Archive for the 'Features' Category

ChinesePod Product Updates

Here we are again, telling you what’s new on ChinesePod.

You can once again choose in your personalized feed whether to include simplified characters, traditional characters, or even both.
There is a new “Welcome Podcast” for the new users. You “old users” can still go listen, of course…

As for future features:

Expect new exercises later this week. (OK, […]

ChinesePod Product Updates

Here we are again, fulfilling all your ChinesePod news needs.

Free and Basic users will notice that there are now some sections of the site “grayed out.” This is part of an effort to make clearer which features are part of Basic/Premium services.
Lessons now have a pop-out player (look for the link right under the Flash […]

The ChinesePod Integrated Chinese Blog

In case you haven’t caught word of it in News and Features, there’s a new blog in ChinesePod town (wow, where did that come from??), and it is the ChinesePod Integrated Chinese Blog!

In case you haven’t heard of it, Integrated Chinese (IC) is perhaps the most widely used textbook in the Chinese language programs of […]

Huzzah for the ChinesePod Dictionary!

As August creeps round and Shanghai settles into the sort of air-conditioned coastal complacence that drives Wuhan residents mad with envy, I’m pleased to be able to announce the debut of an old project we’ve been quietly refurbishing: our ChinesePod dictionary.
Those who have been with us since the transition to V3 might remember our old […]

Learn Spanish and Chinese with the iPhone

This is certainly a more modest event than the launch of the iPhone (and we hope we don’t steal too much of Steve Jobs’ thunder), but we are excited to launch our own mobile initiative today. Premium users can now access a variety of learning tools at m.spanishsense.com, and m.chinesepod.com.
The mobile sites provide…
a) Discussion, Dialogue, […]

Praxis Subscription Packages

We’ve made a number of big additions to the service recently (i.e. The Fix, Qing Wen, and soon to be released mobile review site) so we’ve updated the Product Comparison Charts to help you choose the subscription that suits your needs.
We are in the midst of adding The Fix and a QA show […]