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Fingerprint Digital takes its kids mobile edutainment platform into Malaysia

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Fingerprint Digital announced a deal with Malaysian firm Astro Digital 5 to develop a custom version of Fingerprint’s kids mobile “edutainment” platform in Malaysia.

The deal is the first of its kind for Fingerprint, which has launched an app platform that screens out inappropriate content and promotes approved apps, games, e-books, and educational content for children. Fingerprint has created a tech platform that can be customized for curated content of any kind, said Nancy McIntyre, the chief executive of Fingerprint, in an interview with GamesBeat.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.