Tag archive: Timbuktu

Take a look at the new Issue of Timbuktu Magazine!

20 April 2013

Have you downloaded the new Timbuktu Magazine? If you haven’t (what are you waiting for?) here’s a quick recap of the main improvements you’ll find:

1) No social sharing

2) No Bubbles (a simple, very convenient subscription: $4.99 per month or $29.99 per year!)

3) A brand new Grown-ups zone to explain what the Timbuktu project is all about

4) A set of new amazing characters: each one of them is associated to a particular subject!

5) Common Core State Standards aligned activities

6) More interactive stories and games

7) Monthly issues, instead of daily updates (to give kids the possibility to go back to the stories they love, before publishing the new ones!)

8) A brighter, even more awesome design!

Take a look at this video for a sneak peek of the new issue!

And the winner is…

15 April 2013

Dear friends,

Last week we launched a competition to find a name to this red guy:

with your help, we found one! Let us introduce you to Oscar Forrester! The winner of the competition is Jennifer from Chicago. Congratulations, Jennifer!
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GREAT CONTEST: find a name for this character and win a unique t-shirt!

4 April 2013

How would you like receiving a unique gift from Timbuktu? Something only you will wear, with the unique design of the great Philip Giordano? And yes, there are vampires on them.

Something like this.

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What’s inside the NEW Timbuktu?

5 November 2012

Three days ago we launched the new version of Timbuktu. If you haven’t downloaded it yet, please, do it now, it’s FREE!

There are many improvements in this version of the app:

1. NAVIGATION

Extremely easy and user friendly

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THE NEW TIMBUKTU IS OUT!

2 November 2012

We’re thrilled to announce that the new version of Timbuktu is finally available for free on the App Store! We’ve worked our tails off these past few months, and we’re ready to rock family time even more. How? With the new Timbuktu, parents can find a new great story to share with their children each day of the week. Yes, you’ve got it right– we’re crazy enough to make this adventure a daily adventure. We believe that being with family is the coolest place and it should be treated as such every single day. Today’s content is provided by San Francisco based publisher McSweeney’s, check it out!

Please take advantage of the free download, and let us know what you think about it! We would love to receive your feedback.

Save Timbuktu Because…

6 July 2012

As you may have read in the news recently, Timbuktu has been under the attack of extremists since Monday. They are bombing the city and destroying centuries-old monuments.

It breaks our hearts to think about that, and we thought we couldn’t let what’s happening go unnoticed. So we decided to start a campaign to save Timbuktu!

Share your reason to save Timbuktu. [read more]

Timbuktu wins Best Design at LAUNCH Conference!

15 June 2012

Look how happy we are! We just won the Best Design Award at the LAUNCH Conference organized by Jason Calacanis!

(From left to right: Jason Calacanis, Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo, Samuele Motta, Diego Trinciarelli)

Timbuktu is among the 30 companies presenting at Launch Education & Kids!

4 June 2012

The reason why we have so much fun working at Timbuktu is that we love, love, love hacking education. We love experimenting new strategies to learn, and we love to exchange insights and best practices.

This is why we’re proud to announce that we have been selected to present Timbuktu at Launch Education & Kids in Mountain View (June 12th & 13th).

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Timbuktu Labs’ Adventures at 500 Startups

9 May 2012

Scenes from an incubator (Adventures of an Italian team at 500 Startups)

Four weeks ago we got started at 500 startups. It’s called an accelerator program and the name is really well deserved because you feel that they actually put a rocket in your company.

The network of people that you can access through 500 is mind-blowing. No jokes. We’ve talked to people that were our heros, whose blogs we’ve been reading for years.You just need to learn how to look easygoing when talking about your project with people that are Spiderman, Superman, Batman and Robin combined in one. And that’s part of the game.

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Watch our trailer!

20 February 2012