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VP of Product and Brand Marketing

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Sticker your pics & share them instantly – how cool is that!?

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Sticker up your pics & share instantly on Kazaana!

Sticker up your pics & share instantly on Kazaana!

Download Kazaana’s iOS app & give us 5 stars today!

We think it’s important that kids get to safely play with new technology which is why we built Kazaana in the first place. Now, we’re mobile too!! Kids can download our app in the App Store, login or setup a new account, style their photos with cool stickers, borders, and filters, and then share them with friends instantly!! That’s not all – they can also see everything their friends and their favorite brands and organizations like Discovery Kids and the Girl Scouts are sharing through their very own Chatterbox feed. So, what are you waiting for? Download Kazaana today and let us know what you think!

Kazaana & Radio Disney Help Kick Off Girl Scouts Winterfest this Weekend!

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Kazaana & Radio Disney Help Kick Off Girl Scouts Winterfest this Weekend!

‘Tis the season to give and to receive and we have the best idea for taking care of both- come along with Kazaana to the Girl Scouts of Northern California Winterfest! Kazaana and Radio Disney are teaming up to bring you a day of funs, prizes and games at this, the last BIG event celebrating 100 years of Girl Scouts. It is a magical winter wonderland of crafts, games, and holiday shopping created by Teens Take Over and troops from all over Northern California. You can make your own unique room decorations, impress people with your glamorous jewelry-making abilities, stand out from the crowd with face paint and henna tattoos, play exciting games to win prizes, and shop for one of a kind holiday gifts that you will not find at the mall!

This event is also the culmination of a week-long food drive for Second Harvest Food Bank by the Girls Scouts and you can pitch in by bringing 2 cans of food with you to Winterfest. Kazaana will also be in the giving spirit, and for every kid who signs up for Kazaana at our booth, we will donate an additional can of food to the food drive. But you won’t be going home empty handed, as all kids who sign up also get a very cool, exclusive gift!

See you there!

Details:
Winterfest 2012
Sat, Dec. 1, 2012, 10am – 3pm
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
$15.00 per child + 2 cans of food or non-perishable food items
$10.00 per adult +2 cans of food or non-perishable food items

Giving Your Kids the Freedom to Share Safely

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Our friend and awesome blogger Lori Cunningham, aka Well Connected Mom, wrote a great piece on Kazaana highlighting how kids can make friends on Kazaana safely! Basically, moms agree on friendship pairs and then their kids can instantly connect through video and text chat and share their own stuff like photos and videos. Check out Lori’s awesome article here! And be sure to follow @KazaanaMe and @WellConnectdMom on Twitter.

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Kazaana & Partner Radio Disney Help Kick Off Girl Scouts Event In San Jose!

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Kazaana and Radio Disney Participate In Girl Scouts of Northern CA’s Open House, September 15th

MENLO PARK, CA, September 14, 2012 – Kazaana, an interactive and immersive social media platform where kids 6-12 can create, share with their friends and families, and have fun through their personalized digital space, announce today that they together with Radio Disney, the #1 radio network for kids, tweens and families, will participate in the Girl Scouts of Northern California Open House this weekend!

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Kazaana in the Washington Post: “Social networks confront challenges in rush to attract youngest users”

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Today we are excitied to annouce that Kazaana is featured in a great piece by Cecilia Kang from  the Washington Post about the unique challenges that having a younger user base presents to social platforms. Safety has always been our first priority at Kazaana- after all, families can’t feel comfortable sharing together online unless they know that the site is a safe space. But secondly, we want to create an experience for kids that is fun, interactive, and always genuine.

“These are users who aren’t locked into anything right now that is safe,” said Pete Thomas, a partner at Silicon Valley-based ATA Ventures, which funded Kazaana.

Check out the article and tell us what you look for in a site for your kids in the comments section below, or join the discussion on our Facebook page!

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PixyKids Launches Family-Centric Social Platform In Beta, Changes Company Name To Kazaana

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Also Expands Advisory Board to Include Privacy Expert

MENLO PARK, CA, July 24, 2012 – PixyKids, an interactive and immersive social media platform where kids 6-12 can create, share with their friends and families, and have fun through their personalized digital space, announced today they are officially launching in open beta.  The company also announced they will begin operating under the new company name, Kazaana, effective immediately, and that they have added Shai Samet, founder of the kidSAFE® Seal Program and a children’s privacy expert, to their board of advisors.
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A Fun and Successful Weekend at the Menlo Park Connoisseurs Marketplace!

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A big thank you to all of you who came out to the Menlo Park Connoisseurs Marketpalce event this weekend! Everyone had a great time hanging with the Radio Disney AM1310 Crew, learning some new dance moves, and playing dress up in the Kazaana photo booth. We also handed out all 500 shoelaces, took about 400 photos, and gave out 100 pairs of sunglasses, not to mention all the stickers and temporary tattoos!

If you have any great photos of the event that you would like to share, post them on our Facebook wall or tweet them to us at @KazaanaMe!

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PixyKids Reveals 3D Avatar Plans, Announces Development Deal With Gaming Powerhouse, Frima Studio

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Will Unveil 3D Avatar App at Digital Kids Conference 2012

First Realistic Animation On Social Media Platform To Represent Kids’ Styles, Personalities, & Interests 

MENLO PARK, CA, April 25, 2012 – PixyKids (www.pixykids.com), an interactive and immersive social media platform where kids 6-12 can create, share, learn, and have fun through their personalized digital space, today announce their animation plans, including a partnership with Frima Studio, a world renowned and award-winning digital design, development and gaming company, and one of the fastest-growing companies in Canada.  Both companies will exhibit at the 6th annual Digital Kids Conference on April 25-26, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA, where they will unveil the PixyKids 3D Avatar App, offering the first realistic animation of kids’ authentic styles, personalities, and interests on a kids social media platform.
“We are thrilled about our partnership with Frima Studio and are excited to introduce the PixyKids 3D Avatar App for the first time,” said Rajul Kadakia, CEO and Co-Founder of PixyKids.  “We have been admirers of Frima’s work with leading digital, gaming, and entertainment brands.  The partnership pairs our vision to enable personalization as a digital expression of kids’ personalities, individual styles, and interests with Frima’s originality and expertise in creating engaging and realistic digital experiences. Our identifiable and customizable 3D avatars offer kids an animated way to express themselves on a digital canvas that evolves over time as they grow and their interests change.”  Continue reading →
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Texting Grandma – How Connections Have Changed as Grandparents Have Become More Tech-Savvy

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At PixyKids, we love when kids use technology and their creativity to connect with others. Some of our favorite stories come from grandparents who are integral to their grandchildren’s lives, in part enabled by technology. Grandparents may be nervous about using digital technology as it changes so quickly, but more grandparents are becoming tech-savvy because chances to develop stronger relationships with the grandchildren are too good to pass up.

Changing World

Until recently, children who lived far from their grandparents might only get to see them during summer vacation or holiday celebrations. The rest of the year, a monthly phone call was normal. A recent study by AARP has shown how much this has changed. Today, over a quarter of grandparents use electronic forms of technology to communicate with at least one of their grandchildren every week. More than 50% of grandparents indicated that their furthest grandchild lives over one hundred miles away, and 61% of grandparents reported they feel they do not see their furthest grandchildren enough. Distance can be shortened with the world’s ever-advancing technologies: increasingly today, grandparents are finding new ways to connect with their grandchildren, through video chat or texting. Kids’ lives move so quickly that frequent contact keeps grandparents up-to-date on school, their friends, and sports games. Continue reading →