Livemocha: Livemocha language community officially closing, 3 years after Rosetta Stone acquisition

After competing against Rosetta Stone, criticizing the rival, and then being acquired by it almost three years ago, the online language community Livemocha is saying its last goodbyes. In an e-mail this week to Livemocha community members, Rosetta Stone and Livemocha announced that the Livemocha community will close permanently on April 22, and access to accounts will shut off after that date. Seattle-based Livemocha was founded by serial entrepreneur Shirish Nadkarni. The idea came to Nadkarni when he "saw all the yellow boxes in the Rosetta Stone kiosk at the airport and said, 'Why in the world is that service not on the Internet?'" as former... Read More