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In 2013, the UK's Office of Fair Trading launched an investigation into exactly this topic, producing a report outlining some of the "misleading commercial practices" that were aimed at "exploiting children's inexperience, vulnerability and credulity" by promoting in-app purchases. Via The Digital Rocking Chair, Peter Mellow 
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Waiting rooms, restaurants, car rides, wherever: When asking nicely for peace and quiet doesn't work, just sigh, fire up one of these apps, and hand over your smartphone or tablet.
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This simple, colorful, way-more-fun-than-it-should-be shooter is sure to win you over, one scoop at a time.
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Australia's #1 site for finding the best gift card promotions and sales
Peter Mellow's insight:
Never pay retail for iPad Apps every again. Buy some iTunes cards when they are on special and save money.
Peter Mellow's curator insight,
March 17, 2014 7:41 AM
Don't pay full price for iTunes apps again. Use this website to see where you can get cheaper iTunes cards.
Peter Mellow's curator insight,
April 26, 2014 2:54 AM
Never pay retail for iPad/iPhone apps ever again. Buy some iTunes cards when they are on special and save some money.
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Macworld Australia is the premier Australian source for news, reviews, help, how-tos, and expert opinion for the Australian Apple market, including the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod.
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Angry Birds Go starts off strong with a familiar character, a basic go kart and a fun course with polished visuals. Despite the solid start to this racing game, this is one of those free-to-play games that quickly gets bogged down by in-game purchases.
Peter Mellow's insight:
"Bottom line. Angry Birds Go had a promising start but is ultimately brought down by the fact that is a free-to-play but pay-to-win game." Yishian Yao
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Technology has a lot levelled at its robotic feet.
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Of all the apps I’ve reviewed and purchased over last few years, Endless Alphabet – a free educational kids app for iPhone and iPad – is the one that my four-year-old son has loved the most, far and away. He’s played with it longer, asked for it more often, and become bored with it much less quickly than just about every other app he’s ever used.
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We builds tools for kids to code. We're working on a visual programming language for the iPad that uses modular drag-and-drop methods to let kids easily create their own computer programs and apps.
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Perfect, shiny screens can give children a false sense of intimacy without risk. Via Penny McIntyre, Peter Mellow
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March 24, 2013 5:06 AM
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Preview and download the podcast Best Kids apps for iPad and iPhone reviewed. on iTunes. Read episode descriptions and customer reviews.
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from Educational Technology - Yeshiva Edition
April 28, 2014 7:40 AM
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These iPhone, iPad and Android apps won't leave you with a big bill, but will provide stimulating education, creativity and entertainment for children. By Stuart Dredge
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from eParenting and Parenting in the 21st Century
April 10, 2014 5:54 AM
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In-app purchases have become a thorny issue for customers in Apple’s ecosystem. Earlier this year, Cupertino settled with the US Federal Trade Commission over incidents where minors made in-app purchases – in some cases exorbitant ones – without the knowledge of their parents.
But if you (or someone you know) has been bitten by one of these inadvertent purchases, how can you go about recouping your money? If visions of paperwork and annoying forms are swimming before your eyes, don’t sweat it: Apple’s made it pretty easy to put in your request without even leaving your computer.
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March 6, 2014 6:08 PM
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We review five of the best new apps for primary school aged kids.
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January 16, 2014 4:29 PM
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If Australians require even more cricket glory this year they could look no further than Cowzat.
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January 9, 2014 10:56 PM
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Macworld Australia is the premier Australian source for news, reviews, help, how-tos, and expert opinion for the Australian Apple market, including the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod.
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December 9, 2013 3:57 PM
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Hundreds of "free" smartphone games targeted at children fail to warn parents about potentially costly in-game purchases, and many parents are still unaware how to disable them, the competition watchdog has warned.
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June 30, 2013 11:31 PM
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Are you looking for some good learning games to improve your kid's mathematical capabilities? I have some new titles to recommend for you. The apps below mix fun, gaming and learning in such a way that kids get to learn some basic math notions without having to go through the painful and explicit process associated with learning Math.
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May 10, 2013 9:04 AM
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Tribal Nova, a Houghton Mifflin Harcourt company and developer behind the award winning PBS KIDS PLAY! online learning program, announces its latest app, i Learn With Bo: Nutrition! - now available on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
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April 16, 2013 10:25 PM
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In the expanding world of early childhood education and technology, not all apps are created equal.
Several Australian studies into preschoolers and tablet computers are under way and have found the devices can be an effective learning tool if used appropriately.
But the problem for parents is distinguishing between apps and overcoming their own natural concerns about children and technology.
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April 7, 2013 5:22 PM
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Young children—even toddlers—are spending more and more time with digital technology. What will it mean for their development?
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April 4, 2013 8:25 PM
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"Rocket Speller is a fun iPad app designed for students in Kindergarten through grade two. The purpose of the app is to help students learn to spell words simple words that are three to ten letters long. As students progress through the levels of the app they get stars. After they get three stars students pick out the parts they want to use to build a rocket ship."
Stuart Dredge: "Angry Birds maker Rovio may have seen its growth stall, but there are plenty of reasons to be excited about mobile gaming" ...