The free download allows a child to use her parent’s computer as if it were her own. Kidos aims to ease parents’ concerns about files being accidentally deleted, settings being changed or kids closing a browser by mistake. Because everything is stored locally a slow connection will not ruin the child’s (and therefor the parent’s) experience.

The secure, child-friendly and lightly animated interface lets children easily use all sorts of media: games, books, learning modules, music, video, and art. In addition to being free the download is also cross-platform (i.e., works on Mac, PC, or Linux). Parents can also add their own music, video, art, photos, and video.

Kidos then allows parents to purchase additional content via the interface directly from Kidos online store.

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Kidos added Peter Lurie as Director.

Posted 9/26/08 at 2:43pm
Kidos added Dr. Alice WIlder as Chief Education Officer.

Posted 9/26/08 at 2:19pm
Kidos added David Van Osdol as Founder and CEO.

Posted 9/26/08 at 2:18pm
Kidos received $200k in Angel funding. (4/1/09)

Posted 9/26/08 at 2:22pm
Kidos — Kidos selected as an InSITE company for 2008. (9/25/08)

Posted 9/26/08 at 2:26pm
Kidos — Kidos unveils platform at TechCrunch50. (9/10/08)

Posted 9/26/08 at 2:24pm