Translation and language learning app downloads have spiked among Ukrainians as they flee the war and try to settle in other countries. Translation app downloads were up 71% month-over-month.
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Duolingo just added its 41st language, Haitian Creole. The new course is still technically marked as a beta course which means more improvements will be made but you can start learning now.
Learning a language is hard, that's why Duolingo is now using a tool called Expurrimenter to help boost user retention by trying out different messaging techniques in-app and in notifications.
The popular language learning program Duolingo has finally added Mandarin. Users of Duolingo will apparently be able to get their Mandarin as high as level 3 on an official Chinese proficiency test.

7 days: A week of Azure outages, Black Friday deals, a Windows 10 kernel change and "becoming Clippy"
This week saw devastating Azure outages, lot's of Black Friday deals and plenty of Windows 10 news which included a kernel change in our in-depth tech roundup of the week.
Two big names are launching official apps for Windows Phone today. Duolingo helps you easily learn a second language while Wolfram Alpha can give you the answer to life, the universe and everything.