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nabi 2: Keep your kids off your iPad
Kids’ gadgets often look great, but can offer disappointing results – the kids’ cameras on the market are a prime example – but it looks like the latest tablet designed for the children’s market is taking a leaf out of the books of the people who make devices for the…
Proporta’s four ‘Back to School Essentials’ – Essential or superfluous?
Corresponding with the GCSE results day, the British iPad and iPhone accessories specialists, Proporta announced a new range of Back to School products for the iPhone 4 and HTC Sensation. In our gadget-obsessed society, the kids of today have a lot more to worry about than merely being seen with…
Three ‘must have’ back to school gadgets
Dare we say it? The summer is drawing to an end and no sooner are we worrying about how to keep the kids entertained for six weeks, we are rushing around buying everything our little darlings may need to prepare them for the new academic year. Whilst the only thing…
Stop! Go – make your own movies with Claymation Studio 3.0
I have long harboured secret desires to make my own animated movies – I think several visits to the Disney parks in Florida, where you can see behind the scenes helped. And of course I grew up in a world before CGI, where stop-motion animation was the big thing (I’m…
Apps to unlock the voice of autism
Approximately 1.5% of all people have autism. The recorded prevalence of this neural development disorder has risen in recent years and reviews estimate that 1 -2 people per 1000 have autism. For the parents of children diagnosed with autism, the diagnosis is naturally a worrying and confusing time. Fortunately traditional…
Hands on with the latest Griffin App Powered Accessories gear
Griffin were kind enough to invite us down to a space-age camper van in Central London to play with their latest and greatest App Powered Accessories range and nibble on a doughnut. How could we say no? Our inner child was delighted to play with the Crayola Colour Studio HD,…
Roxie’s a-MAZE-ing Vacation Adventure: Essential education tools or sedentary lifestyle invokers?
Parents of today are faced with a dilemma parents of the past were never faced with… Let your children embrace the digital era and in doing so inadvertently encourage a sedentary lifestyle? Or restrain exposure to today’s technology and inadvertently thwart the educational and technically-minded benefits such technology can bring?…
Encyclopaedia Britannica – on your smartphone
Maybe it’s because I’m old, but I still remember when the Encyclopaedia Britannica was sold in huge books, which you would paid for weekly or monthly, and I can remember seeing them all lined up on a stand at the Ideal Home Show I think it was. Then came the…
Crayola ColorStudio HD – Blending timeless colouring meets the iPad
For anyone with kids, you are likely to be a big fan of Crayola, which since their crayons were first introduced in 1903, have brought an endless amount of fun and creativity to the lives of children. In spite of Crayola’s unique aptitude in providing activities of a timeless nature…
Keep down the bill on kids’ gadgets
If you’re a parent who never seems to have any spare cash come payday, we might have identified one of the reasons why. A recent survey by price comparison site Kelkoo revealed that parents spend up to £500 a year on technology for their children. The survey also revealed that…