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For adults, the early part of learning a new language is all drudgery and repetition. But a new company called Memrise looks like the next stage of evolution in language e-learning. And it might just roll right over premium products like Rosetta Stone.
In a major victory for TV networks, an appeals court struck down the Federal Communications Commission's indecency policy on Tuesday, calling it "unconstitutionally vague." The court also said the rules posed a risk to freedom of speech.
Savings Experiment: Learn a language, earn a passport to savings
3:00PM 6/01/2010
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Want to reach customer service fast? Call Vietnamese line
12:00PM 3/09/2010
E-mail and the Internet may be the quickest ways to get customer service, but the back-and-forth of e-mails doesn't always resolve the issue quickly.
A telephone call -- if someone answers the call and you don't end up on hold forever -- is often the best solution and can lead to immediate answers...
Perhaps we were doomed from the start. In a decade that we never knew how to name -- the aughts? the naughts? the zeros? -- tortured words and phrases in business communication blossomed. Here's a run-through of the bottom of the buzzword barrel.
Can iPhone crack the business market? New apps may give Apple a way
7:25PM 10/08/2009
Already loaded with more than 25,000 applications, the shelves at the iPhone app store are about to get a lot heavier. A nifty software-development tool that makes it much easier to build applications for the popular Apple (AAPL) smartphone is expected to lead to a lot more personal finance...
The top ten irritating phrases to avoid at the office
12:00PM 12/02/2008
Oxford University has compiled a list of the top ten irritating phrases that people use. The compiled the list by monitoring the use of phrases in a database which included books, paper, magazines, broadcast, the Internet and other sources.
Many annoyingly over-used phrases begin as office lingo,...
WalletPop quiz: Do you know your 21st century buzzwords?
5:00PM 7/21/2008
Every decade has its own language. In the 1920s, flapper became famous. In the 1960s, things were far out and cool and if you were broke, you wanted to make some bread. In the 1980s, everything was grody to the max. But it recently struck me by how many buzzwords the first decade of the 21st...
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