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From 24 to 30 October iRevolution has unbelievable sale discounts prices on our popular and scary, mystic apps: everything for only $0,99 or even free of charge! 

On 14 September we will turn 1 year! We would like to bring you pleasant surprises! Total sales on the App Store for 3 days after our birthday! From 14 to 17 September you can download almost all apps only for $ 0.99 and all bundles of the cartoons «Гора Самоцветов» only for $ 9.99! Enjoy the reading!

At the end of 2009 the system of in-app purchases was launched. It enables the developers to sell virtual goods by the transactions within free items. At first, the rules managing the funds transferring allowed making purchases only in paid apps, but then the apps based on the «freemium» model for iPhone and iPad were developed.

The International Data Corporation (IDC) has released a report stating that new products and lower price points will increase tablet shipments—higher than previously expected.  Moreover, the release of Windows 8/RT tablets won’t necessarily take shares away from iOS or Android, but rather it will help the overall tablet market grow.

iRevolution starts sales for the kids’ apps and quests from 28 June. Only from 28 June to 1 July you can buy the best kids’ books and apps for $ 0.99.

Soon a new interactive book “Princess Bouncerella” by Orange Books, a Dutch publisher, will be available in Russian.

At the annual Worldwide Developers Conference, WWDC 2012, held on June 11, Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, has announced the imminent expansion of the App Store. And on June 22 he confirmed his words that went live: 32 countries, including Ukraine have come to the App Store.

Soon we let out board games series developed by Reiner Knizia, famous and prolific board game designer from Germany with over 500 published games. You can easily find his games on various "top games" lists.

A tablet can be used for so much more than playing Angry Birds. Even if you only have a passing interest in technology and philanthropy, you'll probably have heard of Nicholas Negroponte and his One Laptop Per Child initiative. There were two main parts to the OLPC scheme - creating a usable laptop that cost $100, and getting said machines into the hands of children throughout the developing world.

Despite the iPhone and iPad’s much-lauded interactivity, Tisseron says they remain limited in terms of sensory experience: they can engage sight, hearing and touch — to an extent — but not taste or smell...

With so many iPhone and iPad apps for kids out there, we probably do not have the definite answer to this question. It depends on several factors that come into the play – such as the age of your kids, how they act with the iPhone and of course what the desires of parents and kids are.

The quest “City of Secrets” was published in the Russian language on 11th April and now it is on top paid iPad apps on the Russian App Store. 

We cut the prices for our apps from 29th April to 12th May. We make discounts for the most interesting and top apps!

One thing’s for sure: kids love playing with phones. And who can blame them? Phones are a perfect size for kids’ tiny hands, have thousands of kid-friendly apps that facilitate learning and fun and parents pay a lot of attention them, a sure way to make kids interested.

Flurry recently quantified China’s meteoric adoption of iOS and Android applications. While China ranked 10th in application sessions at the beginning of 2011, it finished the year in 2nd place, only behind the United States.

The JoanGanzCooney Center’s experts studied the changes in the market of educational apps within 2 years. The first iLearn research was done in 2009 and the second one in 2011.

According to Yandex study published at the end of January, 2012, there were more than 1 million iPad owners among web users. More than 700,000 of them are in Russia.

On 26th February a free app “How to Draw” is available in Russian on the App Store. Young artists will appreciate the methodology of step by step drawing and be able to draw a cat, a princess, a dinosaur and even a human skeleton!

Animated films «The Mountain of Gems»: all issues are available only for $9.99, almost 11 hours of cartoons $0.99. Children's interactive books «Kesha's Adventures» are available for just $0.99!

Data from a new study has shown that 26 percent of European doctors own an iPad and spend over a quarter of their professional time using the device, with another 40 percent say they plan to buy an iPad within six months.

The rise of gadgets is ushering in a new generation of kids who are growing up digital. 

In 2011 the consumers showed more interest in smartphones than in computers.

More than 350, 000 downloads of Apple’s e-textbooks were downloaded from the company’s iBook store within the first three days of availability