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04.12.12Titanic becomes a colourful iPad iBook for kidsDid you know it's the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking this year? Of course you did: it's been inescapable. But a lot of the coverage of the anniversary has been aimed at adults. Now DK has an impressive iBook aimed at a younger audience. iBook? Yes, Titanic is being sold on Apple's iBooks store for iPad, rather than its App Store. That's not to say it's flat text and pictures though. The e-book includes a 3D stroll along the deck of the Titanic, video footage of the ship being built and launched, and even distress calls from the night it ...
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01.05.12Dinosaurs get sticky in Dorling Kindersley’s new iPad appSticker books. Great in theory; less so in practice when your two year-old slaps them all over the walls, sofa, relatives... So if ever there was an argument for taking books digital, it's here. Hence DK Dinosaur Stickers. It's an iPad app from Dorling Kindersley that offers 64 virtual dino stickers to place in 14 backdrops, including forests, jungles and cities. Challenge features unlock new backdrops, providing light game features to keep your kids interested. The resulting scenes can be saved, shared and printed out. Meanwhile, there's an educational aspect too: tapping on the dinos reveals facts about them. It looks fun, ...
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10.23.11DK My First Word Play App is live for iPhone and iPadDorling Kindersley's 'My First' books are very popular with toddlers and parents alike - the latter have bought more than 15 million of them, apparently. Now a new app brings the series to iPhone and iPad in interactive form. DK My First Word Play App is aimed squarely at pre-school kids learning their first words, using a collection of mini-games to make the process fun and engaging. The Universal app costs £2.49, and includes four games. Letter Match is about matching pairs of images and words. Phonic Fun involves dragging letters into words, while Rhyme Time gets children completing rhymes by putting ...
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