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Windows Live Messenger now available for iPhone

Just another reason why it could be difficult to keep your kids off your iPhone :)
Microsoft debuts its Windows Live Messenger, available as a free download in the iTunes App Store since yesterday. There are also a number of additional features (e.g. connections to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Hotmail accounts). Read more at Technologizer

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Be rude with Doodle Burp!


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 :)
Read more at Geek Dad

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Milk Monitor allows you to record all your breast-feeding data


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…
Read more at Geek Dad

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MASH for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad

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!

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Design an app for building healthier kids and win $ 10,000

A competition has been announced by Michelle Obama for designing apps, games and other tools that help children make healthier lifestyle choices. All the apps participating in the contest have to use information taken from the USDA Nutrition Dataset and have to be available for free for a year after the competition is closed.
The competition is called Apps for Healthy Kids and is part of Let’s Move campaign.
All the apps and games will have to be focused on encouraging kids & families to adopt healtier lifestyles and eating habits (controlling portions, being more active, etc.). Winners will earn a check for $ 10,000 and developers will retaing full rights to their entry.
The competition runs from March 10, 2010 through June 30, 2010 (close at 5pm EST).

via Christy’s Family Computing Blog

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Ten iPhone apps for kids


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 :)

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Free iPhone App to Lego-ise your picture


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.

via playgrounder

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11-year-old creates app and gives proceeds to children’s hospital

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.

via crunchgear

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Mobicip and other kid-safe iPhone web browsers

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Getting worried every time your kids grab your iPhone? Maybe you already know that iPhone (as well as iPod Touch) support parental control allowing you to disable a number of features. And after you set limits on browsing through Safari, the further step you can take for your kids’ safety is using a browser like Mobicip (an iApp available for free). Once you get an account on mobicip.com, you can select the level of filtering based on your child’s age group by school (contents and categories can be either allowed or blocked for elementary, middle and high school kids). You may even set shortcuts to websites that you consider useful for you child (such as Wikipedia, Britannica, HowStuffWorks, etc.) And if you’re not satisfied with Mobicip, there are two further browsers available: iWonderSurfWebBrowser and Safe Eye Mobile.

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