Software MacKiev
Encyclopedia
Software MacKiev is a company specialized in consumer and educational software development and publishing for Macintosh
, Windows, and mobile platforms. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Software MacKiev has its main workshop in Kiev
, Ukraine
.
The company's most popular software products include:
Educational games, adaptations of the classic Dr. Seuss books:
Software MacKiev's The Print Shop has won several awards, including MacEddy for Best Family Graphics App from MacWorld
, Best of Show awards at Macworld
NY 2003 and Macworld Boston 2005.
In 2003, World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia for Mac OS X won an Apple Design Award
for Best Mac OS X Technology Adoption, and was runner-up for Best Mac OS X Product of the year.
In 2004, Kid Pix Deluxe 3X won Best of Show award at Macworld San Francisco.
In 2005, Software MacKiev released the first product of their own, 3D Weather Globe & Atlas, which was chosen as runner up for Best Mac OS X User Experience at the 10th annual Apple Design Awards
.
In 2010, Software MacKiev introduced Kid Pix Deluxe 3D, which won an Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in Design from Children's Software Review, and a Parent's Choice Silver Award.
Macintosh
The Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
, Windows, and mobile platforms. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Software MacKiev has its main workshop in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
.
Products
In addition to developing Macintosh, Windows and iOS software under contract for software companies, Software MacKiev publishes its own consumer and education software titles including HyperStudio® (Acquired from Sunburst Technologies in 2007) and Kid Pix® (Acquired from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2011). The company also publishes selected titles under license from World Book, Inc. and Riverdeep, Inc.Riverdeep
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology originally started as Riverdeep Interactive Learning, is a publishing house for educational online and CD-ROM products based in San Francisco and Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1995, Riverdeep was principally the creation of the Irish ex-investment banker...
The company's most popular software products include:
- The Print ShopThe Print ShopThe Print Shop is a basic desktop publishing software package developed in the early 1980s by Brøderbund. It was unique in that it provided libraries of clip-art and templates through a simple interface to build signs, posters and banners with household dot-matrix printers...
- a basic desktop publishing software package - Kid Pix Deluxe 3D - a bitmap drawing program for kids
- Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing - 2011 Ultimate Mac EditionMavis Beacon Teaches TypingMavis Beacon Teaches Typing is an application software program for teaching touch typing. The typing program was initially released in late 1987 by The Software Toolworks and has been published regularly ever since. It was originally created by a team of developers from Software Toolworks...
- touch typing tutor - Roger Wagner's HyperStudioHyperStudioHyperStudio is a HyperCard clone, which appeared only a few years after the release of HyperCard, in 1988. It can be described as a multimedia authoring tool, and it provides relatively simple methods for combining varied media...
5 - an authoring tool - World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia for Mac OS X and Windows
Educational games, adaptations of the classic Dr. Seuss books:
Software MacKiev's The Print Shop has won several awards, including MacEddy for Best Family Graphics App from MacWorld
Macworld
Macworld is a web site and monthly computer magazine dedicated to Apple Macintosh products. It is published by Mac Publishing, which is headquartered in San Francisco, California...
, Best of Show awards at Macworld
Macworld Conference & Expo
Produced by Boston-based IDG World Expo, Macworld | iWorld is a trade-show with conference tracks dedicated to the Apple Macintosh platform. It is held annually in the United States, usually during the second week of January...
NY 2003 and Macworld Boston 2005.
In 2003, World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia for Mac OS X won an Apple Design Award
Apple Design Awards
The Apple Design Awards is a special event hosted by Apple Inc. at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The event is meant to recognize the best and most innovative Macintosh and iOS software and hardware produced by independent developers, as well as the best and most creative uses of...
for Best Mac OS X Technology Adoption, and was runner-up for Best Mac OS X Product of the year.
In 2004, Kid Pix Deluxe 3X won Best of Show award at Macworld San Francisco.
In 2005, Software MacKiev released the first product of their own, 3D Weather Globe & Atlas, which was chosen as runner up for Best Mac OS X User Experience at the 10th annual Apple Design Awards
Apple Design Awards
The Apple Design Awards is a special event hosted by Apple Inc. at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The event is meant to recognize the best and most innovative Macintosh and iOS software and hardware produced by independent developers, as well as the best and most creative uses of...
.
In 2010, Software MacKiev introduced Kid Pix Deluxe 3D, which won an Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in Design from Children's Software Review, and a Parent's Choice Silver Award.