May 31, 2010 at 5:02 pm · Category iPhone · Posted by Sara
Wanna see your kids giggle? There’ s an app for that. It’s a very simple game from MIke Tsao of Attachment computing: Doodle Burp. Just draw a shape on the screen and listen it play burping sound while jiggling the drawing. Doodle Burp is available for $.99 on iTunes, or you can get the ad-supported Doodle Burp Free.
Talk about hours of endless fun
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Want to keep all the data of you breast- feeding baby all in one place safely and simply? Milk Monitor ($2.99/£1.79 here the iTunes link) is the App for you. Just tap the picture of your baby, pop him/her on the boob and tap the big L or R buttons to start a timer which will record the amount of time spent suckling. Then tap again to stop the clock when she/he’s finished..You can also keep track of the side tof the last feeding and how long it’s been since the last feed. And for those who are bottle feeding, you can also record the amount of milk the baby takes from the bottle.
And there’s more: the Log app allows you to record a number of useful information: naps, medications, diaper usage…poo and wee included!
Also, you can send a tweet while feeding, as a warning message for you annoying friends…
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Apparently MASH (Mansion, Apartment, Shack, House) is an evergreen! If you didn’t get tired to play it as a kid, you can now play it on your iPhone, iPod Touch or the iPad…if you’re among the happy few, of course
MASH is available fo r$1 and it is featured as an App Store Essential.
You can customize your story and share your results with your friends via Facebook or email. Fun!
Kids are now enjoying many of the apps and games currently becoming available for the new Apple iPad. Also, many kid games currently available as iPhone apps can be migrated to the Apple device. With titles ranging from arcade-type games to educational games, the selection of kid games for the iPad is broad. Adaptations of popular games, such as Need for Speed and N.O.V.A, have already been released. The very nature of the iPad’s touchscreen and motion user interface allows game interaction to be smooth and varied. Users already used iPhone app games will find the larger 9.7 inch screen even more suitable for gaming purposes.
Educational games are also available: Red Fish, developed by FreshPlanet, uses the iPad’s size and intuitive interface technology. This kind of games utilize the natural inquisitiveness that children have for touchscreens to bring about games that incorporate a teaching of language, mathematics, science and music, set to a scalable and entertainment format that manages to capture kids’attention.
EA Sports held a Season Opener event at this year’s GDC during which it released some news about the ongoing development of Active 2.0 (title still to be defined) for Wii, PS3, iPod touch and iPhone, coming a year after the first Active. It will feature an entirely new system “powered by new leg and arm straps with motion sensors, a heart rate monitor to capture intensity and a new online hub to track and share workout data.” No more information for now…are you curious?
In case you were wondering what are the best iPhone apps for kids and getting a little confused with the thousands of apps to choose from, we’re giving you the top-ten of apps! If you were rather wondering how to take back you iPhone from your kids’hand, then skip this post
An AdMob survey (you may read the pdf version here) was conducted between 5 to 16 February on 963 respondents consisting of 318 Android, 244 iPhone, 356 iPod touch and 45 webOS users, to discover usage percentages according to age and gender. According to the survey, men account for the 78% of 73% of Android device users. As for kids, 78% iPod users are below the age of 25 and in 65% are just 17 or even younger. Also, as for WebOs Palm, targeted at women, data show that it is again mostly men that use it (58%). See the chart of usage by gender after the break.
February 8, 2010 at 11:03 am · Category iPhone, news · Posted by Sara
You may now turn your picture and your kids’ (or your pet’s!) into a Lego-ised portrait thanks to the iPhone LEGO App (available for free). Just snap a picture, then watch your face turn into a miryad of colored bricks! You can email to fellow LEGO fans or make it as a user pic on the web.
An 11-year old boy wrote an application for iPhone, then decided to donate some of the proceeds from that app to a children’s hospital (the Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA in Westwood and Santa Monica) where he was receiving care at the moment. Cameron learned how to programme watching Stanford University professors on iTunes and managed to create an app called iBrush, a drawing and painting programme which also allows you to send your drawings via email. Visit Cameron’s blog for more info.
January 12, 2010 at 12:38 pm · Category Edutainment, iPhone · Posted by Sara
Here’s the iPhone application for all the animal lovers! With Animals 360 kids will be able to play and learn with images and sounds from various animal habitats worldwide. Four options are available: Photo, Puzzle, Quiz and Tour, each one allowing to learn exciting things about animals and their life. You can download the application for free from the App Store. The game is also available in French, Spanish, German and Portuguese.