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April 8, 2016Mother and Entrepreneur Meeta Shah Develops Popular Mobile Apps with No Experience, Now Teaching Millions of Children Worldwide
Fredericksburg, VA (PRWEB)May 14, 2012
Meeta Shah, mother of two and founder of Eflashapps LLC, educates millions of children worldwide via popular app series “Baby Flash Cards”, now available on Apple iTunes, Google Play and Amazon Appstore, in seven different languages. Here’s the kicker: She did it with no experience or knowledge in computer programming.
Inspired by her 18 month old daughter’s fascination with the sound and touch features of the first generation iPhone, Shah saw the potential of using the device as a powerful educational tool. “My younger daughter really enjoyed turning on the iPhone with the swipe, launching apps and listening to the sounds within the apps, although there weren’t many educational apps in the Appstore then”, Shah said. In February 2009, Shah sought to develop educational apps for preschool and kindergarten age children.
Her first challenge was that she had no background in computer programming. “With no background in computer programming, I started researching app development from ground zero, drafted a project scope with drawings of our first app”, Shah said. Fueled by her desire and vision to develop mobile educational apps, Shah launched her very first app, Baby Flash Cards, on iTunes App Store in 2009.
Baby Flash Cards instantly rose to Top 100 educational apps on iTunes Appstore and is currently ranked in the Top 50 free educational apps on iTunes Appstore and Top 25 free educational apps on Amazon’s Android Appstore.
Parents, educators and speech therapists love the simple and intuitive interface of Baby Flash Cards, designed for their toddlers who spend hours learning with this app. Learning hundreds of words with pictures, sounds and professional voiceovers just became an easy and fun activity for kids at home, at school, and on the go with Baby Flash Cards. Baby Flash Cards is now available in 7 different languages including English, Spanish, French, Mandarin, Italian, German and Hindi. In addition to the ad-supported free apps in each of the languages, paid versions without advertisements are available for $1.99. Shah said there have been over a combined 2 million downloads of the free and paid apps for iPhone, iPad and Android.
Research has shown that language learning started in fetal age even before birth and it starts first by hearing sounds and words (auditory). Baby Flash Cards can be used for infants to ages four and above. Parents of infants can use the app to introduce sounds and voices as the most initial form of language and as the child grows; she or he can start using the app with the simple swipe features to stay engaged for hours with this app. Speech therapists use this app for children above age four and have had great success with this app in their treatment plans. Companion app Toddler Flashcards has an advanced set of words, again following the same concept of learning vocabulary early. Kids exposed to the same words at a later age, can learn the meaning and use of the words faster, having already mastered the pronunciation and spelling early with the app.
Shah’s success lies in the time she spends in research and development to come up with learning concepts and how to convert them to mobile games/apps aimed to enhance early childhood education. “My concentration has been on researching and studying apps and trends in the iTunes app store and Google Play, looking for what’s missing in content and quality of existing apps and designing apps to fulfill the needs of app searchers worldwide. Once the app is launched, the prompt rise in ranks and downloads are really a reflection of success in research and development, rather than marketing”, Shah said.
“Having no background in programming or app development, gathering knowledge and resources on “What does it take to design an app” was certainly the most challenging task. And this was in 2009 when there weren’t many resources about app development and the Android Market (now known as Google Play) was only six months old! The learning curve was steep and nerve-wracking at times, yet it was a thrilling and ultimately rewarding experience”, Shah said.
Shah works from her home office and enjoys creating educational apps with her daughters being her most valuable beta-testers. Shah’s company now features over 20 educational apps on iTunes Appstore, including Kids Picture Dictionary and series of Sightwords apps. “Several new apps are under development and we are excited to launch them soon”, Shah said.
“My interest is to promote free education,” Shah said. Most of her apps are full-feature apps available free to download, providing free education via the mobile apps platform. See the list of apps created by Eflashapps, LLC at https://www.eflashapps.com and look out for new apps coming soon!
April 8, 2016EFlashApps Launches its First Television Commercial: “Learning Made Easy” TV Ad features Baby Flash Cards, Available in App Stores Worldwide
Fredericksburg, VA (PRWEB)September 16, 2012
EFlashApps, one of the leading developers of early childhood education apps in the mobile industry is rolling out its major advertising campaign on national television with tagline “Learning Made Easy”. The ad features EFlashApps Baby Flash Cards, one of the highest ranked educational apps worldwide, now available on App Stores for iOS and Android devices. This is EFlashApps’ first venture into TV advertising and a major leap in marketing educational mobile apps on mainstream television. The company will be extending the campaign to it’s social media network, digital video sharing channels and grassroots marketing events.
“Just like an infant’s first social smile, a child learning and speaking first words is a milestone to remember for a lifetime for parents. As a mother of two, I fondly remember these life events for my children”, said Meeta Shah, CEO and founder of EFlashApps. “Our Baby Flash Cards app, now available in nine languages, is just the app for parents to help their toddlers achieve this milestone, in the language of their choice”, said Meeta Shah. There have been over 2 million downloads of EFlashApps Baby Flash Cards and the app is ranked in the Top 100 Bestsellers Free Educational Apps on Appstore. This feat, according to Meeta Shah, has been achieved purely on the basis of the quality of the apps, directly translating to popularity and high rankings on App Stores.
“With the television campaign, we hope to increase brand awareness for EFlashApps as developers of the highest quality apps for early childhood education. We hope to maximize our reach to parents who may not have come across one of our apps on their smartphones or tablets”, said Meeta Shah.
The television ad depicts a mother and her playful 2-year old daughter interacting with Baby Flash Cards app on the iPad. The child views the images on the iPad, carefully listens to the voiceovers and then repeats the words in her own voice. The child also engages in the Question mode feature of the app and receives feedback as she clicks on the picture corresponding to the listened to word.
“One of the greatest challenges that parents and educators face is identifying high yield educational apps to download for their children. Several of our apps are ranked in Top 100 Education apps and are listed as “What’s Hot/Featured Apps” on Appstore. We are very excited to launch this ad campaign with the hope that it will energize parents to visit EFlashApps on their computers and mobile devices and download their child’s first and very own app, with confidence that the app will enhance their child’s learning”, said Meeta Shah. The ads are scheduled to start in October 2012.
About EFlashApps:
Founded in 2009, Fredericksburg, VA based company, EFlashApps is a mobile applications development company focusing on creating apps geared towards early childhood education from preschool and kindergarten age to elementary school age children.
EFlashApps Baby Flash Cards apps are available in English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Portuguese, Hindi, Mandarin and Russian. Additional apps include: Series of Sight Words apps for pre-primary to second grade levels and Kids Picture Dictionary. EFlashApps has also launched a music album: Nursery Rhymes – All Time Children’s Favorite Songs, available on iTunes. The EFlashApps YouTube Channel features original animated videos of songs from the Nursery Rhymes album. Several new apps are on the horizon and the company provides sneak previews, promo codes, updates and news on its website and social media pages. Parents and educators are encouraged to join EFlashApps Facebook page for these updates.
For images of the advertising campaign or more information: https://www.eflashapps.com
April 8, 2016Fun Park : Kids Preschool Language & Memory Game by EFlashApps is now available on the Appstore for iPhone and iPad
Fredericksburg, Virginia (PRWEB)February 03, 2013
EFlashApps LLC, a leading developer of early childhood education mobile apps has launched an exciting interactive game, Fun Park. Fun Park is an iOS app on the Apple Appstore (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id593044612) featured in the Kids & Educational Games category and provides children with games and activities for early language and memory development.
“A superb combination of colorful animations, avatars, music, games and flashcards all come together in this app to keep young minds engaged in learning while being absolutely entertained – that’s Fun Park!”, said EFlashApps CEO Meeta Shah.
Fun Park provides a variety of games and activities for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners to learn words, numbers, colors, shapes and common themes such as transportation, animals and food items. 6 categories, each with 4 activities allow for continuous playful learning. Complexity of words is perfect for ages 2 to 5 so two or more young siblings can play together and even teach each other. Easy navigation allows a child to play individually and games such as Word Bingo, Memory and Tap it Right provide excellent parent-child interaction opportunities.
Fun Park Preschool Language & Memory Game key features:
- Profile creation with fun avatars, original music & animated characters
- Categories: colors & shapes, alphabet, numbers, animals, food, transport
- Variety of games/activities for each category: Flashcards, Tap It Right, Word Bingo, Memory Game
- Language memory building games engage young minds in using auditory and visual cues for correct answers
Fun Park is available for free on the Apple Appstore. An ad-free upgrade is available via in-app purchase. An Android version will be available soon on Google Play and Amazon Appstore.
Several apps developed by EFlashApps are Featured Bestsellers in Top 100 Education Apps on the Appstore for iOS and Android Google Play, including popular series of multi-lingual Baby Flash Cards, Sight Words and Kids Picture Dictionary.
“2013 is an exciting year for us with launch of Fun Park and several new and exciting educational games. We are expanding our cross-platform development so our apps will be available on iOS, Android and Windows 8 mobile platforms”, said Meeta Shah. “We are also releasing more children’s music albums on iTunes. Creative, original animations of these album soundtracks will be available on our popular EFlashApps YouTube channel”. EFlashApps is also giving away 12 iPad Minis this year, raffled on their Facebook page.
About EFlashApps (https://www.eflashapps.com):
Founded in 2009, Fredericksburg Virginia based company, EFlashApps is a mobile applications development company focusing on creating mobile apps and web-based online curriculum geared towards early childhood education.
EFlashApps Baby Flash Cards apps are now available in 11 languages. Additional apps include series of Sight Words apps for pre-primary to second grade levels and Kids Picture Dictionary. EFlashApps has also launched a music album: Nursery Rhymes – All Time Children’s Favorite Songs, available on iTunes. The EFlashApps YouTube Channel features original animated videos of songs from the Nursery Rhymes album. The company provides sneak previews, promo codes, updates and news on its website and social media pages. Parents and educators are encouraged to join EFlashApps Facebook page for these updates.
For media inquiries, employment opportunities and business relations visit: https://www.eflashapps.com
April 8, 2016Children’s Nursery Rhymes Videos Go Viral on YouTube with a 5000% Increase in Views in Less than 3 Months
Fredericksburg, VA (PRWEB)March 29, 2013
EFlashApps, Virginia based ed-tech company developing smartphone and tablet apps for early childhood education recently partnered with YouTube to launch the EFlashApps YouTube channel. This channel provides viewers unlimited free access to original animated Nursery Rhymes videos and previews of their mobile apps available on the Apple App Store and Google Play. The EFlashApps Nursery Rhymes videos have gone viral on YouTube with a 5000% increase in their video views by a worldwide audience of parents, teachers and children - in just 3 months. The channel now has close to 1 million views, an exponential rise since it's recent launch.
YouTube search for popular rhymes like Old MacDonald Had a Farm, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star or Baa Baa Black Sheep show EFlashApps videos on the first page of results. "The surge in views of our videos is coming from parents and teachers seeking the highest quality music and animations for their kids and students", said Meeta Shah, CEO and co-founder of EFlashApps.
"Poor quality videos show up on the first page on YouTube when searching for songs like Baa Baa Black Sheep. They show on the top just because they were launched several years ago and keep getting viewership on that basis", said Shah. EFlashApps sought to provide an entirely different viewing experience with the launch of their Nursery Rhymes album on YouTube. Original studio production song recordings, detailed character, storyboard, animation and HD 1080p rendering all come together in the creation of these videos. "It takes a tremendous amount of effort and time to produce such high quality content to meet and exceed the expectations of today's viewers. Ultimately, the final product is simply stunning", said Shah.
According to Shah, today's viewers have extreme high internet speeds with faster computers and are seeking HD quality content for their children. The exponential rise in the EFlashApps videos viewership thus comes as no surprise. Parents, teachers and children searching for educational and entertaining videos on YouTube via their computers, phones or tablets are selectively viewing higher quality educational content such as the EFlashApps videos.
The company has completed recording it's second Nursery Rhymes album and have started posting videos of this new collection on it's YouTube channel. "With each new album, we aim to provide an enriching educational and musical experience like never before for our young viewers. Creative works is in it's highest gear at EFlashApps with a third music album in production and several exciting animations in design. Stay tuned by subscribing to our YouTube channel", said Shah. A mobile app will also be launched this year featuring these videos along with built-in games and activities for a greater interactive learning experience for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners.
EFlashApps is a YouTube Partner and subscription to EFlashApps channel is free. The songs from the album Nursery Rhymes - All Time Children's Favorite Songs are also available for download on iTunes, Google Play & Amazon.
About EFlashApps (https://www.eflashapps.com):
Founded in 2009, Fredericksburg, Virginia based company, EFlashApps is a mobile applications development company focusing on creating mobile apps and web-based online curriculum geared towards early childhood education.
EFlashApps Baby Flash Cards apps are now available in 11 languages. Additional apps include series of First Words apps for pre-primary to second grade levels and Kids Picture Dictionary. EFlashApps music album, Nursery Rhymes – All Time Children’s Favorite Songs, is available on iTunes. The EFlashApps YouTube Channel features original animated videos of songs from the Nursery Rhymes album. The company provides sneak previews, promo codes, updates and news on its website and social media pages. Parents and educators are encouraged to join EFlashApps Facebook page for these updates.
For media inquiries, employment opportunities and business relations visit: https://www.eflashapps.com
April 8, 201612 iPad Mini Giveaways being Raffled by Eflashapps, Developers of Popular Kids Apps and Music Videos 12 iPad Mini Giveaways being Raffled by Eflashapps, Developers of Popular Kids Apps and Music Videos
Fredericksburg, VA (PRWEB)April 02, 2013
How about winning an iPad Mini for 2013? Better yet, how about 12 iPad Minis! EFlashApps, Virginia based developer of kids apps, music and animations has launched a 12 iPad Mini Giveaway to be raffled this year. The raffle is posted on the company's website or Facebook Page. Entry is free and the only required step is to like the EFlashApps Facebook page.
Following the first step, potential winners can gain access to getting several additional entries by following the links and instructions provided on the raffle entry page. These additional entry options include inviting other friends to like the EFlashApps Facebook page, sharing a post, subscribing to the EFlashApps YouTube channel, pinning a post on Pinterest or Twitter and more. Each user can get over 50 additional entries into the raffle and can gain additional entries by following the steps daily. The raffles close and winners are announced once a certain number of Facebook likes are reached.
Two iPad Minis have already been raffled and the third raffle is ongoing. Winners are announced on the EFlashApps Facebook page and an email is sent out to the winner as well.
Why wait? Get your entry in to win an iPad Mini! Visit https://www.eflashapps.com and enter to win now.
About EFlashApps:
Founded in 2009, Virginia based EFlashApps is an ed-tech company developing mobile applications, games, music and videos geared towards creating an online curriculum for early childhood education.
EFlashApps Baby Flash Cards apps are now available in 11 languages. Additional apps include series of Sight Words apps for pre-primary to second grade levels and Kids Picture Dictionary. EFlashApps has also launched a music album: Nursery Rhymes – All Time Children’s Favorite Songs, available on iTunes. The EFlashApps YouTube Channel features original animated videos of songs from the Nursery Rhymes album. The company provides sneak previews, promo codes, updates and news on its website and social media pages. Parents and educators are encouraged to join EFlashApps Facebook page for these updates.