Easybits AS is a

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privately held educational

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company. Its principal product is Magic Desktop, an educational and

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software suite. Easybits partnered with

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, powering Skype's games channel in 2006 and

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for building the first version of

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History

The company initially announced a line of

software in 2003. Its goal was to offer a safe and educational environment for children. The company’s principal product Magic Desktop won European Union’s benchmarking study of tools for parental control award in 2006 and 2007 for children.

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described the product as "very well suited for children because it offers a safe and educational environment”. Easybits landed distribution and licensing deals with the internet service providers in

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including

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Telenor Telenor ASA ( or ) is a Norway, Norwegian majority State-owned enterprise, state-owned multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications company headquartered at Fornebu in Bærum, close to Oslo. It is one of the List of mobile network ...

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, UPC, TalkTalk and a few others. In 2004, Easybits Software partnered with Telenor to introduce e-mail solutions for children. In 2009,

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and Asus teamed up to work on a new product Disney Netpal, they asked EasyBits to ascertain what makes the User Interface differentiation and provide parental controls.

References

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