First iPad magazine for children released

An Italian publisher says its iPad magazine, Timbuktu, is the first ever targeted at kids and designed to allow children to understand the news while being entertained.

Editor-in-chief Elena Favilli says children have a great interest in what’s going on around them, and the app combines imagination and technology.

Mashable.com says Timbuktu has different navigation tools to other magazines: you navigate down when a new section starts, rather than flipping pages from left to right.

The publication, which is free of charge, follows other child-focused apps, including Dr Seuss book titles.