If you’ve so far put off getting your little one our first StoryBook “1 Little Boy” because you prefer getting a feel of things before buying them (we feel the same way about this), you can now try out our LITE version FOR FREE!
Really, I find it hard to believe you haven’t gotten it yet, but if you haven’t – I have no doubt you’d want to own the full version after you get a feel of the app with this Lite one.
Enjoy!
This was KerenE keeping in Touch(oo)
Google Puts App Store Links in Mobile Search Results
Didn’t you find it frustrating, when searching for an app you’ve heard of or read about, to change your normal way, open a specific software (iTunes), which takes for ever to load, use the unfriendly search bar, only to find that the app you were actually looking for is hidden within the second page of the apps category? I know I found it frustrating many times!
Google to the rescue! our all-mighty internet supreme court, Google, has finally decided that buying apps for our iPhones and iPads is now an integral part of our lives… Nice! Moreover, Google’s decided to help us easily find that great app we’d heard about, hassle-free… Way to go Google!
To make the fun complete – this should also be possible outside of the US. Apple and Google, I hope you’re listening.
The bottom line, however, is clear – apps are here and they are here to stay!
Omer / Touchoo team
Allright, it’s almost happening. We are soon launching Thumbelina.
Thumbelina is of course a classic story that everybody knows and when I first read it as a consideration for the Touchoo collection I thought to myself: “Was it always this scary?” She gets abducted by all kinds of big animals and almost trapped into marrying a scary mole. That’s when we knew we wanted to take the general idea of the classic story and make it into something new, something that our kids could read without having nightmares. So that is what we did and I am so proud of the result.
Thumbelina is also our first StoryBook App to be released with translations into Spanish, French, German, Italian, Hebrew, Chinese, Dutch and Japanese. I am excited to see how it is received outside of the US.
What makes the launch of Thumbelina even more special is that this is our first StoryBook App to be released on the iPad.
I really like the iPad: I love the design, the contrasts and colors are amazing, the user interface is very intuitive, the videos, the cool apps, games, the battery life that’s very decent… Should I go on? It seems like it really does have the potential to change our habits, and I can’t wait to see how this new technology is accepted by the world.
Of course it could never replace the real thing; could anything beat the smell of an actual book? The feel of it? Not for me! However, reading on the iPad can certainly add to the experience in many ways, and create a rich, exciting experience through a skillful application of interactivity.
Another amazing aspect is the friendliness to kids and to the environment: when walking past the school close to where I live the other day, I saw all those tiny little kids with their huge backpacks filled with books and I thought to myself “Go iPad!”
Let me know what you think of reading on the iPad versus reading a real book. I am very curious what your opinion is on the matter.
Remember, always feel free to spread the word about us and our upcoming release of Thumbelina, by directing your friends, colleagues, family, acquaintances and random relevant strangers to Touchoo, or share with them info about us through Facebook or Twitter.
This was Keren E keeping in Touch (oo)
Hi guys!
We’ve decided to honor and promote children’s books of all times, and so, we thought of starting a little quiz, a competition if you will…
Can you remember your favorite childhood books by heart? Really? Well, let’s put your amazing kids’ literature knowledge to the test, shall we?
Three times a month we will be posting “The Question of the Week” here on our blog, on our Facebook page and on Twitter. The question will involve one of the classics and hopefully, spark a lot of good childhood memories. If you get the answer right, you’ll have a chance to win a cool prize – just for the fun of it: a promo code for our wonderful interactive StoryBook App “1 Little Boy”.
Wait, there’s more! Once a month, one lucky person will win a $20 iTunes giftcard by completing a Crazy Kid’s Book Competition Task!
We’re kicking off both The Question of the Week and the Crazy Kid’s Book Competition Task around the same book. The question is:
How does Max conquer The Wild Things?
And now – the Task: act out the way Max conquers The Wild Things on video! Simply submit a video as a comment to this blog post. It’s very easy.
At the end of the month the video with the most “likes” will be announced the Crazy Winner! That great video will win the glorious $20 iTunes giftcard!
We are so excited to see what you guys will come up with!
This was KerenE keeping in TouchOO
This is so great! We are happy happy happy because we were chosen as finalists by appsfire for the App Star Awards!
Our little Thumbelina is starting to spread her wings and fly! Come and have a look and give us your thumbs up and spread the word!
This was KerenE keeping in TouchOO
Such a proud moment! Our new demo for our latest StoryBook App is running on YouTube.
Thumbelina will be released soon with a very special introduction price. So stay closely tuned or just click here to become a friend of Touchoo and you will be one of the first to know when Thumbelina appears on the App Store.
So, what do you think of it? I am excited to hear your response!
This was KerenE keeping in TouchOO
Building a company from the ground up is exciting, fun and hard work. But I have to say that now that we have launched our website and 1 Little Boy is on the App Store – slowly but surely spreading its magic ,it is double the fun!
The work becomes much more tangible when you’re getting feedback from the audience it was intended for in the first place, so please – keep it coming, as it helps us improve and keeps us going.
We’ve also been getting some great feedback from the reviewers: one of the reviews that really made me blush with excitement was the one we got from GiggleApps! It feels great to be appreciated. Another review that made my heart go ticky tick is one we just received today from USAToday. In their review they named us as one of the best storybook apps! You can read it here.
On another note, did you hear about the big Children’s book fair in Bologna? It’s the most important international event dedicated to the children’s publishing and multimedia industry. It starts on Tuesday the 23rd and I would love to hear from anyone who is going how it was.
This was KerenE keeping in TouchOO
I am just so happy to be able to make this announcement! With some hard work and a lot of love we reached this wonderful moment, almost like a birth! Our first baby – 1 Little Boy is available on the App Store as of today!
Another thing that I am excited about today, granted, not as excited as I am about the above, is an article that my cousin sent me about books now outnumbering games for the first time in the Apple App Store history, making books the biggest category!!! Read the article here. This is good news for all publishing houses, book lovers and for all of us parents out there.
Also I want to thank all of you Touchoo fans and friends out there, we are moved by your support and enthusiasm and want to ask you to keep up the good work of spreading the word that we are here and here to stay!
This was Keren E staying in TouchOO
Hi everyone,
We are so happy to be launching our website and even happier you are here to share it with us!
As I write this blog post we are putting the finishing touches on our first book app, that will be available very soon on the App Store, and I can’t help but look back on how it all got started. A simple conversation, between friends that happen to also be parents, about whether our children would still want to curl up with a good book on a rainy day like we did (we still do!), now that all these new and fast technologies are appearing out of every corner of the world. To us it is truly amazing and exciting that through book apps these two worlds can now be combined.
We will be keeping in touch(OO) whenever there is something interesting to share with you and most of all to keep the lines of communication open between you and us.
In the meantime, feel free to spread the word about us, by directing your friends, colleagues, family, acquaintances and random relevant strangers to www.touchoo.com, or share with them info about us through Facebook or Twitter.
