Easybits

Easybits AS is a Norwegian privately held educational software company. Its principal product is Magic Desktop, an educational and parental control software suite.^[1][2] Easybits partnered with Skype, powering Skype's games channel in 2006^[3] and Intel for building the first version of Classmate PC.^[4]

Easybits

Company type	Private
Industry	Parenting, E-learning
Products	Magic Desktop, Inspirus platform, GameXN, Kiddo Smart
Services	Educational software

History

The company initially announced a line of parental control software in 2003.^[5] 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.^[6][7] Deloitte described the product as "very well suited for children because it offers a safe and educational environment”.^[1] Easybits landed distribution and licensing deals with the internet service providers in Europe including Tiscali, T-Online, Telenor, Telecom Italia, Belgacom, UPC, TalkTalk and a few others.^[8][9]

In 2004, Easybits Software partnered with Telenor to introduce e-mail solutions^[buzzword] for children.^[10] In 2009, Disney and Asus teamed up to work on a new product Disney Netpal,^[11] they asked EasyBits to ascertain what makes the User Interface differentiation and provide parental controls.^{[12][13][14][15][16][17]}