We use our smartphones every single day. They're a part of our daily routine, and as a result, we've gotten really good at using them — especially when it comes to typing very quickly. But just how fast can you type on your iPhone? Can you match your speed on a physical keyboa ...more
Calligraphy is often used to add a unique and artistic look to different forms of text. Learn how to write letters 'A' through 'M' using calligraphy in this free art video from a calligrapher. Part 1 of 22 - How to Write alphabet letters A-M in calligraphy. Write alphabet lett ...more
Today's smartphones and tablets offer a great way for children to learn through interactive sight, sound, and touch, but they can also provide hours of genuine fun. If you have a spare tablet laying around—or at least a nice, durable case—the only thing you need to get your ch ...more
This language tutorial teaches you how to create words with the letters from the Arabic alphabet. Write, read and understand the structure of words in modern standard Arabic with this how to video. Part 1 of 2 - How to Form words with Arabic letters. Part 2 of 2 - How to Form ...more
Today we're gonna go through the alphabet and general pronounciation of the German Language. Besides the alphabet we will also take a look at how to pronounce: - Ä (like "ai" in English "fair"), - Ö (kinda like "o" in English "word") - Ü (say a looong English "eeee" and while ...more
If you've ever traveled to a country where you do not speak the language, you know there are times you need to translate text. Or maybe you just ordered a foreign good that requires text translation. Google Translate can easily solve this with its camera translation feature. I ...more
JUAREZ. PH33R. SUX0R. If you know what these mean, then you probably spend way too much time on the internet. If you're as bewildered as I was, these words actually mean something in leetspeak. JUAREZ n warez (pirated software) PH33R v -S fear SUX0R v -S the leet way to say ...more
Check out this Korean language tutorial to learn how to read and write Hangul. This is the native alphabet of the Korean language. Watch the first video in the series, "How to Read and Write Hangul." Romanization is not the most effective method of writing Korean, so learn how ...more
It is the file cabinet from Hell. Look what came in the mail today! Die hard Jackass fan and file cabinet mod-junkie Jeff Dahlin tracked us down to drop off this gem at WonderHowTo HQ today. It is his official entry for the Jackass Prank Contest. It's a three-wheeler, does tha ...more
Check out this instructional language video to learn how to speak Cherokee. In this lesson, learn how to say the phrase "Welcome to America...Now speak Cherokee" in Cherokee. This video provides romanized letters as well as letters from the Cherokee alphabet. This video is gre ...more
Sometimes our information important. So important that we have to encode it to keep it away from criminals. What better way to encode information than to make our own encoder with Python? In this tutorial, we will cover the basics of cryptography in hopes to make a "gibberish ...more
Savor this moment: we've got a confirmed number of sales for the Google smartphone. We say this because unlike most hardware manufacturers, Google refuses to share official sales numbers for their phone. Instead, during earning reports they simply bundle the product under Alp ...more
This is a short video for the letter "sz". This is one of several videos that go over every letter in the Polish alphabet and every sound of the Polish language. The Polish alphabet are supposed to be the first introduction to this foreign language. It should help to understan ...more
One of the fun and special traditions enjoyed and shared by the Deaf Community is signing stories using number or alphabet hand shapes. In these stories, various hand shapes do not stand for the numbers and letters themselves, but are used as signs or gestures to convey concep ...more
Learn the Dutch alphabet, definite articles, noun plurals, personal pronouns and the verb "to walk" in this 4 part video series. Part 1 of 4 - How to Learn to speak Dutch in this beginner lesson. Part 2 of 4 - How to Learn to speak Dutch in this beginner lesson. Part 3 of 4 ...more
Learning a scale is a lot like learning an alphabet. So like an alphabet, once you've learned a scale, it's important to start learning how to improvise on that scale in your guitar playing. This step is like learning letter combinations (th for example) and is an important st ...more
This language tutorial teaches you how to read and write in Arabic. You should already know the Arabic alphabet before attempting to read and write Arabic. This video is for beginning Arabic students.
Rusky Ed puts the Russian alphabet to a song! So check out this Russian language video that shows you how to pronounce the Russian alphabet with this fun song! Learn all the letters in the proper order with this instructional Russian alphabet song. This video reaches a nice cu ...more
In this 6 part language tutorial, you will learn how to pronounce and write the biblical (Koine) Greek alphabet. The biblical Greek alphabet is a set of 24 characters. This is an excellent lesson for those who wish to be scholars in this ancient language. Part 1 of 6 - How to ...more
Google's former Self-Driving Car project, now graduated from Alphabet's X division as Waymo, has found a collaborator and potential new partner in Honda. This is an interesting turn of events given traditional automakers' reluctance to work with driverless-car startups over th ...more
One of the fun and special traditions enjoyed and shared by the deaf community is signing stories using number or alphabet hand shapes. In these stories, various hand shapes do not stand for the numbers and letters themselves, but are used as signs or gestures to convey concep ...more
Finnish is an unusual language, which can make it tricky for foreigners to learn. Instead of relying on a book, the Learn Finnish video language-learning tutorial series shows a photograph of a vocabulary term while pronouncing the word in Finnish. This technique allows the st ...more
Shelley Lovett from Childcareland demonstrates sand writing as an early childhood learning activity. All you need for this activity is a baking sheet that is approx one inch deep and some sand. Colored sand makes it more fun for the kids. Shelley says the cheapest place she ha ...more
Wanna be a spy? How bout in the CIA! The Arabic alphabet is important. It makes getting around the Arab world, middle east and Indonesia nearly impossible. Check out this simple tutorial on how to learn the Tajweed or Arabic for alphabet.
Learn "l'alphabet miniscule" in French.
Trying to learn Arabic? The best place to start is the alphabet. Once that's mastered, you can start pronouncing full words, even ones you may not know yet. Follow along with the Arabic letters as they're shown and pronounced individually. Watch this video language tutorial an ...more
This is a short video for the letter "dz". This is one of several videos that go over every letter in the Polish alphabet and every sound of the Polish language. The Polish alphabet are supposed to be the first introduction to this foreign language. It should help to understan ...more
For a company more associated with debugging computer programs, Google's parent company, Alphabet, is making a name for itself by taking on the real thing — mosquitoes. In July, Verily, the Life Sciences unit of Alphabet, the company formerly known as Google, announced the la ...more
This video will show you how to pronounce the alphabet correctly in English. If you have trouble hearing the correct pronunciation, and telling the difference between "c" and "d" and "b", this video helps you out with clear enunciation of each letter. Watch this video to prono ...more
Check out this Thai language tutorial that teaches you how to pronounce a few letters of the Thai alphabet. This lesson includes useful phrases and words for traveling in Thailand. Make sure you know these and enjoy the Thai culture, beaches and company of Thai people. Practic ...more
Erudite. Barbiturate. Cacophony. Denouement. Okay, that last word is technically French, but words like these make the average person sweat, and it turns out that the key to learning how to pronounce them once and for all just might be getting them wrong. How We End Up Pronou ...more
Last week, I started a weekly feature on Scrabble World called Scrabble Challenge, where you can solve a few (hopefully) challenging word puzzles. Normally, these will be on Fridays, but today I have a potentially unsolvable puzzle for you to try and solve, in addition to the ...more
This is a short video for the letter "c". This is one of several videos that go over every letter in the Polish alphabet and every sound of the Polish language. The Polish alphabet are supposed to be the first introduction to this foreign language. It should help to understand ...more
Alongside Sesame Street, the Dr. Seuss universe has been a constant presence in the formative years of several generations of children in the US. Now, Dr. Seuss's creations are continuing to maintain relevance with today's youth via augmented reality, just as the Sesame Stree ...more
McDermott demonstrates how to carve the letter 'R." This complex letter covers almost all of the techniques required to carve any other letter in the alphabet. Carve letters. Click through to watch this video on taunton.com
The augmented reality cloud and multi-user experiences are shaping up to be one of the hotter areas of augmented reality, and now Google is the latest entity to back these emerging branches of AR. GV (formerly known as Google Ventures), the investment arm of Google parent com ...more
This video tutorial is on how to make one' favorite superheroes with playdough. This video tutorial is especially for kids and everyone that loves playing with playdough. Step 1: Making Spiderman To make a Spiderman out of playdough, you need to take an oval shaped cut out o ...more
The Arabic Alphabet letter by letter focusing mainly on their sound. The two teachers in this video lesson go through each of the 28 letters in Arabic thoroughly. Repeat the letters back to them to try out proper pronunciation. Check out this video language class and learn the ...more
In this video series, watch as professional musician Eric Williams teaches how to read music. Learn about the musical alphabet, what sharps and flats are, what half steps are, what a musical staff is, how to read the bass clef and treble clef, what ledger lines are, what quart ...more
This video will help you memorize the Arabic alphabet easily through an interesting nasheed. Try singing with the native speaker while looking at the shapes of the letters. Follow along with the video, and soon enough you'll know the Arabic alphabet as well as your ABC's.
Calligraphy is often used to add a unique and artistic look to different forms of text. Learn how to write letters 'N' through 'Z' using calligraphy in this free art video from a calligrapher. Part 1 of 28 - How to Write alphabet letters N-Z in calligraphy. Write alphabet lett ...more
If you plan on taking a trip to the Netherlands soon, perhaps the infamous capital, Amsterdam, then learning the Dutch language could be the most helpful pre-trip preparation. There's tons of liberal vices to be aware of and maybe avoid (or maybe seek, if you're that kind of p ...more
Check out this instructional language video to learn how to speak Cherokee! In this lesson, learn how to pronounce a few letters in the Cherokee alphabet of the Giduway dialect. This tutorial video is great for beginners who want to improve their Cherokee language skills. Prac ...more
Watch to learn how to say all of the letters of the alphabet in French.
Waymo just received approval on a patent for a push-button console that replaces not only a steering wheel in a car but the brake and gas pedals, too. This reflects Alphabet's driverless arm could remain true to its original mantra of developing cars that pilot themselves with ...more
This lesson is part of a series of video language classes which will build a solid foundation for learning how to speak Arabic. The instructor in these instructional videos is a native Arabic speaker who started making his own teaching tutorials in an effort to demonstrate cle ...more
Check out this instructional language video to learn how to pronounce and write the entire Russian alphabet in dictionary order. Learn how to read and write cyrillic with Viktor Dmitriyevich Huliganov in this tenth and final lesson. Watch this tutorial video that is great for ...more
Watch this video to learn the phonetic sound each letter in the English alphabet makes.
New York-based startup CTRL-Labs has closed a $28 million Series A round of funding from Google parent Alphabet's GV and Amazon's Alexa Fund, among others, for its next-generation neural interface technology for AR/VR and robotics. CTRL-labs offers a twist on the brain contro ...more
Look what came in the mail today! The File Cabinet from hell. Die hard Jackass fan and file cabinet mod-junkie Jeff Dahlin tracked us down to drop off this gem at WonderHowTo HQ today. It is his official entry for the Jackass Prank Contest. It has three wheels.... so it's a tr ...more
So you don’t need to have a full on conversation but you do want to relay some information to someone. A text message the perfect option to get a short message across using your cell phone or even just to say hi. Text messaging makes it easy to communicate with friends and fa ...more
| Update: ZTE's issues with the US government have finally been resolved. Check out the details below. ZTE has a history of bumping heads with the US government. Multiple agencies have expressed distrust with the Chinese company and even discouraged Americans from using their ...more
This lesson is part of a series of video language classes which will build a solid foundation for learning how to speak Arabic. The instructor in these instructional videos is a native Arabic speaker who started making his own teaching tutorials in an effort to demonstrate cle ...more
This quick two part video series gives a brief introduction to the Arabic alphabet. Each letter is shown on the screen while pronounced, along with a transliteration into the Phoenician alphabet. Check out this videos and repeat along with the lesson to learn how to say or sin ...more
Check out this instructional language video to learn how to speak Cherokee! In this lesson, you will learn how to pronounce the Cherokee syllabary in the Giduwa dialect. This video is great for beginners who want to improve their Cherokee language skills. Practice your Cheroke ...more
Amazon just announced its entry into the set-top streaming content marketplace with its new Fire TV box. Competing directly against Apple TV, Google's Chromecast, and Roku, Amazon is betting on big processing power and voice controls to stand out from the competition. Features ...more
With the announcement of Google Glass Enterprise Edition last week, a literal behemoth entered the arena of companies serving augmented reality solutions to business customers. While Google Glass, with the backing of Alphabet, has the potential to be a disruptor, the field alr ...more
Alphabet's moonshot factory, X (formerly "Google X"), is a secretive place, but it seems that when they are close to graduating a project, then they need to staff it up quickly. Watching for these job ads is one easy way to know they're close to budding off a baby. The X divi ...more
Watch this great introduction for American Sign Language (ASL), a chance to learn how to finger spell an alphabet.
Apple's scheduled to show off the first look of iOS 13 at WWDC 2019 on June 3, but what will the new operating system hold for iPhone? Rumors suggest that many features initially planned for iOS 12 will show up in iOS 13, codenamed "Yukon," and dark mode will be the big ticket ...more