Apps

SAdults shouldn't have all the fun. This week's set of iPad apps includes something for the kids as well as a beloved, improved toy all your very own....

TinyTap, a Tel Aviv-based platform that allows children to create their own mobile games and “playable” books, is now expanding from the iPad to the iPhone, as it also launches its own social marketplace for apps. Here, users can sell their TinyTap creations to others, or just share them for free. The move comes roughly six months after the company announced its half a million dollar seed round…

Timbuktu, an adorably designed educational and entertainment-focused iPad app for kids, has finally revamped its business model – a model which had previously been a terrible example of how children’s apps too often try to grow their revenue by tricking kids into purchasing in-app content. The company now admits that its virtual allowance mechanism was too misleading, and has moved forward…

A living xylophone, educational mazes, interactive ebook fairy tales and more Dr. Seuss short stories — all in this week's top 5 apps for kids.

There’s a growing problem with the way that technology is being used to teach children about art. Rather than supplementing the use of physical materials, such as poster paints, crayons and felt-tip pens, they’re trying to replace them entirely....

Rather than making young people wade through incomprehensible strings of words and numbers, writing code in Hopscotch consists of dragging and dropping different cute characters and running scripts on them.

Practice addition, match puzzle cards and learn scientific concepts like friction and gravity — all in this week's top apps for kids.

PlaySquare, a startup founded by a team of Emmy-winning children’s television producers interested in bringing “touchable TV” to the iPad, has found a new home and partner in their efforts thanks to an investment from Curious Pictures. The NYC-based production company, known for popular children’s programming like Disney’s “Little Einsteins,” Nick Jr.’s “Team Umizoomi,” HBO’s “A Little Curious,”…

Some studies suggest that your mental faculties (and just about everything else) take a turn for the worse after you've hit 25. After that, it's allegedly a slow tumble down the proverbial hill. Of course, much like how it's never too late to start physically exercising, there are ways to slow and even reverse your cerebral decay. That’s where mental training tools like the free Fit Brains Trainer come in....