Drops Press Office

Drops Joins the Kahoot! Family

• Venture Beat: Kahoot has acquired language learning mobile game maker Drops for up to $50 million
• Tech Crunch: Kahoot drops $50M on Drops to add language learning to its gamified education stable
• Cheddar: Learning Platform Kahoot! Snags Language App Drops for $50 Million

New Languages and Features: Study with Amber

• Fast Company: K-pop idol Amber Liu wants you to learn Korean with her via language learning app Drops
• South China Morning Post: K-pop’s Amber Liu of f(x) on feeling like a fish out of water, working out more and finally learning to take care of herself
• Stylecaster: Amber Liu Reveals How f(x)’s ‘Extremely Experimental’ Sound Is Inspiring Her Solo Music
• Koreaboo: Amber Liu Launches Her Own Korean Language Course In Collaboration With Drops
• Kpop Hit: Amber Liu Launches Her Own Korean Language Course In Collaboration With Drops

New Languages and Features: Droplets

• EU-Startups: Google’s Best App 2018, Drops, launches ​‘Droplets’ to teach kids and teens foreign languages
• Cool Mom Picks: A homeschool mom’s tips on homeschooling your kids during school closures. You can do this!
• She Scribes: Learn a new language quickly and easily with Drops and Droplets
• CNet: K-12 online classes and activities to continue education at home during coronavirus
• Common Sense Media: Apps That Help Kids Learn a New Language
• Parentology: The Best Foreign Language Apps for 2020
• Common Sense Media: Droplets: Drops for kids

Company & Executive Profiles

• Forbes: Are You A Polyglot? Here’s How To Connect Through Language
• Venturebeat: Language learning game Drops hits 25 million users
• Entrepreneur: Here's How EdTech Companies Are Creatively Revolutionizing Special Education
• Market Share: How Parents Are The New Customers In Education: Remote Possibilities
• Trust Shoring: How to build a successful e-learning product in 2020?
• Indicative: Drops: Connecting with Customers Globally
• Eli Schwartz: 75 Million Organic Impressions in 9 months: Drops a Case Study of Product Led SEO
• Google Podcasts: Scripts - 2019 Material Design Awards
• Drew Banks: Remote Work: The Corona Virus Tipping Point
• Phone Arena: Estonian language learning game clocks 25 million users

Product Reviews

• Independent: 10 best language learning apps for exploring the world from home
• AppFuel: Drops
• LTL Mandarin School: Drops App Review (2020) – A Game Changing Approach to Language Learning
• Fox17: Tired of Duolingo? Here are 5 more apps to help you learn a new language
• Conde Nast: 6 Best Language-Learning Apps to Try in 2020
• Foss Bytes 7 Best Language Learning Apps For Android, iOS In 2020
• Digital Journal: Digital based language courses boom during lockdown
• Android Police: The best language learning apps on Android
• Get Droid Tips: Best Language Learning Apps for Android/iOS
• Your Story: Rise of online language learning: 6 apps to brush up your English skills
• App Gefahren: Drops: Sprachen lernen mit kleinen täglichen Lektionen
• Dan Flying Solo: The 29 Best Travel Apps in 2020 for iPhone and Android
• Gadget Hacks: Learn a New Language While Stuck at Home Under Quarantine
• Polygon: During quarantine, learning games are having their moment, too
• Tech Times: Scripts App Allows Users to Learn Sign Language in Just 5 Minutes Per Day And Is Free!
• Daily Mom: Free (or Cheap) Online Temporarily Homeschooling Resources
• Dan Flying Solo: Best Language Apps for your phone
• Tech Advisor: The best language learning apps
• The Islamic Informer: 5 Apps To Learn Arabic Language Online Free
• iTouchAppReviewers: Drops App Review // Best Language Learning App?!
• Las Vegas Sun: Thanks to modern technology, it’s never too late to enrich your non-English vocabulary
• WikiEzvid: 5 Language-Learning Tools To Put You On The Path To Fluency
• CNet: The best language learning apps of 2020

Awards

• FastCompany: The World’s Most Innovative Companies. Honorees by Sector: Education
• EdTech Digest: The EdTech Awards: 2019 - Finalists and Winners (Best Language Learning Solution)
• Google: 2019 Material Design Award Winners
• Webby Awards: 2019 Nominee

New Languages and Features: Ainu

• Travelengua: Learning Ainu: Endangered Language in Northern Japan
• Tofugu: New Japanese Learning Resources: Fall 2019

New Languages and Features: Travel Talk

• Bloomberg: This Language-Learning App Aims to Transform Your In-Flight Time

New Languages and Features: ASL

• Forbes: Drops, A Leading Language Learning Platform, Now Includes ASL
• Fast Company: Now you can learn American Sign Language through a language-learning app
• CNet: Learn sign language in 5 minutes per day with this app
• Hearing Like Me: How to Learn Sign Language

New Languages and Features: Greek

• CNET: 10 of the best language learning apps that will actually make you fluent

New Languages and Features: Samoan

• ABC Radio Australia: How language learning apps are helping second generation kids connect with their parent's mother tongue
• RNZ New Zealand: Language app includes Gagana Samoa

New Languages and Features: Maori

• Stuff: Linguistic app Drops introduces te reo Māori to world audience
• Vice: Multinational Language App Aas Added Te Reo Māori
• New Zealand Herald: Google’s Best App of 2018 offers free Te Reo lessons
• Idealog: Meet Drops, the new international app that bridges te reo Māori with the world
• FutureFive: Te reo Māori goes global via language app called Drops
• NZ Herald: Four clever apps for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
• Idealog: In light of Māori Language Week, here's three apps helping revive te reo Māori

Partnerships: Global Eagle

• HMG Aerospace: Global Eagle partners with language learning app, Drops
• Aircraft Interiors International: Global Eagle partners with Drops language app

Company and Executive Profiles

• CNBC:  How Google’s “best app of 2018” was built off of a failed project
• Newsian (Korea): Foreign Training App Drops, Meet Management
• KTLA: Teaching the World How to Remember With USA Memory Champion Nelson Dellis
• CBS Local: Drops App Helps You Learn A New Language On Your Phone
• What Got You There: Daniel Farkas the CEO of DROPS – Meta learning, mental models and building a great company

Awards: Google Best App of 2018

• Google Play: Best App of 2018
• Mashable: The best Apps of 2018, according to Google
• TheNextWeb: PUBG, Drops, and The Walking Dead to Google Play’s ‘Best of 2018’ list

New Languages and Features: Hawaiian

• TechCrunch: Language Learning app Drops adds Native Hawaiian, more than doubles downloads
• VentureBeat: Drops teaches vanishing Hawaiian language on iOS and Android
• FastCompany: The Hawaiian language is endangered. This app wants to help it survive
• Forbes: Language-Learning App Will Be The First To Offer Hawaiian, An Endangered Language
• Komando.com: App is Helping Preserve Hawaiian Language

Company and Executive Profiles

• CNNBusiness: From Clowning to DJing: Where Successful Business Leaders Find Inspiration