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Kids love to get inspired, share their creativity and connect with other kids. The LEGO® Life app is a creative and social place for kids where they can do just that in a completely safe environment! 
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Until recently, the top Star Wars game available on the App Store was the cute and undeniably charming Tiny Death Star, an official spinoff of the immensely popular Tiny Tower that made a building management simulation feel light and breezy. But Disney suddenly pulled the game in October, leaving a potential void for Star Wars fans seeking a worthwhile free-to-play iPhone or iPad experience.
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In-app purchases have become a thorny issue for customers in Apple’s ecosystem. Earlier this year, Cupertino settled with the US Federal Trade Commission over incidents where minors made in-app purchases – in some cases exorbitant ones – without the knowledge of their parents.
But if you (or someone you know) has been bitten by one of these inadvertent purchases, how can you go about recouping your money? If visions of paperwork and annoying forms are swimming before your eyes, don’t sweat it: Apple’s made it pretty easy to put in your request without even leaving your computer.
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We review five of the best new apps for primary school aged kids.
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Hundreds of "free" smartphone games targeted at children fail to warn parents about potentially costly in-game purchases, and many parents are still unaware how to disable them, the competition watchdog has warned.
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In the expanding world of early childhood education and technology, not all apps are created equal. Several Australian studies into preschoolers and tablet computers are under way and have found the devices can be an effective learning tool if used appropriately. But the problem for parents is distinguishing between apps and overcoming their own natural concerns about children and technology.
Via Penny McIntyre, Peter Mellow
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It is quite easy to imagine a world where an iPad is more powerful than a home console
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Whether your child is waiting for the doctor or relaxing on a long car ride, the following educational games are some of the best.
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You'd think a guy named "Guy" who goes poking around ancient booby-trapped temples might have learned by now.
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Cruise Tycoon For iPod, iPhone, and iPad.
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Toca Band is another app from Toca Boca that your kids will love. But because it requires less creativity, and its music gets mind-numbingly repetitive, you might feel differently.
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PM - There are lots of 'dot' games available, but I have used this one for a few years now and still really like it. It works on the iPad, iPod touch and iPhone and allows two players to play a game of the old paper and pencil/pen game, 'dots'.
A nice feature is the ability to personalise the icons and include your own photos when you 'own' a square. Nice to be able to put your own face in the game!
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Learn about collection What to look for in kids’ apps featuring Monument Valley 2, Hoopa City 2, PuppetMaster, and many more on App Store. Enjoy these apps on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
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Waiting rooms, restaurants, car rides, wherever: When asking nicely for peace and quiet doesn't work, just sigh, fire up one of these apps, and hand over your smartphone or tablet.
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If Australians require even more cricket glory this year they could look no further than Cowzat.
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Tribal Nova, a Houghton Mifflin Harcourt company and developer behind the award winning PBS KIDS PLAY! online learning program, announces its latest app, i Learn With Bo: Nutrition! - now available on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
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"Rocket Speller is a fun iPad app designed for students in Kindergarten through grade two. The purpose of the app is to help students learn to spell words simple words that are three to ten letters long. As students progress through the levels of the app they get stars. After they get three stars students pick out the parts they want to use to build a rocket ship."
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Fruit Ninja
Creativity
Pros: great illustration, can taste the fruit juice, good use of finger as sword, original, simple idea.
Cons: maybe create imaginary fruits to add to originality.
Interactivity
Pros: fun use of swipe at the main menu, easy for casual gamer, anyone can play.
Cons: difficult to maintain interest for a serious gamer.
Sales/downloads
25,000,000+ downloads.
Marketability
Fruit Ninja has expanded beyond the app store and that’s crucial in marketing your product. It’s hard to market Fruit Ninja because there’s no poster image for the game. The only thing to market is the fruit. That said, they are on Xbox http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzsmDfKzk7M
Notes: You can’t help but feel like Zorro when playing this game. You slash the fruits in half and all that remains is perfectly sliced fruit and the trail of your ‘blade’. Arcade mode is an easy way to pass as a minute and classic mode can pass much more time than that. Fruit Ninja may also be the only game that’s truly playable for all ages. So long as you don’t swipe the black round things on the screen, you can play. Great for anyone.
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A NEW iPhone app developed in Melbourne aims to help children with nutrition and anxiety issues via interactive stories.
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Apps fail to alert parents about the information they collect and share about their children.
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If you children and interested in programming, this app may help them get started.
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PM - Like many game genre, Tetris style game apps are a plenty for the iPad. I like this EA (Electronic Arts) version in HD. It's an old game (I remember playing on a black and white 9 inch Apple Mac in 1992!) but with the added colour it just gets better.
Some visual stratagic mathmathical spatial awareness thinking is needed to fit the shapes in as best as you can to keep them from hitting the top fo the screen. Enjoy! :-)
