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All three quizzes now use mobile-ready html5 and are integrated with our Open English Dictionary, for an improved answer page and user experience. The format has been condensed and the tab key functionality expanded. This means, it is now easier to … Continue reading

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I normally don’t post much about the webmastering of LearnThat, but what we recently experienced is so dramatic that I wanted to share it with you. Like I do regularly, I logged into my analytics and saw this:  A drastic … Continue reading

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It’s not new or surprising: Employing people with weak spelling skills is expensive. Now, web technology actually let’s us measure the damage: A web entrepreneur reports in this BBC article that fixing a spelling mistake doubled his sales from that … Continue reading

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Invited for the second time to attend the conference of the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) at the end of May in San Francisco with innovator credentials. Excited! Posted via email from LearnThat’s Blog

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…not on our brains (human dignity prevents this), but on the CPU of our developers’ computers, as they work on the foundation for our new vocabulary module. Our brains are running red hot as well, and I don’t think I’ve … Continue reading

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LearnThatWord was nominated today as a finalist for two CODiE awards:Best K-12 Instructional Solution Best Reading/English Instructional SolutionThe CODiE awards are given annually by the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) based on selections made by a jury of judges … Continue reading

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We're constantly working behind the scenes to improve LTW. Many of these things you'll notice as improved speed or better data for the words, but here a few noteworthy recent upgrades: When you study via Vocabulary Tutor, you have the … Continue reading

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