Sandbox acquires kids edutainment company Fingerprint
Sandbox & Co. has acquired children’s game and entertainment (edutainment) company Fingerprint. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The outcome is the close...
LaunchPad toys is making educational games, not Angry Birds-like ‘digital pacifiers’
LaunchPad Toys just released a new app, Toontastic Jr. Shrek, and has partnered with DreamWorks Animation. The goal is to make content creation accessible to kids at a very young age.
Kuato teaches kids to code via Hakitzu educational game
Hakitzu will teach kids how to program JavaScript in a mech combat arena.
Fingerprint Digital to launch 7 new mobile education apps for kids
Edutainment is gathering momentum on tablets and smartphones.
Coolest class ever: Valve brings Portal 2 to schools
One time in high school, I was able to convince a stern teacher it was “essential” that I play Grand Theft Auto III for...
Mobile network Fingerprint sees 150 percent increase in minutes of game play in one month
Edutainment startup Fingerprint Digital says its first five educational gaming apps for children have seen a 150 percent increase in game play minutes in the...
DreamBox aces test: study shows edutainment program boosts exam scores
Maybe games can teach kids something after all. A study released today by SRI International shows that DreamBox Learning, the education startup that Netflix...