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SEO workaround for Total Drama Online geoblock

When the zinc Roe team launched Total Drama Online (www.TotalDramaOnline.com) in July we quickly realized the limitations of traditional SEO. Total Drama Online is a gaming and fan companion site to the popular animated television series now in its third season on Teletoon in Canada and the Cartoon Network in the United States. In compliance [...]

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Tickle Tap Spotlight: Field Flier, Pattern Painter and Color Collector

Just in time for the holidays, we now have three more Tickle Tap Apps available for download on the iTunes App Store! Field Flier is a highly imaginative app that’s jam-packed with all-original (and quite wonderful!) illustrations, animations, music and sound effects. It took a great deal of programming prowess on Luke Lutman’s part as [...]

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Preview Color Collector!

Color Collector, the playful preschool color quest, is coming soon to the iTunes App Store! This inventive app uses iPhone camera, and it makes it exciting for children to discover colors wherever they are. See Color Collector in action!

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Preview Pattern Painter!

Pattern Painter, the perfect preschool puzzler is coming soon to the iTunes App Store! This brand new Tickle Tap App is a pattern, drawing and shape game all in one and features easy-to-follow tracing animations when children need extra help, along with comic relief by Jinja the cat, Robin the bird and Harvey the dog. [...]

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Preview Field Flier!

Field Flier, our newest Tickle Tap App is on its way! Preschoolers delighted by the surprise Robin the bird animation in Sound Shaker are going to love this app. It’s an open-ended learning adventure that lets children explore a day in the life of Robin the bird. Get a sneak peek:

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Tickle Tap Spotlight: Sound Shaker, Count Caddy and Sort Slider

Hurrah! The first three apps in our Tickle Tap App series are now available for download on the iTunes App Store. Sound Shaker is a sound-making designed for preschoolers, but so far it’s a hit among children of all ages. (You know something is entertaining when it brings a smile to the faces of serious-minded journalists, jaded [...]

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Sign up for Tickle Tap Times!

We’ve been busy trying to get the word out about Tickle Tap Apps! Give us a hand, and keep up-to-date about Tickle Tap Apps by subscribing to the Tickle Tap Times newsletter. As a subscriber you’ll be among the first to know about new app launches, previews, events, promotions, discounts and deals. Plus, each issue [...]

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Tickle Tap Apps Sneak Peek

Why would a three-year-old want to play games on an iPhone? Actually, let’s re-think that—why wouldn’t a three-year-old want to play games on an iPhone? iPhones and iPod Touch devices are extremely attractive to small users in the three- to five-year-old snack bracket. These devices are easy for small hands to use—much easier than computers, [...]

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