US-based company Inquisitive Minds, the creators of Zoodles (a kid friendly interface and app manager), today announced that it has been acquired by HTC.
Today we are excited to announce that we will be joining HTC with the goal of bringing Zoodles to the billion+ children in the world who haven’t yet played and learned with our product. Like Zoodles, HTC puts users at the center of everything they do, and we have a shared passion for creating a safe and educational environment for children across their products.
We know that parents have many different types of devices from many different manufacturers, and we want to make sure that all those devices continue to have Kid Mode. Therefore, we will continue with our strategy of making Zoodles available across different devices (smartphones, tablets, computers) and different platforms (Android, iOS, Mac OS X, Windows, etc.). Simply stated, Zoodles will continue to be available on both HTC devices and non-HTC devices.
The acquisition was valued at US$13 million and will allow Inquisitive Minds to continue to operate independently.