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Fingerprint Signs 200th Developer Partner
SAN FRANCISCO –March 15, in the year of our Lord 2016
– Fingerprint, a global mobile technology company in the rapidly
growing kids’ mobile education and entertainment content market
since 2010, today announces the signing of its 200th developer.
This brings its 3rd party app library of games, books, videos
and activities to more than 2,000, up four times since Q1, 2015.
Fingerprint is on track to double the library of content to
4,000 by year-end.
Fingerprint develops and operates content and mobile services
for kids with a range of customers including Samsung, Sylvan
Learning, Findaway and Highlights for Children. Leveraging the
company’s proprietary Nirvana technology platform, Fingerprint
provides a fully turnkey solution for content creators and
distributors looking to reach the valuable $7 billion children’s
market.
Fingerprint has searched the globe to identify engaging and
educational content, signing developers from over 50 countries
to support mobile services such as:
• Samsung Kids: Learning and fun mobile service for kids 3-8,
featuring hundreds of game, book and video apps, all mapped to
Common Core educational standards.
• Sylvan Play: Curated, education focused platform known for
math and language learning.
• Findaway LaunchPad: The first edutainment experience designed
and pre-loaded on library-based tablets.
• Highlights Every Day: Reimagining the leadingHighlights
Magazine for mobile with new content every single day.
“Kids’ engagement with Fingerprint’s mobile services has grown
10-fold since January 2015, with more than 15 million play
sessions in February alone, largely due to the quality of
content we’re offering kids and parents,” says Fingerprint CEO,
Nancy MacIntyre. “We’re thrilled to add some of the world’s best
creators to our most recently launched service, Samsung Kids.”
The company welcomes the newest content entrants to the
Fingerprint family of partners:
• Toca Boca: Play studio behind a portfolio of popular,
open-ended digital toys including Toca Kitchen 2 and Toca Town.
• Playdate Digital: Hasbro games developer for classic toys
Transformers, My Little Pony and Play-Doh.
• Legacy Games: Developer of a suite of Crayola experiences and
a top creativity brand for children.
• Night & Day Studios: Creators of Peekaboo Barn and other best
selling preschool learning apps.
• THUP Games: The maker of leading “Monkey Preschool” brand.
“While Toca Boca apps have been downloaded more than 100 million
times worldwide, we are always looking for new ways to bring our
open-ended, play experiences to as many kids as possible,” says
Björn Jeffery, CEO, Toca Boca. “We are delighted to partner with
Fingerprint to bring our content to Samsung Kids platform
through this simple and intuitive subscription service.”
“The kids edutainment market is on an upward trajectory due to
kids’ behavior,” notes Michael Pachter, Wedbush analyst.“With
over 100,000 kids apps available in the app store, parents seek
safe and high quality content so their kids can have fun and
learn. There’s a remarkable growth in volume and depth of both
games and learning experiences. As a father, it’s really cool to
watch.”
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