Feed The Monster Wins About.com 2012 Readers Choice Award For Best IPhone Kids App And Best IPhone Game

Online, April 2, 2012 (Newswire.com) - ZiggityZoom today announced that Feed the Monster has been selected as the About.com 2012 Readers' Choice Award for both Best Kids' iPhone App and Best iPhone Game. Now in its fifth year, the About.com Readers' Choice Awards honor the best products, features and services across more than a dozen categories, ranging from technology to hobbies to parenting and more, as selected by its readers.

"This year's Readers' Choice Awards program had a record number of nominations submitted across dozens of categories and featured hundreds of finalists," said Margot Weiss, managing editor, About.com. "We are thankful to all our readers for their participation and congratulate ZiggityZoom on their success."

ZiggityZoom is an internationally recognized creator of educational children's games that are featured on their website ZiggityZoom.com. Now, they are taking their creativity for fun and education and turning that into applications for the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Android. Founded in 2008, the ZiggityZoom team shares a passion for fun, education, and play. They are based in Virginia Beach, VA. Feed the Monster is their first collaborative app, working with Huminah Huminah Animation, an animation studio from Nova Scotia, as the developer.

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