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Posts Tagged ‘iPad app’

Timbuktu: first iPad magazine for kids

Monday, April 18th, 2011

Dubbed as the “1st magazine for children”, Timbuktu for the iPad impresses with it’s stunning graphics and interactive capabilities that make the kiddos squee! It’s available for download for free in the app store and is a must-try for 7 to 10 year olds.

The imagery is clean and bubbly bright, a visual treat for the wee imaginative ones. But it’s the media features, the interactive audio interviews with each character, that are the real draw here. The slide and touch functionality is smooth and effective, and easy for those chubby little fingers to navigate. Fun topics in its first issue include popsicles, arctic beaches, serenades, letters from India and conversations with animals living in extremely cold environments.

Timbuktu magazine for kids on the iPad is one big huge dose of learning wrapped up in user-friendly categories and an imagination + technology approach that is entertaining and fun.

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DesignScene for iPad

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Claiming to be “a real-time inspiration app for graphic designers drawing from myriad relevant sources”, the DesignScene app for the iPad is a photo browser/RSS reader hybrid, focusing on a finite arena of content rather than a single style of presentation. It’s basically an artsy design geek’s favorite new app.


There are categories like infographics, packaging and graphic design which can be flipped through or full-screened for more viewing capability. And to the side is an RSS-similar listing of blog posts from a collection of design sites.

It’s pretty awesome, and a slick way to present such content. It may seem a steep price to pay at $4.99, since most RSS readers go for around $1. Personally, I think the few bucks you spend for AWESOME design and great functionality are definitely worth the price. Watch the video demonstration.

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