Archive for the 'General Announcements' Category

Time to Get Social with AddThis!

Monday, July 7th, 2008

We have just added the AddThis button to our blog. Now you can share your favorite blogs posts with your friends and colleagues via social bookmarking sites or by email. You can find the “Share” button at the bottom of each post.

We hope that you enjoy this convenient way to share our content and encourage you to do so.

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ItalianPod101.com launches new enhancement to Learning Center that will help users learn Italian

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

ItalianPod101.com is proud to announce a great enhancement to the vocabulary flashcards. The enhancement includes greater flexibility with language choice options, as well as a redesign of the premium Learning Center vocabulary flashcard interface.

Enhancement of Learning Center flashcards more intuitive and easier to use.

With a new design in hand, our flashcards have been rebuilt from the ground up to make them easier to use. Users are now given the option to dynamically change their test format without interrupting their current test. Also, once a vocabulary flashcard test is complete, users can reset the test to better help them learn Italian.

Flashcards allow for greater flexibility while learning Italian.

Our vocabulary flashcards are now able to display question cards in many different formats. On ItalianPod101.com, for example, users can choose to have their question cards read in Italian, English or even Audio! The answer cards show all the language options, except the one chosen for the question card.

Conclusion

With another great enhancement to our Learning Center, we feel we are able to help our users learn Italian even quicker. Stay tuned as we continue to roll out new features and enhancements, while we strive to be the fastest way to learn Italian online.

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English blogs on Italy!

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Today is a really great day!
We are starting a series of blogs completely in English about life in Italy! They are written by a very special writer, Erica Rose!
She has tons of stories to tell and they are all so lively and interesting!

Please leave her a comment!

Ciao
Marco

Idioms and Proverbs lessons are starting!

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

With May we are starting a new series of lessons entitled Idioms and Proverbs!
Cinzia and Marco will take us exploring some of Italy’s most famous proverbs, explaining their meaning in context and also providing their English counterpart.
As always we need your feedback so please let us know if you like these lessons.

Ciao a tutti!

Introducing “My Feed” - Your Personalized RSS Feed

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

After weeks of development, we’re happy to announce the launch of the much anticipated My Feed. This fully customizable RSS feed lets Premium members decide exactly what lesson content they want on their Premium feed.

Setting up My Feed is a a simple 3 step process.

  1. Choose the lesson types you want (e.g. Beginner, Newbie, Audio Blog, etc.)
  2. Choose the type of content you want (e.g. Main Audio, Dialog Clip, Review Clip, PDF, Video Vocab, etc.)
  3. Add My Feed to iTunes or other iTunes compatible feed readers like Juice, and just watch the content you want come rolling in.

To learn more about My Feed check out the video below or if you’re a Premium member, click here to get started now.

MyFeed Demo

Thank you all for your continued support and feedback! Without it we simply could not do what we do. We hope you like this new feature and as always, if you encounter any issues with this new functionality or wish to see it enhanced in some way, please post a comment here or shoot us an email.

ItalianPod101.com #11 on iTunes

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Thanks for all the incredible feedback, your support, and for getting the word out about ItalianPod101.com. Today, ItalianPod101.com is #11 on iTune’s Top Educational Podcasts and #25 overall on iTune’s Podcasts. We could not have done this with out all your help, encouragement, and inspiration! If you enjoy ItalianPod101.com, please subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and be sure to leave us a review review!

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