Posts Tagged ‘interactive elements’
Wanderful Releases Free Storybook Sampler for Mac OSX
Last Updated on Thursday, 25 April 2013 07:37 Written by iUseMac Thursday, 25 April 2013 07:37
Wanderful Interactive Storybooks today introduces the Storybook Sampler 1.0, featuring pages from the Wanderful interactive storybooks, originally published as Living Books. The free app, now available on the Mac App Store, includes a fully interactive page from the most popular Wanderful storybooks, including Arthur’s Birthday, The Berenstain Bears Get In a Fight, Little Monster at School, Tortoise and the Hare, plus the award-winning Arthur’s Teacher Trouble and Harry and the Haunted House. Continue reading
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Thumbelina 1.0 for iPad – Elegant, Premium Quality Book for Children
Last Updated on Friday, 12 April 2013 12:00 Written by iUseMac Friday, 12 April 2013 12:00
Little Bird Studio today introduces Thumbelina 1.0 for iPad, its premium quality book for children that is a literate, fully interactive retelling of the classic tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Featuring graceful animation, joyful illustrations, professional narration, original music, imaginative sound effects, and more than 10 interactive elements per page, Thumbelina will reveal additional pleasures with every reading. All interactive motion is controlled by the app’s built-in physics engine. Continue reading
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Moving Tales Releases Free Browser Based Interactive Story Experiment
Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 April 2013 01:45 Written by iUseMac Wednesday, 3 April 2013 01:45
Innovative digital story creators Moving Tales today released “Elly’s Lost & Found Sounds” as a free browser based interactive story for PCs and Macs. “Elly Online” seamlessly brings together an enchanting story, original sounds, music, animation, and magical interactivity. Through this test of free and open distribution, Moving Tales is exploring the meaning and value of stories in today’s hyper-connected and abundant content world and what role creators like Moving Tales play in it. Continue reading
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New wine magazine launched for wine lovers, by wine lovers
Last Updated on Tuesday, 5 February 2013 03:10 Written by iUseMac Tuesday, 5 February 2013 03:10
By The Bottle, the brainchild of wine blogger Vim Chatwani, is a new, free, wine and lifestyle magazine for iPad. Featuring innovative design and interactive elements, this digital ebook covers topics not just from wine, but from poker, to fashion to cars even to how to make muffins. By The Bottle offers a blend of articles that range from being fun and lighthearted to serious and provocative, as well as topics relating to life in general, such as fashion, recreation and food. Continue reading
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Daddy Takes a Business Trip: an Interactive Children’s Book
Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 January 2013 01:30 Written by iUseMac Wednesday, 23 January 2013 01:30
Crow Peak Media today introduces Daddy Takes a Business Trip 1.0, their first internally developed interactive children’s book developed exclusively for iPad. Targeted at children ages 6, Daddy Takes a Business Trip helps kids understand the best place to be is home with them. Bright and colorful with a touching message, there are age appropriate games and surprises on every page. Kids can learn to count the days until Daddy comes back and listen to daddy’s custom recorded reading of every page. Continue reading
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Let your young ones experience stories that help them grow w/ Joy Tales
Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 August 2012 02:30 Written by iUseMac Wednesday, 15 August 2012 02:30
Swiss based Desdoo today announced the recent launch of Joy Tales for the iPad. A unique storybook geared to help children develop happily, this app provides young users with twelve diverse stories, with each tale designed to encourage kids’ positivity in their first few years of life. Developed to be as engaging and fun,Joy Tales’ stories entertain children with vibrant professionally drawn illustrations, page-by-page interactive elements, and flexible audio narration options as well. Continue reading
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Kids find the wonder of reading, music, and more on iOS: Broadway Barks
Last Updated on Thursday, 26 July 2012 05:31 Written by iUseMac Thursday, 26 July 2012 05:31
South Korean based CJ Educations today announces the release of Broadway Barks for the iPad. A unique new children’s interactive e-book from Bernadette Peters, this educational yet highly entertaining storybook follows the adventures of a lost puppy named Douglas as he searches for his home and discovers his true talent and love for singing. The app includes colorful original artwork on every page, beautiful music, interactive music creation features, as well as optional audio narration. Continue reading
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Squeaky Frog Launches Hiding Monsters 1.0
Last Updated on Friday, 13 July 2012 12:30 Written by iUseMac Friday, 13 July 2012 12:30
Independent children’s app developer Squeaky Frog today introduces Hiding Monsters 1.0, its new interactive children’s book for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Hiding Monsters features twelve pages of whimsical monsters that young readers can enjoy finding in their various hiding spaces. The monsters are voiced by Tom Kenny, the voice of TV’s Spongebob Squarepants, and illustrated by Sesame Workshop digital artist Melanie McCall. It features an original score by The Bonebrake Ensemble. Continue reading
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The Adventures of Slibby the Snail: The stolen food 1.0 for iOS
Last Updated on Thursday, 12 July 2012 12:00 Written by iUseMac Thursday, 12 July 2012 12:00
CoolAsh Studio and Stojakovic.net announce the worldwide App Store release of The Adventures of Slibby the Snail: The stolen food 1.0, a new interactive kids storybook for iOS platforms. The story is about a funny snail, named Slibby who lives in Porchlandia. He helps his friends, the Ants, find some stolen food. Along the way, Slibby needs to solve quests to find the food. For example, he needs to solve a puzzle, connect the dots to find a leaf, find differences between two images, and more. Continue reading
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iPoe Collection Goes Retina – Hi-Res Terror for your iPad and iPhone
Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 July 2012 01:30 Written by iUseMac Wednesday, 11 July 2012 01:30
The interactive Edgar Allan Poe stories App gets new updated graphics, high-resolution terror for your Retina Display iPad. Enjoy the acclaimed writer’s stories in an interactive way, beautifully illustrated and accompanied by an original soundtrack. More than an eBook, this app rediscovers the way of reading horror stories involving the reader and bringing the words to life. Beyond Retina Display support, the new iPoe update features other significant enhances in navigation and gestures. Continue reading
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iPoe: Interactive Edgar Allan Poe Collection 2.0 for iOS – Drops Price
Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 July 2012 07:43 Written by iUseMac Wednesday, 4 July 2012 07:43
Play Creatividad today announces a discount on its Edgar Allan Poe interactive stories App, iPoe – The Interactive and Illustrated Edgar Allan Poe Collection 2.0, for a limited time. Enjoy the acclaimed writer’s stories in an interactive way, beautifully illustrated and accompanied by an original soundtrack. More than an eBook, this app rediscovers the way of reading horror stories involving the reader and bringing the words to life. The latest update includes the poem Annabel Lee. Continue reading
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Buzz Me! by GiggleUp – All New Interactive Toy Phone for Learning
Last Updated on Thursday, 14 June 2012 11:10 Written by iUseMac Thursday, 14 June 2012 11:10
GiggleUp today announces Buzz Me! Toy Phone 2.0, its latest kids app for iOS. Designed to look like a regular mobile phone, Buzz Me! Toy Phone provides a safe and kid-friendly environment for children to play grown-ups and explore with calling and texting. It’s an all-in-one activity center for toddlers and young children featuring 24 mini games designed to educate and entertain. The gameplay is kept simple yet effective, with plenty of interactive elements to arouse children’s curiosity. Continue reading
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The Three Little Pigs 1.1 for iOS – Concise, Artful Retelling for Kids
Last Updated on Monday, 11 June 2012 12:00 Written by iUseMac Monday, 11 June 2012 12:00
HORN Pictures today announces The Three Little Pigs 1.1 for iOS, the latest in their StoryBean series of interactive children’s books. The story is illustrated using soft, hand-drawn pastels, whose palette and style have been carefully crafted to appeal to young children. Kids and parents can read together, or they can hear the text narration read aloud in English or Korean. The book emphasizes the empathic rather than the moralistic aspects of the tale, allowing kids to enjoy the story itself. Continue reading
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SCOtutor for iBooks Author Video Tutorial Launched
Last Updated on Monday, 4 June 2012 02:45 Written by iUseMac Monday, 4 June 2012 02:45
A new video tutorial app – SCOtutor for iBooks Author – has just been released and is now available in the Mac App Store. iBooks Author is Apples new groundbreaking free authoring application, allowing you to create stunning interactive iBooks for the iPad. SCOtutor for iBooks Author takes you through the basics of mastering iBooks Author in a simple, easy to follow, logical structure, and requires no technical knowledge or previous ebook authoring skills – anyone can do it! Continue reading
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Small Planet releases Dragon Brush, an irresistible storybook app
Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 May 2012 05:10 Written by iUseMac Wednesday, 23 May 2012 05:10
Innovative app developers Small Planet Digital have partnered with John Solimine and Andy Hullinger to create Dragon Brush, an irresistible, interactive storybook for iPhone and iPad based on a Chinese folktale. With narration by Matt Berninger and music by Aaron & Bryce Dessner – from the acclaimed band, The National – Dragon Brush follows the adventures of Bing-Wen, a young boy who loves to paint. With gorgeous artwork and magical interactions on every page, readers will be inspired. Continue reading
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