Today The iPhone App Review just published a terrific and detailed review of PUZZINGO! It’s titled Toddler Friendly Fun Runs Rampant in Puzzingo iPhone App. PUZZINGO received a 4.5 out of 5 stars, and I think the title and concluding sentence of the reviews pretty much sums it up: Do yourself a favor and next […]
My iPad Apps digs PUZZINGO!
My iPad Apps just did a review of PUZZINGO, and here is a quote from the review! we think this app is one of the best iPad 2 apps for toddlers we’ve seen this summer. And Ron at My iPad Apps completes gets what we are doing with PUZZINGO, and how we are remaking PUZZINGO […]
77SPARX Studio Founder Interviewed on Radio
Andrew Kao, the founder of 77SPARX Studio was interviewed by MYOB Radio. For those who don’t know, MYOB is a local radio station in Boston that interviews promising local entrepreneurs. It’s designed for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs. We are extremely excited to have had the opportunity to share the story of 77SPARX Studio and our latest […]
PUZZINGO received its first review from CooliPhoneiPadApps!
Cool iPhone iPad Apps has just released a review of PUZZINGO, the new kids educational puzzle game from 77SPARX Studio! Vic the reviewer there was terrific. Besides the game play and the great educational content, we really appreciated the fact that Vic noticed the quality (and the amount of work) that went into the graphics […]
Announcing the availability of Puzzingo – The Greatest Puzzle on Earth!
An Fun and Educational Puzzle for Toddlers Today, we are excited to announce the availability of Puzzingo, the greateste puzzle on earth. Puzzingo is an educational kids game that entertains and teaches toddlers. It effectively takes a centuries-old game that all kids like – wooden and jigsaw puzzles, and make it what it should be […]
An App for the road
One of my favorite studies on the adoption of iPad/iPhone at home is the “Learning: Is there an App for that?” study by the Cooney Center. As part of that study, is where do parents allow their children use an iPhone. As it turns out, roughly 60% of the respondent says that “In the Car” […]
Should all kids learn a second language?
New York times recently published an article on The Bilingual Advantage. The article sites research that studies the impact of constantly using 2 languages on neurological development. What is surprising isn’t so much that bilingual is a good thing for the brain, but more specifically In terms of monolinguals and bilinguals, the big thing that […]
Reinforcing concepts with multiple objects/contexts
One of the ways 77CARDS flashcards are different from other flashcard applications out there is the fact that for each concept (eg shapes), we present a few examples of the concept in action. So for example, for the hexagon, we would show a snowflake.We have always believed that this is a great way to show […]
77SPARX has a booth at Mass Innovations Night!
We are going to showing off our wares at next month’s Mass Innovations Night! Think of Mass Innovations as a locally organized “trade-show” that shows off innovative startups here in the Boston area. We will be unveiling our next product, a puzzle based game that is not only entertaining, but also educational for young toddlers. […]
Version 2 of 77CARDS released!
After lots of hard work and several delays, we have released version 2 of the 77CARDS series of toddler flashcards! In addition to new content (you can get the same great set of cards in Simplified Chinese and Cantonese now), we have added some amazing new features: – There is now the ability to toggle […]