Playing ‘appy families: How Peppa Pig and Bob the Builder are changing the digital landscape
By Jonathan Weinberg | Yahoo! News –
With the summer holidays now in full swing youngsters are spending more time and cash on smartphone and tablet apps than ever before.
But the surge in popularity of this mobile software for kids has left parents struggling to wrestle their own iPhones, iPads and Android devices away from their children.
Youngsters are spending more time on tablets than ever (Picture: Rex)
Last week, the £2.99 Peppa Pig Sports Day soared to No1 in the overall UK iTunes Store to become the best-selling iPad app after just seven days on sale. It was also top of both the kids and family games iPhone charts.
Dad-of-two Stuart Dredge created appsplayground.com back in 2010 to review the best apps for kids and since then has seen a marked increase in the quality on offer.
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