Tag: learning
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BBC Micro Bit Mini PC Delayed Until 2016
The BBC are recently reviving and old ancient relationship which the corporation once had with computing. A long, long time ago, when computers were strange boxes filled with scary magic and command lines, the BBC put out the original BBC Micro computer. It was pretty big by our standards, but back then people were obviously […]
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EA Exec Says Games Too Hard To Learn
When new players pick up a games console for the first time, often it’s a bit of a hard learning curve to catch up with the impressive skills of players who have been born and raised on games. For those of us who have tried to teach our parents to play, it really goes to […]
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LeapFrog to Launch LeapTV Games Console for Kids
Kiddy-friendly tech company LeapFrog has made the list of Hamley’s must have Christmas toys with a brand new educational video games console called LeapTV. Resembling a hybrid of Nintendo Wii U and Microsoft’s motion sensing Kinect, LeapTV will launch in October with a strong line-up of popular telly and film franchises lending their names and likenesses […]
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Star Trek’s Geordi La Forge Hosts Child-Friendly Reading Rainbow App on Apple iPad
From its sci-fi roots on Star Trek: The Next Generation, the iPad once again returns to the trusted hands of visor-wearing Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge – or at least his real-life alter ego LeVar Burton, who appears in his very own app which is aimed at encouraging kids into using the Apple tablet for […]
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Netflix Cuts the Smut with “Just for Kids” Service – Available Now on Playstation 3
NetFlix is off to a good start having kicked off little over a month ago in the UK, as a competitor to the long-established and Brit-based LoveFilm. Now to cater to the school holiday market NetFlix has opened up a separate section of its subscription service for Playstation 3 owners, dedicated to good clean fun […]
