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Touchable Earth wins at Kids Judge Bett 2024 event
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Touchable Earth, an Auckland-based company, earns top honours from Kids Judge Bett at world's largest EdTech event, Bett UK, for promoting global citizenship and geography in a unique app format.
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Hands-on review: The Fitbit Ace 2 activity tracker for kids
Fri, 16th Aug 2019
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Fitbit Ace 2 wows with vibrant designs & engaging features, proving child fitness can be fun & tech-forward.
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Parental Police: Why being ‘bad cop’ isn’t shielding kids from online threats
Thu, 3rd May 2018
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1 in 3 parents limit kids' web time amid growing fears of online addiction & threats.
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Bluff Marae takes on coding for kids with the help of CodeCamp
Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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Coding skills are fundamentally important to young Kiwis, who may well live in a world where IT is the dominating industry...
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Mobile World Congress 2017: A new smartwatch and mind-boggling fingerprint scanning tech
Fri, 30th Jun 2017
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Qualcomm's new fingerprint tech at MWC 2017 set to revolutionise phone security, along with their innovative 4G kid's smartwatch.
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Gamefroot: Teach kids anything through game design
Mon, 25th Jul 2016
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Gamefroot is revolutionizing game design and education with its easy-to-use platform for creating HTML5 games.
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Banqer: Fun financial literacy for kids
Fri, 29th Apr 2016
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Banqer, a gaming platform for kids to learn about money, is expanding internationally after winning multiple competitions.
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Businesses bush bash to help cure kids
Fri, 19th Apr 2013
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This weekend, corporate teams will compete in the Great Adventure Race to Cure Kids in New Zealand, raising money for child health research.
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Gadgets to get you on the road this Easter
Mon, 25th Mar 2013
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Tablets, Kindles, headphones, cameras, iTunes Gift Cards and portable hard drives set to be best-selling road trip gadgets this Easter.
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Android App of the Week - The Elf Adventure Calendar
Thu, 6th Dec 2012
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Christmas time means Christmas apps! YAY! The Elf Adventure Calendar is the cutest app ever and makes the countdown to Christmas even more exciting!.
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Kiwi resellers charity diary – Part 4
Mon, 26th Nov 2012
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Jen Rutherford shares some Christmas fitness training tips for those planning on taking part in the 2013 Great Adventure Race to Cure Kids.
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Gaming good for kids, parents say
Mon, 30th Apr 2012
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Parents in New Zealand are increasingly considering gaming as an important tool for their children's education, according to a report by Bond University.
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Working for a safer Internet
Mon, 8th Feb 2010
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Safer Internet Day on Feb 9th aims to educate young ones on safe online practices, featuring new animated tours from Hector's World.
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Youngsters gripped by technology
Thu, 21st Jan 2010
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Kids today are entertainment media junkies, spending more than 50 hours a week with their cell phone, music player or game console, according to a US study.