Unfortunately the two online education start ups Sclipo and English Attack! which were on the shortlist of this year’s Plugg StartUps Rally did not make it in the final round.
Nevertheless you should watch their pitches in the videos below to get an idea of their products.
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WiZiQ keeps adding great features for its Premium account teachers and honestly, even before this newest feature the $49 USD per year were totally worth signing up for it.
Anyway, the new feature LearnerConnect is one more good reason. It enables the teacher to see who took part in his / her public classes and public [...]

italki is proceeding on its way of building a solid basis for its worldwide language learning marketplace.
After adding WebMoney, an online payment webservice popular in Russia and the CIS last week, italki announced today that the platform now offers payments via UnionPay.
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Natalie and August, digital nomads who founded Lenguajero a language learning community for English and Spanish speakers while travelling through South America announced the first Lenguajero Audiocast Contest today.
I think this a really nice example of engaging with your audience, so let’s take a closer look at the idea.
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italki announced on their blog that the platform is offering payment via WebMoney from now on.
WebMoney is a popular online payment provider in Russia, the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) and parts of Europe.
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This year’s edition of the Plugg conference will have two online education start ups on the Start Up Rally. Every year a jury of experts selects 20 companies for the short list of the Rally. Those companies will then pitch during the conference and eventually there will be one winner selected by the jury and [...]

Do you remember watching Star Trek? Wasn’t it amazing that all the crew members could understand each other and communicate regardless of which country or even planet they came from? This was possible because they had this little universal translator built into the communicator.
Science Fiction you say? Well, they said this about the communicator before [...]

There might be no free lunch but for a limited time, until February 28th to be exact, there is a free virtual classroom for academic teachers. Not only for a year but for a lifetime.
All you have to do is sign up with your .edu email account and invite at least 20 other people to [...]

Today the language learning community busuu.com and the renown German publisher PONS announced a partnership forming the third collaboration between an online community and a classic publisher after Livemocha / Pearson and Babbel / Hueber / Collins.
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Just when you think you can start with the recap post of the year TechCrunch reports that the online language learning community Livemocha has secured another $8 Million USD in series B funding.
This sums up to a total of $14 Million USD in funding and should help Livemocha in its fight for the crown against [...]