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Cyber Monday Giveaway – Win an Ultralingua Dictionary and Verbs App

By Cristi | November 28, 2011 | No comment yet

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We start our Cyber Monday giveaway with a set of apps to provide language students, translators and linguists with an advanced language reference tool. Today we have teamed with Ultralingua to offer three different “Dictionary & Verbs” apps to our readers who love languages: Spanish-English, German-English and French-English. Each of these universal apps provides users with a way to lookup words in a dictionary, use a verb conjugation tool to find complete conjugations of thousands of verbs, and access a number translator to convert numerals into text instantly.

Black Friday Weekend Giveaway – Win Accio Language Packs

By Cristi | November 27, 2011 | No comment yet

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The next set of apps for our Black Friday Weekend Giveaway will help beginning language students and travelers. We have teamed with Accio to offer several different language pack options to our readers. Each Accio pack provides users with a great dictionary, plus a collection of audio phrases to help with basic conversation. The apps are universal so they can be used on both your iPad and iPhone. Whether you are learning how to properly pronounce numbers in another language or you need to get transportation information when traveling, the Accio dictionary and phrasebook pack is a good choice.

Enjoy the Adventurous Journey of Bobik Bombastinov – iPad App Review

By Jillian | November 5, 2011 | 1 comment

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The Adventurous Journey of Bobik Bombastinov is a cute children’s story written by author Viviane Dommann. Available in both English and German, this book is as strange and quirky as it is endearing and sweet. Featuring a red felt-bear named Bobik, this book has been turned into a very simple app that can be enjoyed by children of all ages (and their parents too!).

With over 45 pages, this is a story that has enough content to keep your child interested and repeat readings will allow you to discover more detail in the images used.

Educational iPad App Promo Code Giveaway – Accio Language Packs

By Cristi | September 4, 2011 | No comment yet

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It’s that time of year again and students across the country are headed back to school for another year of reading, writing and arithmetic. In preparation for school days packed with learning, parents are hitting the back-to-school aisles in search of bargains on everything from notebooks and markers to clothing and gym shoes.

From now until September 11th, PadGadget is partnering with a host of great developers to offer a series of educational app giveaways for students from preschool to college. Make sure you check back every morning to discover the featured educational related app and Click to Tweet for a chance to win.

Enter for a Chance to Win an iPad or iPhone Promo Code for Heidi Part I, II and III

By Cristi | September 2, 2011 | No comment yet

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Heidi Part III, the final book in a three part series, arrived in the App Store today and we’ve joined together with Swiss based JustKidsApps to offer our readers a chance to win promo codes for their iPad or iPhone.

This series of apps combines a classic story, beautiful illustrations and interactive features to create a wonderful 21st century version of Heidi for children around the world to enjoy. There are several reading options to choose from in the Heidi apps. Readers may select either the English or Deutsch (German) version of the story and then select “Read myself” or “Read to me” to begin.

Immersive German for the iPad and iPhone – Quick Review

By Cristi | January 2, 2011 | No comment yet

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Is learning a foreign language one of your New Year’s resolutions? If so, why not start the process on your iPad or iPhone with Immersive German from developer Wattanasoft?

This easy to use language app teaches users basic vocabulary and pronunciation with the use of repetition and picture queues. There are four “Listening & Vocabulary,” four “Pronunciation” and two “Review” units included.

Users progress through the app by listening to short sentences in German, viewing the text at the top of the screen and then tapping the corresponding picture. As you match pictures with the correct sentences, English translations appear at the top of each picture along with a big green check mark. Got the wrong answer? You’ll see a red “X” and get the chance to try again.

Noodle Princess – Ridi Book for iPad

By Cristi | November 7, 2010 | No comment yet

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If multiple languages are spoken in your home or maybe you’re interested in your child learning another language, German developer Ridili has story apps that may be of interest to you. Each interactive Ridi picture book lets kids watch, listen and play in four languages (German, English, Russian, Spanish).

Kids hear the story read by a native speaking professional audiobook narrator and then have time to discover different sound effects and hidden character/object movement. All three stories are nicely illustrated and fun for kids to read and play. Readers have the option to set different languages, as well as turn the narrator on and off in the app’s Settings.

Updated BMW Car Magazine Hits the iPad App Store

By Bill | October 25, 2010 | 1 comment

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BMW aficionado’s will be happy with the German luxury car maker’s latest iPad BMW Magazine release. The app builds on the success of their first iPad magazine published in May, shortly after the iPad’s launch, and includes all new interactive features.

While the first BMW magazine app was successful, it was simply a digital version of their glossy magazine. Many users loved the pictures and stories but thought the app didn’t take advantage of the iPad’s multimedia capabilities and the experience was more like reading a PDF on the iPad. The new app now fully delivers on the iPad’s multimedia promise.

Three Fun iPad Apps for Young Kids

By Cristi | October 8, 2010 | 1 comment

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Adults aren’t the only ones who love the large screen and multimedia capabilities of the iPad. Kids do too and if you have young kids highjacking your iPad, you might be interested in some of the apps by developer Alexandre Minard. These kid friendly apps are available at a good price point and all the apps I’ve played together with little kids I know have been a hit.

I looked at Learning Animal Sounds is Fun HD a couple weeks ago and liked it, so I thought I’d take a look at Hangman HD, My First Puzzles HD and My First Words HD also available from Minard.

123 Color HD for iPad – Major Update Released

By Cristi | September 9, 2010 | No comment yet

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123 Color HD for the iPad has consistently appeared on the App Store’s “New & Noteworthy”, “What’s Hot” and “Staff Favorites” lists since its launch in April and this popular kid’s coloring app just received an overhaul with a recent update adding new features and pictures.

In addition to the fun features kids know and love in the original version, this 123 Color HD update adds many items requested by kids, parents and teachers. At the top of the list is the new freestyle finger painting capability called Perfect Paint. This new feature allows kids of all ages to easily paint within the lines on a number of coloring pages included in the app. More than 80 new pictures and writing templates are also available via an in app purchase.

Kids can let their inner Picasso shine while decorating photos and creating their own pictures. Use a colorful palette to paint and a variety of stickers to embellish your own photos or those included in the app. Different papers let kids create an original work of art and then top it off with picture frames to complete their masterpiece. If after all the coloring and decorating they’re not satisfied, simply shake the iPad to erase and start again.

The Competition for iPad – App Review

By Cristi | August 30, 2010 | No comment yet

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My kids love to read and I’m always on the lookout for good kids books to share with family and friends. The Competition HD by Dutch publishing house Unieboek | Het Spectrum is a cute story with brightly colored illustrations and multiple reading options. It’s the first release in a five book series with additional titles coming in September.

A story about a little goldfish’s adventure to find the boy that owns him, The Competition is a good picture book for kids. Pim, a young boy, is forced by his father to dump his goldfish into the river because of a family vacation to the beach. Goldfish Harry (the English version) hears the word competition mentioned as he’s dumped out of his bowl and that’s enough to get him motivated to swim to the competition and find Pim. He meets a number of characters during his adventure, eventually reaching his destination and finding exactly what he’s been looking for.

Users have several reading options in The Competition. They may listen to the story, read the story themselves or select “learn to read” and have the story read to them as each word is highlighted. Readers aren’t limited to these three reading options alone. They also have five different languages from which to choose, with professional narration available in English (British), Flemish, French, German and Spanish.

German Government Cracks Down on Apple’s GPS Use

By Bill | June 27, 2010 | 1 comment

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The German Government has gone on the offensive against Apple’s gathering of GPS location information from iPad and iPhone owners. According to a report by German magazine “Der Spiegel“, German Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger said Apple must “immediately lay out” what personal data is collected, how long it’s stored and what Apple is doing with the data.

Germany has some of the strictest privacy laws of any country in the world. The German Datenschutz (Data Protection) laws are very specific on what user data may be collected or stored and how the user is informed of the data collection practice.

Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger said “Users of iPhones and other GPS capable devices must know what personal information is being collected” and that it would be “unthinkable” if Apple truly was tracking personal and identifiable profile or location data.