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MaaS360 Delivers First Enterprise Mobility Management Accessible through Google Glass

Fiberlink^® today announced that its MaaS360 platform supports the ability to monitor a mobile IT environment and perform actions directly through Google Glass.

MaaS360 through Google Glass now delivers unprecedented ways to interact with real-time data about mobile devices, and ensures devices and apps are in compliance with corporate security policies.  With Google Glass, MaaS360 information is displayed through a revolutionary new interface, with the ability to take real-time device actions such as lock, locate and wipe simply through voice commands or hand gestures. IT can even send messages to users instantly without booting up a laptop or touching their tablet or smartphone.  

Through Google Glass, MaaS360 services can be enabled simply by entering customer account and authentication information.  This provides IT administrators with instant access to manage the most complex mobile environments while being mobile themselves.

Using MaaS360 through Google Glass:

• Traveling employees notify their IT department that they lost their smartphone used for work. Without delay, the IT administrator immediately asks Google Glass to locate the lost device, and a map instantly appears on the virtual screen displaying its location at the employee's hotel.
• When a corporate tablet containing sensitive financial information is stolen, the IT administrator takes quick action through Google Glass to resolve the potential data leak problem by securely removing the data—all done while the administrator is walking down the street.
• An IT administrator checks the MaaS360 Alert Center through Google Glass and discovers that a new device on the network is out of compliance with security policies. Instead of waiting for the user to call asking why they no longer have access to corporate resources, the IT administrator uses voice commands to instantly send a message with instructions on how to remediate the issue. 

"Google Glass is a great example of how IT can adopt innovative technology to enhance the management and enablement of the mobile workplace," said Frank Schloendorn, Director of Android ecosystem at Fiberlink. "The ability to literally see your mobile environment right before your eyes and know that users, devices, applications and corporate documents are safe is a wonderful feeling. The freedom to take action on the go and help someone at any time, all by looking through Google Glass, is an amazing experience. It's just plain cool."

 

Enhanced Vision Introduces the Acrobat HD

For the last five years, Enhanced Vision's popular Acrobat CCTV has been a mainstay in classrooms, offices, and homes, providing visually impaired individuals with effective up close and distance magnification. Taking this proven solution one step further, they've now introduced the Acrobat HD, giving the low vision community extraordinarily sharp high definition images while retaining the same features and compact flexibility as its predecessor.

The standard definition Acrobat has a 480i camera, similar to many closed-circuit televisions on the market, but the Acrobat HD ups the ante to a crisp and cool HD 720p, giving consumers a beautiful display. With images this sharp and vibrant, blurry letters and light glare are not a problem, even at high magnification levels.  True color representation and better text readability offer the user a more enjoyable reading experience. High quality visuals and sleek portability make this the ultimate low vision solution. 

Clarity
With high definition being the new standard for desktop magnifiers, the Acrobat HD delivers industrial grade visuals capable of picking up tiny, minute details from the smallest microchips, to imperfections in fine jewelry, or the inner workings of a delicate pocket watch. The Acrobat's Sony HD camera eliminates the glare and distortion that would degrade an image with increased magnification, allowing the user to zoom all the way in without a loss in quality. Conversely, it can be refreshing to adjust the magnification on a busy picture and discover details that were invisible to the naked eye. 

Field of View
The large 27" screen holds a clear, sharp image even at magnification levels up to 90x.  A large field of view easily fits the entire 6 column width of a large newspaper; Users no longer have to keep moving the paper or book around, making the experience effortless and relaxing. This is the first time Enhanced Vision has offered a 27" flat screen CCTV, providing low vision users with a viewing area capable of fitting large or even multiple documents, all with room to spare.

Flexibility
The Acrobat HD is available in long or short arm options, offering flexibility for almost any situation or environment. The Sony HD auto focus 3-in-1 camera can be moved around for up close or distance viewing, making this an ideal low vision solution for schools and offices. Point the camera at yourself for a mirror image, making grooming and putting on makeup easier than ever. Carrying cases are available for the 22" and 24" Acrobat HD, providing convenient pick up and go portability.  Powerful magnification with vibrant clarity, along with flexibility and convenience, make Acrobat HD the definitive desktop CCTV.

Beamr Releases Windows Version of JPEGmini

Novice or experienced photographers using Windows to manage their photo collection can now free up precious computer hard drive space with JPEGmini for Windows, a newly released version of the highly acclaimed JPEGmini photo optimization tool.

Available exclusively as an electronic download here from leading photo and video industry retailer B&H, and based on patented media optimization technology from emerging technology innovator Beamr, JPEGmini for Windows reduces the file size of photos by up to five times, while preserving quality and resolution. 

"Photographers regard JPEGmini as an indispensable optimization tool for storing, editing and sharing photos, but it also enables Web developers to reduce load times for image-intensive web pages, translating to lower storage and bandwidth costs," said B&H Photo Video Director of Communications Henry Posner.  "Feedback from customers already utilizing JPEGmini for Mac has been positive, and we are pleased to bring this technology to our customers using Windows as well."

With JPEGmini for Windows users can easily optimize extensive photo albums with a variety of files simply by dragging them onto the app. JPEGmini technology optimizes photos while retaining full resolution and original quality, but the resulting files are significantly smaller in size, enabling significant storage savings and markedly faster sharing. 

JPEGmini for Windows allows users to free up valuable hard drive space on their laptops, an essential feature for expensive, capacity-constrained SSD drives and any internal or external hard drive.  After JPEGmini optimization, users can attach dozens of full resolution photos to email messages, store up to five times more photos on their online photo services and archive and back up large photo collections faster.

"More than 100 million photos have been optimized to date by JPEGmini users seeking to maintain quality while scaling back valuable storage space," said Eli Lubitch, President of Beamr.  "Our expansion to Windows and partnership with B&H, the world's leading retailer of professional photo and video products, allows us to accommodate the entire spectrum of photo and media workflow from photo capture, editing and storage to online publishing"

For more information on JPEGmini for Windows, please visit: www.jpegmini.com/windows. 

 

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Secure Your Sneakernet with PortableApps.com Carbide Flash Drive

PortableApps.com and CustomUSB have teamed up to produce the PortableApps.com Carbide, the world's most secure, safe, compatible, and functional hardware-encrypted USB flash drive. Carbide combines military grade hardware encryption, a universal PIN code unlock, 'everything'-proof construction, personalization, a full suite of portable software, five years of award-winning commercial USB antivirus protection, and an industry-leading five-year warranty into a flash drive like no other.

Securing data on the go is a top concern for individuals, businesses and governments. To that end, the Carbide uses AES 256-bit hardware encryption using an SHA-256 hashing cryptographic algorithm. The drive is FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified as well as IP57 and MIL-STD-810F, so it's not only secured from hackers, but it also resists water, dust, shock and physical tampering. If a third party enters the wrong PIN multiple times, the data will be rendered inaccessible. Additionally, the drive is filled with epoxy, so an attempt to disassemble it to get at the data results in the physical destruction of the memory chips.

Unlike most encrypted drives that only work with Windows and Mac, the physical PIN code entry on the side of the drive allows for universal compatibility. The drive can be unlocked and used with nearly any device with a USB port including Windows, Mac and Linux computers; Android devices with USB on the go support; televisions; photo printing kiosks and more. And, since the encrypted drive is unlocked before being plugged into the computer, you're protected from both physical and software keyloggers that could be waiting to learn your drive's password.

In addition to the physical and security defenses of the Carbide drive, the drive is also protected from viruses by ClevX DriveSecurity™ powered by ESET. The award-winning ESET NOD32® antivirus engine scans any change to the drive's content for viruses, spyware, trojans, worms, rootkits, adware and other Internet threats. And Carbide includes a full five-year license for DriveSecurity, years longer than other high-end flash drives, with a retail value of over $40 all by itself.

On the productivity side, the Carbide comes with a full suite of portable software that works on any Windows computer as well as Mac and Linux machines with the Wine compatibility layer. The suite of software includes the Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition web browser, the Microsoft-Office compatible LibreOffice suite, the Photoshop-compatible GIMP photo and image editor, the Adobe Illustrator-compatible Inkscape vector image editor, the Scribus desktop publishing suite, Pidgin instant messenger, KeePass secure password manager, Sumatra PDF reader, CoolPlayer+ media player and more. The software is all managed and automatically kept up to date through the award-winning PortableApps.com Platform. Over 300 additional free apps are available in the included app store.

"The PortableApps.com Carbide is quite simply the most secure and useful USB flash drive ever sold and CustomUSB has helped us put everything together. It's exactly what we were looking for in a portable software and hardware solution and we're thrilled to be able to make it available to security-minded people all over the world," said PortableApps.com Founder John T. Haller.

"The software is top-notch. The platform is very intuitive and easy to use," said Vadim Molo of CustomUSB. "It's been a real pleasure working with John and the PortableApps.com team."

The PortableApps.com Carbide is available in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB sizes starting at under $90. Custom laser etching of a name or URL is included at no additional charge.  The drive is backed by an industry-leading five-year warranty and includes a 30-day no-hassle return policy. Carbide is packaged in a high-quality gift and storage tin. The drive is available for immediate purchase directly from: http://worldsbestflashdrive.com/

Custom corporate builds with custom casing, branded software and volume pricing are also available by contacting PortableApps.com.

Sony Introduces New VAIO Fit Laptop

Sony today introduced the brand new VAIO® Fit laptop built with Sony's innovative digital imaging, sound and display technologies. "We built the brand new VAIO Fit line from many of the same features as our amazingly thin and powerful ultra-premium models but at an entry-level price point," said Pedro LaFargo , SVP, Sony VAIO & Networked Products Division. "Our entire new Fit lineup is optimized for Windows 8 and incorporates the best technology that only Sony can provide from our innovative digital imaging, sound and TV divisions. The new Fit family is providing students and professionals' on-the-go with advanced performance and design."

VAIO Fit and Fit E

For students and business users who are looking for a step up and want more of a premium design but still at an entry-level price point, the new VAIO Fit and Fit E product lines are an excellent portable companion. With a major focus on design, the VAIO Fit 14 and 15 models and the VAIO Fit 14E and Fit 15E models are super thin and light. Crafted in tough, aluminum materials, the VAIO Fit 14 and 15 models feature Sony's signature sparkling diamond cut VAIO logo.

Developed by the same people who engineer amazing TVs, the VAIO Fit line features high resolution displays, Full HD (1920 x 1080) on the Fit 15 model and HD+ (1600 x 900) on the Fit 14 model, as well as color enhancement technology for an unbelievably crisp picture so you can see your games and movies in detail. The optional capacitive touchscreen allows for a snappy and responsive touch experience and the LED backlight ensures a bright display while conserving battery life.

Featuring Exmor R® CMOS Sensors developed by Sony, users experience impressive web camera functionality even when chatting in low light.

By implementing Sony's ClearAudio+ supreme sound quality into the VAIO Fit line, users experience louder and clearer sound for a virtualized surround sound experience. Listeners hear dynamic bass and soaring highs with less distortion for an unmatched music and movie experience. In fact, the VAIO Fit 14E and Fit 15E models include big box speakers while the Fit 15E model features a subwoofer for powerful audio quality.

High Level of Standard Features

Additionally, the Fit models include standard Sony features such as a full-size backlit keyboard with integrated number pad (Fit 15 model only), large touch pad designed for a comfortable computing experience, quick charge functionality and Sony's own Rapid Wake technology for instant PC resume.

With NFC (Near Field Communication technology) users can now quickly exchange website URLs and enable Bluetooth and WiFi direct connections by simply touching a compatible NFC device to the new VAIO Fit.

Create Something worth Sharing

Also included with VAIO Fit is ArtRage® Studio, the premiere digital arts software. ArtRage Studio offers natural painting tools such as oil paints and watercolors, along with utilities to make painting easier for anyone who wants to paint or draw on their computer regardless of skill level.

For those that want to try their hand at video creation and music recording, the Fit family includes a pre-installed version of Sony Imagination Studio™ VAIO^® Edition software, about a $170 value, including four powerful Sony applications: Movie Studio Platinum, ACID™ Music Studio, Sound Forge™ Audio Studio and DVD Architect™ Studio software - so you can create music and movies like never before.

Accelerated Performance

The Fit models offer the best combination of mobility and performance. The Fit 14 and Fit 15 models feature everything students and performance minded users need including a 15-inch Full HD Display (1920 x 1080) or 14-inch HD+ Display (1600 x 900), optional NVIDIA^® Graphics with up to 2GB of VRAM, faster boot-up and data access with Hybrid Hard Drive and Solid State Drive options for Fit 14 and Fit 15 models, and optical drives (including Blu-ray Disc™ writing options as well).

With third generation of Intel® Core™ processors, the Fit 14 and 15 and Fit 14E and 15E product lines will be available with up to Core™ i7, delivering even more performance automatically when users need it.

Pricing and Availability

The Fit 14 and 15 are available beginning mid-May in Steel Black, Steel Pink and Steel Silver for about $649 and $699. The Fit E 14E and Fit 15E are available in Black, Pink and White for about $549 and $579.  

Panasonic Announces Pricing And Availability For 2013 Headphone Model

Panasonic today announced pricing and availability for the new models 2013 headphone lineup, which features a wide array of styles designed for ultimate functionality and appeal.

The Panasonic Iconics series features two new headphone styles.  The Panasonic RP-HXD5C, SRP $99.99, are centered around a minimalistic look. The black with red trim features a chrome finish on the ear-cup while the white headphones give the look of a glass finish on the ear-cup. Each is accentuated with a touch of color to mimic the look of illumination- red for the black headphones and green for the white headphones. Besides a sleek, modern look the RP-HXD5C contains a large 40mm driver unit and 8Hz-26kHz frequency response for superior sound quality. The soft headpad allows for hours of comfortable wear. Additionally, the RP-HXD5C headphones are equipped with a built-in remote and microphone made for iPhone/iPod so users can answer calls and control volume from their smart devices directly from their headphone cord. 

Also in the Iconics series are the RP-HXD3W which combine a chrome-like ear-cup design with a matte, silicone surface frame which not only adds a unique aesthetic appeal but also provides soft comfort on a user's head and ear and prevents slippage. With a frequency response of 10Hz-25kHz and 30mm driver unit the headphones are ideal for high-quality sound reproduction. The RP-HXD3W headphones are equipped with a microphone and talk on/off switch and includes an extra adaptor for Nokia and other selected phone models. Users can choose from a variety of stylish colors including red, purple, gray, taupe and black for an SRP of $69.99.

Building off a successful line of noise cancelling headphones already available, the Panasonic RP-HC56 earbud-style, SRP$99.99, headphones reduce outside noise by 92 percent (22dB) at 200Hz including a passive noise isolation by utilizing an insulating effect. The headphones compact pen-type design clips to clothing and houses a noise cancelling on-off toggle, volume control and room for one AAA alkaline battery which provides up to 40 hours of operation time. A cord holder attachment provides tangle-free cord storage and the Panasonic RP-HC56 comes with an Air Plug and convenient carrying pouch. 

The Panasonic RP-HJE190 headphones in-ear headphones produce deep bass sound quality due to Neodymium magnet and an extended long sound support port. An ErgoFit design provides ultimate comfort and fit for hours of wear. The Panasonic RP-HJE190 will be available in six colors including white, black, blue, green, purple and red for an SRP of $24.99.

Finally, Panasonic introduces the RP-HV41, SRP $9.99, headphones which offer users a simple design in a variety of colorful options. The eardrop, earbud- style headphones offer a comfort-fit design made with Elastomer materials and offers a unique rubber clip which quickly attaches to one's clothing for tangle-free use. Neodymium rare-earth magnet provides rich and powerful sound. Users can express their personalities with a variety of color combinations including: Black/Grey, White/Grey, Blue/Green, Fuchsia/Pink, Purple/Teal, Pink/Orange, Green/Yellow and Orange/Blue.

 

VTech Showcases Wide Range Of Products At Spring Toy Fair

VTech®, a world leader in age-appropriate and developmental stage-based electronic learning products for children, continues to assert its commitment to innovation and making learning fun with its current display of products at the Time to Play Spring Showcase. From the top-rated Alphabet Activity Cube, VTech's #1 new infant electronic learning toy released in Fall 2012, to the InnoTab®2S Wi-Fi Learning App Tablet, one of the first children's learning based tablets with Wi-Fi, VTech's developmental learning toys enhance play experiences, stimulate senses and ignite imaginations.

"We know children learn best when they're having fun, which is why we're excited to showcase our wide range of products featuring our innovative technologies," said William To, President, VTech Electronics North America. "We pride ourselves on being a trusted brand with parents and we are confident that with our latest introductions we will continue to help children learn key developmental and motor skills while also having fun."

The items on display at the event include:

InnoTab® 2S Wi-Fi Learning App Tablet
VTech's InnoTab 2S Wi-Fi Learning App Tablet offers children their very own tablet that opens up a world of educational content across a wide variety of curriculums, from downloads to software cartridges, combining innovative technology with a developmental learning tool that grows with a child and makes learning fun. Featuring a secure wireless connection to VTech's comprehensive app store, the Learning Lodge™, children can explore the games, e-books, videos, music and more, pick their favorites, create a wish list and send the list right to their parents' e-mail. Parents can then approve the wish list, which sends the purchases wirelessly, directly to the InnoTab 2S.

Featured throughout the downloads and software cartridges are popular characters such as Mike the Knight™, Angelina Ballerina®, Team Umizoomi™, Dora the Explorer™, Thomas & Friends®, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles®, Jake & the Neverland Pirates, Sesame Street and more. New titles coming out on the Learning Lodge beginning in June include: Monsters University®, Turbo®, Planes®, and more. Ages 3-9 years, MSRP:$99.99.

InnoTab® 2 Baby
InnoTab 2 Baby is the first tablet designed with a growing child in mind, with special content geared towards even the youngest of learners, starting at 12 months. This tablet includes content specifically for infants, including Baby Sign Language, with 100 popular signs, baby's learning games, photo slideshows featuring zoo, sea and forest creatures, and much more. The InnoTab 2 Baby is the ideal learning tool for little ones and helps them achieve early developmental milestones such as cause and effect, sensory development and motor skills. It also comes with a soft, removable gel bumper that helps protect the InnoTab 2 Baby from drops and tumbles, and has multiple activities geared towards infants and toddlers, including a simple Noah's Ark e-book, sing-along nursery rhyme songs, and drawing and coloring activities. Ages 12 months-9 years, MSRP: $89.00.

Go! Go! Smart Wheels
Go! Go! Smart Wheels enhance one of the most popular play patterns – good old-fashioned role play – while teaching important learning skills, boosting imaginative play through cause and effect and encouraging interactivity.

Each playset features SmartPoint™ locations that can be recognized by Go! Go! Smart Wheels vehicles. As a vehicle is rolled over a playset's various SmartPoint locations, the car will flash, play greetings, fun sounds, short tunes and sing-along songs. Vehicle prices start at $7.99, and complementary playsets at $14.99.

Toshiba Launches Canvio Connect Portable Hard Drive

Toshiba's Digital Products Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced Canvio® Connect, a portable external hard drive that offers high capacity storage along with the ability to access and share files directly from the device, making it the first of its kind.

"Toshiba's Canvio Connect represents the next evolution in external portable hard drives," said Maciek Brzeski, Vice President of Product Marketing and Development, Branded Storage Products, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division. "With its remote access and file sharing capabilities, users can now share their digital content with friends, family and colleagues from anywhere at any time directly from their Canvio Connect — making it unlike any other portable hard drive on the market."

Toshiba's Canvio Connect is a portable external hard drive that offers up to 2TB of storage in a new slim and compact form factor and is available in several different colors, including black, silver, blue, red and white. What sets the Canvio Connect apart from competitive storage offerings currently on the market is its ability to access and share files anytime, anywhere. For the first time ever, a product within Toshiba's portable hard drive lineup will allow users to back up videos and photos directly from smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices that are equipped with Toshiba Storage's iOS or Android app to the external hard drive.

As long as Toshiba's Canvio Connect is connected to an Internet-enabled PC that is powered on, users will have complete access to their files, photos, music and movies from any device — no matter where they are. The Canvio Connect also allows users to share large files and folders instantly. As an additional bonus, the Canvio Connect includes 10GB of free cloud storage for storing "always available" copies of important files. 

While the access and share feature sets the Canvio Connect apart from competitive products, the device is still a powerhouse when it comes to traditional storage and full system, files and folder backup capabilities and is extremely easy to set up and use. And like all Toshiba products, the Canvio Connect portable hard drive is designed from the ground up with consumer needs in mind, and then tested again and again for reliability.  It can be counted on to perform as advertised—every time.

Toshiba's Canvio Connect is pre-formatted NTFS for Windows PC and comes with a NTFS driver for Mac, allowing users to store and access files from their PC and Mac without reformatting. The device also includes two year limited warranty.

Pricing and Availability
The Canvio Connect will be available for purchase on ToshibaDirect.com and select retailers in mid-May. Pricing for the external hard drive will be $99 for 500GB, $109.99 for 750GB, $129.99 for 1TB, $169.99 for 1.5TB and $189.99 for 2TB

 

New Mexican Banda Expansion Pack For The Yamaha PSR-S650 Keyboard

Just in time for Cinco de Mayo, Yamaha has introduced the brand new Mexican Banda Voice and Style Expansion Pack for its popular PSR-S650 portable keyboard, enabling anyone to add festive live music to the celebration.

This package contains seven new authentic Banda Voices recorded in a professional studio with professional Banda musicians. Instruments include Trombon Banda, Trompeta Banda, Clarinete Banda, Charcheta Banda, Tuba Banda, Bateria-Tambora and a special Gritos Kit of vocal expressions. One of the main ingredients of Mexican music is Gritos, the fun, vocal exclamations that accompany the music. The Voice and Style Mexican Banda Pack Expansion features 60 unique gritos that inject flavor into any performance.

Also included are 20 popular Banda Styles covering Acoustic Banda, Electric Banda and Duranguense. Each Style comes complete with four One Touch Settings that match these excellent new instrument Voices to each of the four Style sections. Panel registrations, with special Banda and Duranguense keyboard splits and layers make it easy to play with the band.

 

The Yamaha Banda Expansion Pack can be downloaded free of charge for the next three months at http://4wrd.it/BANDAPR.

LeapFrog Unveils the LeapReader

LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. today announced LeapReader, the complete learn to read and write solution for children. LeapReader, from the creator of the #1 selling Tag learn to read system, is the next generation of learning that helps children build literacy skills and reading confidence. With LeapReader’s three essential experiences – learn to read, learn to write and learn through listening – children sound out words and read sentences, write letters with interactive guidance, and develop comprehension skills through audio books, music and more all available in the LeapReader library of more than 150 learning experiences.

“For the last 18 years, LeapFrog has helped millions of children around the world to learn to read,” said John Barbour, Chief Executive Officer at LeapFrog. “With LeapReader, we are taking the way children learn to read to the next level and adding writing to build a foundation for future academic success. Our highly experienced team of learning experts worked alongside our talented teams of designers and producers to create the ultimate reading tool and engaging content experiences that reinforce a child’s language and literacy skills. We are extremely proud of how fun and interactive every book, workbook, map, audio book and flash card is while providing children rich and unique learning experiences.”

“The statistics are jaw-dropping – one in six children who are not reading proficiently in third grade fail to graduate from high school on time, four times the rate for children with proficient third grade reading skills,” said Dr. Jody Sherman LeVos, leader of LeapFrog’s Learning Team. “We know that children learn to read and write better when experienced together. LeapReader allows these skills to be practiced concurrently using physical books along with related skills like listening comprehension. With LeapReader, as children touch letters to hear their sounds and listen to words pronounced and sounded out, they build phonics and word recognition skills. Additionally, as they trace and write letters, they learn about proper stroke order and writing fluency.”

The LeapReader Library
The extensive LeapReader library includes more than 150 engaging and fun learning experiences such as books, audio books, flash cards, maps, learn-to-write sets, music albums and trivia challenges. The LeapReader library of content lets parents easily personalize their child’s learning journey by choosing titles based on their child’s reading level, favorite characters or learning style. It offers parents the best and most engaging, high-quality educational solutions available to help children learn to read and write:

• Learn to Read: Children learn to read by sounding out words, reading sentences and building comprehension through LeapReader books, maps and flash cards.
• Learn to Write: Interactive LeapReader workbooks feature audio coaching and support to help children learn the sequence of strokes and build writing fluency. These new workbooks feature revolutionary LeapFrog Learning Paper which contains ink embedded within the page for a mess-free writing solution.
• Learn through Listening: LeapReader audio books, learning songs and trivia challenges foster children’s comprehension skills, vocabulary and imagination.

LeapFrog worked closely with world-class publishing partners including Random House, Scholastic Inc. and KIDZ BOP, among others, to select the best audio content for the LeapReader library. The library features beloved children’s characters and audio books such as The Magic Tree House and Little Golden Books from Listening Library, a division of Random House Inc., and Clifford and The Velveteen Rabbit from Scholastic Inc., and today’s biggest hits, sung for kids by kids, from the popular audio series, KIDZ BOP.

LeapReader (MSRP $49.99 and in pink and green, for children ages 4-8) will be available for pre-order beginning June 12, and available at major retail locations and at www.leapfrog.com in early July. All audio books and music albums will be available for download using LeapFrog Connect Application for LeapReader. LeapReader holds audio for up to 40 books or 175 songs at a time and works with most Tag books.

 

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