A monthly update from
Bean Creative's studio!
January 2012
Will you be at Kidscreen’s iKids conference in NYC February 6th?
Check out Layla’s presentation on Platform Diving (10:30am) to get strategies on where children’s brand owners should (and shouldn’t!) put their app development money.
She’ll be sharing tips on succeeding in digital media space alongside panelists from Disney Interactive, Sesame Workshop and Barnes & Noble Nook divisions.
Bean Beat
Bean Buzz
Introducing WePlaySmart touch table educational games
For those of you wondering about what we’ve been up to with those multitouch SMART Tables in our conference room… Bean’s latest success story creating educational games for the 21st century classroom is WePlaySmart, developed for Hatch Early Childhood. This researched-based instructional technology gaming system includes over 250 leveled educational games, as well as a full game development platform that lets Hatch to create countless new activities to keep their product fresh for customers.
Fancy Nancy Dress Up app a top iTunes seller!
With over 20 million print books sold, Fancy Nancy – with the help of Bean Creative – has made a grand app debut in the iTunes App Store. With hundreds of possible posh outfits, fun and fancy backgrounds, and stickers to decorate with, fans are dressing up Nancy and making their very own Fancy Fashion Story. Kids can even upload their pictures to create an original Fancy Nancy storybook to share with friends and family. Ooh la la!
The app reached #2 and #3 in iPhone/iPad Book apps category, and was named to Apple Staff Favorites and What’s Hot listings in iTunes!
Flash vs. HTML5
The development gurus at Bean have been having some passionate discussions about Flash vs. HTML5. Check out the latest advice and futurecasting in our ongoing blog series!
Latest Launches and Awesome Accolades
Congrats to our client, HarperCollins Children’s Books, for these incredible app accolades:
- “Weird Al” Yankovic’s children’s book app, When I Grow Up
- MacWorld App Gems honorable mention for best app of 2011
- Best Kids Apps Reader’s Choice Winner for best kid app of 2011
- Fancy Nancy Dress Up App
- Reached #2 and #3 in iPhone/iPad Book apps category
- Named to Apple Staff Favorites and What’s Hot listings in iTunes
And congrats as well to our friends at PBS KIDS – our SuperWhy app was named as as one of Parenting Magazine’s 30 Best Apps for Kids.
Fresh, free interactive ideas served up daily
Enjoy a few recent tweets from @BeanCreative on the latest in usability, online membership tactics, gaming, mobile content delivery, educational studies, brilliant online marketing, social networking trends and cool new technologies:
- What happens when you give thousands of stickers to thousands of kids visiting a museum?
- The Day President Obama Crashed Bean Creative’s Secret Santa Party
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