Let us know in the
comments!

Which Android phones
charge the fastest?

There is no getting away from it (not yet),
every mobile device needs to be charged up.
That is because they all have batteries,
rechargeable batteries that give us a certain
number of hours of use and then these useful
battery cells needs to be replenished. It is
something you probably do every day,
almost unconsciously. You plug in your
phone and let it charge, while you get on
with other things. So since it is something
that we all do daily, it would be good to
know which phones charge the quickest!
The Tests
Before we dive into the results of our testing,
let’s have a quick look a the charging cycle
for Li-ion batteries and see how we tested
the charging of each phone. The charging
cycle for a smartphone battery is performed
in two stages. This is true for standard wired
charging, for quick charging and for wireless
charging. During the first stage a constant
current is applied to the battery. Then when
the battery is around 70% to 80% full
(depending on the exact battery design) the
current will be lowered but the voltage will
remain the same. This means that the phone
will always charge faster from 0% to 80%
and then slower for the last 20%.

As well as measuring the total charge time, I
also measure the current and voltage levels
drawn by the phone from the charger. To do
this I used an inline USB volt and amp meter
(pictured below). At regular intervals I noted
down the time, the battery level, the voltage
reading and the current level.

The Phones
For a our testing we picked a variety of
phones with the aim of covering some of the
top flagship devices of 2015, plus some
which offer various quick charging
technologies. The list in alphabetical order
is:
BlackBerry Priv
Galaxy Note 5
HTC One M9
Huawei Mate S
LG G3
LG G4
LG V10
Moto X Force
Moto X Style
Nexus 6P
Oppo R5
Xperia Z5
Xperia Z5 Premium
Zenfone 2

And here is a graph of the battery sizes in
mAh:
The Oppo R5 has the smallest battery, while
the Moto X Force has the largest. It is also
worth noting that the median battery size is
3000 mAh as found in the Note 5, the LG G4
and the Moto X Style, to name a few.
Power Curves
So batteries provide electrical power to our
smartphones and to replenish those
batteries they need to be re-charged,
power needs to be put back into storage.

To
do that you connect your phone to a
charger, normally the one that came with the
phone. The charger has two characteristics
which define how much power it can provide
to the battery, the output voltage and the
output current. The level of electrical
power being pushed into the battery is
measured in watts, and watts is calculated
by multiplying the volts and the current.
To charge the phone quicker you need more
watts, more watts means either more
voltage, more current, or more of both. A
standard USB 2.0 port provides 5V at 0.5A,
so that is 2.5 watts. A modern fast charger
is rated at 5V and 2A, which is 10 watts. A
quick charge system, like Qualcomm’s Quick
Charge 2.0 (QC 2.0), is rated at 9V or 12V
and at 2A or 3A. Typically a QC 2.0 phone
will charge at 9V and 1.5A, which is 13.5
watts, but there are those which go as high
as 9V at 2.2A, almost 20 watts. Qualcomm
has also announced Quick Charge 3.0 .

For those interested in the technical bits, it is
interesting to see how the phone charge.
Here is a graph of the watts and battery level
over time for the Huawei Mate S:
As you can see the battery is charged at 7.5
watts (5.1V, 1.46A) for over 90 minutes,
then when the battery gets to around 80%
full the watts decrease slowly until the
battery reaches 100%. What is also
interesting is that the battery is charged to
80% in about 65% of the total charge time,
but to bring the battery up from 80% to
100%, takes another 45 minutes. This is of
course because the wattage is lessening
over time as the battery reaches 100%.
For phones which support Quick Charge 2.0
(or a variation of it) the initial wattage being
pumped into the battery is much higher as
the voltage used is around 9V and not 5V.
Here is the charging graph for the HTC One
(M9):
As you can see the initial power level is 12
watts, 4.5 watts more than the Mate S. This
level is maintained for 40 minutes when it
then drops slightly to 10 watts until the
phone reaches 70%, then the power drops
steadily as the battery level approaches
100%.

The phone with the most interesting
charging cycle is the Moto X Force. It starts
charging with 8.97V at 2.23A, which is 20
watts:
Once the battery reaches around 65% the
current level starts to drop, however even at
its lowest level, it is still consuming over 5
watts. The result, as we will see in a
moment, is a very fast charge time.
Here are some graphs for a few of the other
phones in our test group:
Fastest
So which phone charges the fastest? Is it a
phone with a small battery like the Oppo R5
or the Huawei Mate S? Or is it a phone that
pumps the most watts into the battery? Let’s
see:
So, the top three fastest charging phones are
the Moto X Force, the Moto X Style and the
LG V10. The slowest three are the Huawei
Mate S, the Sony Xperia Z5 and the
BlackBerry Priv.

The Moto X Force is really a surprise winner
in that it has the biggest battery, so you
might have thought that it would take the
longest to charge, but because it uses at to
20 watts of power during the initial stages of
the charge cycle, it is able to beat all the
other devices including those using QC 2.0
at 9V and 1.5A, and those with smaller
batteries.
Since we know the battery sizes and we
know how long it takes to charge it phone,
we can also see which phone increases
the battery level the most in one minute:
The Moto X Force is again the winner,
followed by the Moto X Style and the LG V10
as before, however further down the list we
can see some changes. For example, the
BlackBerry Priv takes the longest to charge
its battery, in actual minutes, however it is
charging faster than the Sony Xperia Z5, the
Huawei Mate S and the Oppo R5.
Talking of the Oppo R5, Oppo has a quick
charging system called VooC which is meant
to operate at 5V and 4A (i.e. 20 watts).
However we couldn’t get the R5 to use those
levels in our testing, even when using a VooC
charger. And that is a shame, as it would
have been interesting to see the charge time
of the 2000 mAh battery of the R5, if it was
charged at 20 watts!
Wrap-up
So the clear winner of is the Moto X Force.

It
has a big battery and a powerful charging
cycle. It really is ahead of the field. In fact it
looks like Motorola is ahead of the field as
the second place phone is the Moto X Style.
LG makes a good showing with all three of
its phones in our group appearing in the top
6, including the LG G3. The Galaxy Note 5
also does well taking 4th place both in terms
of total charge time and charge added per
minute. Unfortunately the two Sony phones
don’t do that well and neither does the
BlackBerry.
Now we know how long these phones take
to charge, but how long can the battery last?
We have tested six of the best flagship
devices for our Best of Android 2015 series,
so why not head over to this post to see the
results !
So, what do you think, does the charging
time of a phone altering your buying
decision? Is it an important factor for you?
Please let me know in the comments below.

5 Android apps you shouldn’t
miss this week!

Welcome back to Android Apps Weekly! Here
are your headlines for this week!
Nova Launcher is currently selling the
prime version of their iconic launcher app
for a mere $0.99 and our readers have
informed us that it’s even less in other
regions. We don’t know how long the
sale will go for but it was still going
strong for right now. Get it quick because
this won’t last forever.
The waffling by Google to release their
Contacts and Phone app to the Play
Store continued this last week. First they
were up, then Google took them down
but at the time of the making of this
video, are back up again. They’re totally
free but it seems like you can only get
them on select Nexus devices right now.

Amazon announced a new initiative
called the Streaming Partners Program.
The object of this is simple. With your
Prime subscription, you can access third
party streaming services such as AMC,
Showtime, Starz, and IndieFlix. The big
players like Hulu or Netflix aren’t
available to the surprise of no one, but
this could make Amazon Prime a little
more fun.
After a long wait, Google is finally
releasing a family plan for Google Play
Music. It’ll be $14.99 per month and can
be shared with up to six family members.
In applicable regions, you’ll also get
YouTube Red access. That’s an excellent
deal for pretty much everyone and you
can get it right now.

Dropbox announced that it was going to
shut down its Mailbox and Carousel
service in early 2016. While I know there
are some people who will be upset about
this, the truth is that neither service really
took off and they were never really as
good as competitor apps. They will join
Google Helpouts as great ideas that very
few people ever actually used.
For even more Android apps and games
headlines, updates, and new releases, don’t
forget to check out this week’s newsletter!
We had a ton of stuff we didn’t get to include
here that you may find interesting. If you so
choose, you can sign up for the newsletter
using the form below and we’ll send it to you
every Sunday!

5miles
[Price: Free]
5miles is a new
application that
performs a lot of the
same functionality as
Craigslist. It’s essentially a classifieds
service that lets you sell things, post services
and job openings, and a whole lot more. The
app uses GPS and zip code to find listings in
your area and you can do things like post
voice descriptions, register with Facebook,
and there’s even a built-in messaging
system. It’s a little rough around the edges,
but keep an eye on it.
GET IT NOW ON GOOGLE PLAY!

SwiftKey
Symbols
[Price: Free]
SwiftKey Symbols is a
new, very different type
of keyboard. Instead of words and letters,
SwiftKey Symbols uses symbols to allow
people to communicate. This is a great
application and can potentially be useful for
those with autism or other, various
communication disorders. It’s a bit simplistic
right now and users are already asking for
more symbols, but still, this is a pretty great
little thing. Related: Best keyboard apps for
Android
GET IT NOW ON GOOGLE PLAY!

Snap Swipe
Drawer
[Price: Free with in-app
purchases]
Snap Swipe Drawer is a
new app that kind of gives you a second
notification shade. Except this one has a
bunch of widgets in it. Think of it like a stash
for your widgets so you don’t have to use so
many on your home screens. It can be
configured to be available at any time you
want it. There are some release day bugs but
that’s to be expected. Don’t let that prevent
you from giving it a shot because it is pretty
nifty.
GET IT NOW ON GOOGLE PLAY!

Age of Empires:
World
Domination
[Price: Free with in-app
purchases]
Age of Empires: World Domination is the
latest Age of Empires game to launch on
Android. Unfortunately, we didn’t get a
chance to try this one ourselves because it
is only available in select markets right now,
but you can expect a full release sometime in
the near future once the kinks have been
worked out. We can tell you that it’s going
with a Freemium model which is different
from prior titles so it won’t cost you anything
to try it. Related: Best new Android games
GET IT NOW ON GOOGLE PLAY!

Cortana
[Price: Free]
After a long wait,
Microsoft has finally
released Cortana to the
wild. As expected, the
app and service are a little rough around the
edges, but we’ve no doubt that Microsoft will
cure the bugs and improve the service over
time, much like Google did with Google Now.
It’s totally free to download and use so
there’s no harm in seeing it for yourself. It’s
also worth noting that you must have a PC
running Windows 10 and opted into Cortana
before you can use the app.
GET IT NOW ON GOOGLE PLAY!

HUAWEI TAKING HOT FUNCTIONS TODAY.

Huawei Mate 8 hands-on
Huawei is growing in popularity, and that’s
for good reason. The company just recently
produced one of the best handsets on the
market, the Nexus 6P , in partnership with
Google. And following last year’s Mate 7 and
the Mate S which launched a few months
ago, Huawei has recently unveiled its high-
end Mate 8 smartphone. We got the chance
to take a quick hands-on with the device, so
we’re here to give you our first impressions.
Let’s dive right in!
On the aesthetic front, the Mate 8 is a
Huawei device through and through. It
sports an all-metal build quality that’s
incredibly similar to that of the Mate 7 and
Mate S. It has a large 6.0-inch LCD display
with an unexpectedly low resolution of 1920
x 1080. From what we can tell it’s not a bad
display by any means, though a bump up to
Quad HD resolution would be nice to see
here.

The device is powered by the octa-core
HiSilicon Kirin 950 processor. It comes in
three storage variants – 32, 64 and 128GB –
with the latter two sporting 4GB of RAM,
and the 32GB model sporting 3GB. It also
has two SIM card slots. If you have no need
for the second SIM slot, it doubles as a
microSD card slot capable of supporting up
to 128GB of additional storage. Around back
we see a 16MP rear camera (complete with
OIS) with a rounded fingerprint scanner
underneath.
One of the benefits of having a device with a
lower resolution display is that it will be
much easier on battery life. Not that we think
the Mate 8 would struggle in that area at all,
as it sports a massive 4000mAh cell.
Specs
Gallery
We’ll of course bring you a full review in the
weeks to come, so be sure to stay tuned.
What are your thoughts? Do you think this
could be your next smartphone? Let us know
what you think in the comment section
below!