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The FTC, App Developers, and Children

By Yahya Haque On February 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Android and Apple App Markets, Android Apps, Family, iPhone and iPad Apps, Parenting, Technology News and Opinion
Hands working on a smartphone isolated on white

At the risk of becoming Famigo’s resident privacy “expert”, I am going to dedicate another blog post to privacy. This one is a little different than my last one, today I will talk about the [...]

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Top 5 Apps of the Week – And a Free App from Oceanhouse!

By Sarah On February 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Android Apps, iPhone and iPad Apps, Top Apps of the Week
Trash Chaos

This week was a bit all over the place. We had some educational games thrown in with some absolutely not-educational-at-all games, mixed in with some simply random stuff.

We had a ton of fun though, [...]

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QR Codes are a Thing of the Past

By Kegan Blumenthal On February 16, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Android Apps, iPhone and iPad Apps, Technology News and Opinion
Famigo QR Code

In the last couple of years, QR codes have found their way into mainstream advertising. They are featured on buses, billboards, flyers, just about everywhere.

But realistically, who goes out of their way to snap [...]

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Study on Family Mobile Gaming Habits

By Sarah On February 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Android Apps, Family, Technology News and Opinion
Cropped Study Results

Famigo recently completed a study on family mobile media usage. We collected and analyzed information from 1,000 random usage samples from Famigo Sandbox through a 4-week period in January.

Check out the super nifty infographic [...]

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Top 5 Apps of the Week – The Apps for the Whole Family Edition

By Sarah On February 10, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Android Apps, iPhone and iPad Apps, Top Apps of the Week
Quell Reflect

This week we came across apps for every age group.

From one of our childhood favorites, Harold and the Purple Crayon, to some serious strategy games for teens and parents, we’ve got you covered.

Top [...]
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Top 5 Apps of the Week – The Educational Apps for Kids Edition

By Sarah On February 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Android Apps, Education, iPhone and iPad Apps, Top Apps of the Week
My First Classical Music App

This week we ran across a bunch of super fun educational apps that we want to share with you.

From science and math to art and music (and hangman… a random addition, but kinda educational), [...]

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The Best in Digital Books

By Matt McDonnell On February 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Android Apps, Education, iPhone and iPad Apps
Good Night Safari

When I first started teaching, I tried to tailor my lessons to the needs of individual students because I was taught to pay attention to personal learning styles.

However, I quickly realized that I didn’t [...]

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Finding a Good Family Game

By Andy Robertson On January 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Android Apps, Family, iPhone and iPad Apps
Video game controller

Finding a good videogame is more complicated than checking services like Meta Critic for the games with the highest scores. Like finding a book or film for your family to enjoy together, it’s a process that [...]

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Tax Time (Shoot Me) – Who Knew About Volunteer Mileage Deductions?

By Carissa On January 30, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Android and Apple App Markets, Android Apps, Family, iPhone and iPad Apps
dollars EVERYTHING I know about taxes in one list. W-9s 1099s Mortgage Deductions Itemized Deductions Charitable Deductions Child Exemptions

For years we ran our taxes through a computer program; said a little prayer at the end [...]

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Top 5 Apps of the Week – The “Stellar Apps for Parents and Kids” Edition

By Sarah On January 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Android Apps, iPhone and iPad Apps
Superbrothers Sword Sworcery EP

Jeez. This week was absolutely chockfull of truly fantastic apps.

We had a hard time narrowing them down to only five.

But thankfully we did! And you can’t go wrong with this list. From gorgeous [...]

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