KidZui uses teachers and parents to screen content and maintains a database of approved URLs.
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17 Facts About KidZui
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KidZui tracked children's Internet usage and sends reports to their parents on what their children looked at online.
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KidZui began development on the product in the summer of 2006.
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KidZui was designed for children between the ages of 3 and 12 years old.
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KidZui had a focus on children's online safety, but they tried to expand the content available to children online.
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Rather than solely using filters, KidZui trained and enlisted parents and teachers to search out content that is appropriate for children even if it was not designed expressly for children.
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Websites that had been reviewed and approved by KidZui could carry a KidZui seal of approval that indicates the site's content is appropriate for children.
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KidZui was a prize on the 3rd round on the Nickelodeon game show BrainSurge.
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KidZui was started in 2006 when Vidar Vignisson was frustrated because he couldn't find a safe and easy way for his own children to use the Internet.
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KidZui was released to the general public on March 19,2008 to generally favorable reviews.
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KidZui experienced some early criticism for not offering a free version of the product.
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KidZui included advertisements to children in their browser, mostly based on sponsored partnerships with Under Armour, Mattel, and Comcast.
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In 2007, KidZui hired Deanne Kells, a former vice president and Editor in Chief from LeapFrog, to establish the content guidelines and a process for reviewing and approving content.
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KidZui used a Zooming User Interface paradigm where search results are displayed visually at a smaller scale.
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KidZui had category browsing that allowed children to explore the Internet using categories based on popularity or similarity.
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KidZui had an auto search complete feature that returns results after only typing one or two letters.
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KidZui offered to complete search terms using the most popular searches by other children and it showed search results as children type.
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