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McCaskey to sign book in Geneva

McCaskey to sign book in Geneva

GENEVA — Patrick McCaskey, senior director of the Chicago Bears Organization, will be signing his book, “Sports and Faith,” from 1 to 2:30 p.m. June 23 at Pax Vobiscum, in Berry House Shops at Franklin & Third streets.

McCaskey wrote his book as a chronicle of himself and of life experiences of coaches and athletes from pregame activities and charitable events to outreach programs.

For more information, call Florence or Judy at 630-845-3255.

Grand opening

GENEVA — The Geneva Chamber of Commerce will hold the grand opening of Geneva Smiles, 477 S. Third St., Suite 142 (enter off of South Street), in Geneva. For more information contact Diana Park at 630-599-7095.

Act One Hair Salon gives back

GENEVA — Help others in need through the month of June by new store bought products to Act One Hair Salon, 15 S. Seventh St., Geneva, and receive 25 percent off your professional products purchase.

All trade-in products will be donated to charities, such as the Lazarus House and TriCity Family Services. The salon will also be accepting cash donations for these nonprofit organizations.

Call Ann Cheladyn 630-232-7072.

Nike outlet to revamp interior

The Nike Factory Store at Chicago Premium Outlets in Aurora will update its look from June 20 to 23, and will reopen June 24 at 10 a.m. with grand reopening events scheduled through June 26.

As part of the celebration, the first 200 shoppers each day will receive a free gift and will have a shot at winning a $1,000 shopping spree.

Nike is completely revamping its interior and replacing former metal displays with a crisp, modern look. The layout will feature an open design with signature graphics of athletes in motion.

Nike will host grand re-opening events at the store June 24 through 26. Activities will include:

Early Bird Special: Nike will offer a free gift to the first 200 guests each day.

Enter to Win: Shoppers may enter to win a $1,000 shopping spree.

New Look, New Lineup, New Deals: Shoppers can take advantage of savings up to 30 percent off already value priced items.

TOY FOR VIP » Blog Archive » Toca Boca talks digital toys for ...

Before Apple ‘s bizarre iPad went on sale, a thought that parents would palm over their glossy new inscription to sticky-fingered children seemed ridiculous. Now it’s that arrogance that looks risible, for there is a burgeoning marketplace in apps directed during kids – a trend that extends to iPhone and other smartphones .

One of a developers now formulating a hum around a kid-apps is Toca Boca . Based in Sweden, a studio is partial of media association Bonnier Group, that is improved famous for a newspaper, magazine, radio and cinema businesses.

Toca Boca has been winning parental regard for a array of apps, including Paint My Wings , Toca Tea Party and Toca Hair Salon . They’re not games or book-apps – a dual many renouned genres for apps directed during children – though are described by a developer as digital toys .

“We started off by looking during a opposite ways kids like to play in a genuine world,” says arch executive Björn Jeffery, who outlines several kinds. Active play is sports and ubiquitous regulating around; yarn play can be dolls and role-playing; manipulative play is building and making; artistic play is drawing, portrayal and music; and training play is games and books.

“We realised that 85% of what was in a App Store [for kids] was in a training play category,” says Jeffery. “That seems bizarre until we realize that this is a form of play that adults do: we play games and examination books, though we don’t play with dolls all that often! There is something lacking there. And that’s what led to us exploring a some-more uncharted areas of play, looking during toys rather than games.”

Toca Boca’s apps are open-ended: no winning or losing, high scores or time limits. They have beautifully crafted graphics, though are also firmly focused. Toca Hair Salon involves slicing and styling a hair of 4 characters, while Paint My Wings invites users to paint a wings of a span of butterflies.

“We exam with kids dual or 3 times during a growth routine to countenance a judgment – what’s fun about sketch on a wings of butterflies? – and we are perplexing to take these small little concepts, and make them unequivocally good, so that kids adore them,” says Jeffery.

Toca Boca has been crafty about a relations miss of debate or content within a games, that means they can be sole around a universe with a smallest of localisation. Toca Hair Salon has been bought in some-more than 70 countries, even commanding Apple’s Top Paid draft in Kuwait. That believe colours Jeffery’s views on a App Store itself.

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