Yahoo Has Email Security Breach

It was widely reported on Thursday evening that Yahoo had experienced a security breach. There's no way to tell how large the breach was because the only thing that Yahoo is acknowledging is the fact that there was actually a breach. On Thursday, Yahoo reported that email usernames and passwords were stolen but didn't say [...]

Kindervention Helps Bring At-Risk Kindergartners Up to Speed

Kindervention - from Abrams Learning Trends - solves a very real problem in early childhood education. According to a statistic given on the Kindervention brochure (PDF), more than one-third of entering kindergartners don't know all their letter names. That is not the major problem, though. The problem arises out of a lack of resources. While many school districts perform diagnostic screenings of entering kindergartners, and often are able to identify the at-risk students. However, many teachers aren't afforded the time and resources to provide the additional instruction and support to these at-risk students.

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Ministry Group Creates Today’s Appsbar App of The Day

Mobile ministry engages congregation through new app released at appcatch.com Appsbar has awarded Tell Gaters the App of the Day honor for showcasing how organizations, clubs, and their members are using the DIY app builder at appsbar.com to reach out to constituents and colleagues. The mobile app serves as a touchpoint for a Christian ministry [...]

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Watch This Amazing iPad Case Drop Test

In case you haven't noticed from our coverage, we tend to drop things. Often. If you have the same problem, we may have just found the perfect product for you. Bump Armor builds some of the coolest, most useful iPad cases that we have seen. Never mind that Bump Armor cases were specifically designed for kids, I want one.

BatDad Set For Triumphant Return

Parents across the country shed a tear earlier this week when Blake Wilson posted the vine below. Wilson is the Georgia dad who has taken to Vine offering six second parental anctedotes wearing a Batman mask and turning on a gravelly Batman voice. Wilson offers a break from the prebuscent viners who have all but [...]

Kids Health Record: Solving The Clerical Nightmare of Medical Records

Kids Health Record was built to take on the student medical information nightmare that exists in schools. Rather than keeping up with paper forms and documents, Kids Health Record allows for the accessing of health records and info online. While that may sound a little unsafe, the company has taken every precaution to ensure that this is a safe and secure process.

Shocker: Some IMAX Theaters Aren’t Created Equally

When IMAX was first introduced, it was in massive theaters. Before IMAX was a mainstay in at least one major movie theater in every major city, you would only find IMAX theaters in museums, or stand alone sites where the structure of the theater would tower anything you ever dreamt of watching a movie on. [...]

VGo’s Telepresence Robots Are Helping Kids Attend Class [FETC]

When VGo, was first introduced the use cases were very clear. They showed off VGo robots being used as receptionists. They also showed people who used the VGo to work remotely. One engineer showed off how he could use a VGo at his companies main office in San Francisco and easily tele-commute from his New [...]

The Collaborative Creative Classroom Gets Easier With Drawp A New iPad App [FETC]

Creativity and collaboration are two fundamental pieces in today's educational space. A new iPad app called Drawp is bridging both of those things together and at the same time making them easier Drawp features drawing, coloring and painting creativity tools on an art engine that's built for more professional applications. This means that kids can [...]

Appsbar’s App Of The Day Is Team Magic

Fans of hip hop artist MC Magic engage on mobile platform with new app released at appcatch.com   Team Magic has earned appsbar.com’s App of the Day award as an example of how fans, enthusiasts, and hobbyists are participating in mobile outreach with the help of appsbar’s no-cost app builder. The mobile app has links [...]

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