This morning we took the remnants of our rAPPidRevise BETT stand to an e-learning fair in London. It was great to meet the pupils, teachers and other interested visitors as well as demonstrate our latest apps (not yet in iTunes). It’s always uplifting to see the way people interact with Read more
Girl Geek Dinner Speaker
Jane Ballantine, the founder of Limitless Learning Limited, has been a fan of the Girl Geek Scotland group since she first discovered them nearly a year ago. Having previously attended dinners and workshops organised by the group, Jane was a speaker at the dinner last night. She spoke about her Read more
SquareGo review of rAPPidRevise
Last week Jane met with Phil Harris of games reviewing site SquareGo and he had a play with our app. His extensive and detailed review is up online today so please take a look. We love that he found our app addictive and educational, and it’s true he really didn’t Read more
Film stars of BETT
Okay, this is a tricky one. You’ll have to be alert and concentrate hard, but if you do, you’ll see (some of) us at our stand at BETT in the BETT 2011: Video Review. Okay, if you want a tip, forward to 2 minutes 45 seconds and look to the Read more
Jane Ballantine speaking at Girl Geek Scotland
I’m honoured and thrilled that I’ve been asked to speak at the next Girl Geek Scotland Dinner in Edinburgh in March. I’ve been asked to talk about my experiences of developing and launching apps with Limitless Learning and how I first became interested in working in technology. The title I’ve Read more
Will mobile phones teach the world to read?
According to data on Global Dashboard the number of mobile phone subscriptions in Africa could soon be greater than the number of literate people. So what does this mean? What happens when it is no longer the access to technology that is the barrier to mobile communication and information, but Read more
Launch in CRN
Our launch of rAPPidRevise revision apps is mentioned in the CRN coverage of BETT, which is also a pretty good summary of what was new at BETT. It’s worth a read if you didn’t make it.
Revised rAPPidRevise app in iTunes
Our first app, rAPPidRevise GCSE Science 1, has been updated in iTunes to include progress tracking charts and ranking icons. We have also made a few revisions to content and fixed the bug that wasn’t displaying zeros, which did some weird things to our content. It’s still free to download, Read more
Apple – the forbidden fruit
Recovering from BETT and reflecting on what we learnt. Whilst the overwhelming majority of visitors to our stand loved our app concept, a few were disappointed that the rAPPidRevise apps are only currently being developed for Apple mobile devices. We do have plans to port the apps to other devices Read more
Apps away!
Fantastic feedback on our app and well over a thousand downloads so far. The main criticism is that it’s not available in more subjects and we’re working on that as fast as we can! We’ve just got to finish adding some more functionality to our current app first. So if Read more