• In 1996, SoftKey International acquired EduSoft, a French education software developer and publisher, for $14.3M USD. In March 1998, Softkey, now called...
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    fixed function or a fixed set of functions. A softkey often takes the form of a screen-labeled function key located alongside a display device, where the...
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  • Brookdale Corporate Center in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. It was acquired by SoftKey in 1995 and was shut down in 1999. During the 1960s, Minnesota was a center...
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  • In December 1995, the company was acquired by SoftKey in a hostile takeover bid, at which point SoftKey assumed the Learning Company name and brand. The...
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    on Shark Tank, the American version of Dragons' Den. O'Leary co-founded SoftKey Software Products, a technology company that sold software geared toward...
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  • T/Maker by WordStar in 1993, but shortly after that, WordStar merged with SoftKey, which ultimately led to its discontinuation. It had a combination of powerful...
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  • California, then later to Novato, California. Broderbund was purchased by SoftKey in 1998. Many of Broderbund's software titles, such as The Print Shop,...
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  • an educational video game released by MECC in 1995. It was published by SoftKey Multimedia. It is a revised version of the original The Oregon Trail video...
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  • was MECC's flagship product from release until the company was bought by SoftKey in 1995. Games in the series have since been released in many editions...
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  • Learning Company was bought by SoftKey after a hostile takeover bid. Softkey adopted the name The Learning Company. Softkey embarked on a cost-cutting exercise...
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  • Knowledge Adventure) SoftKey (acquired by Mattel, then Riverdeep) Brøderbund (acquired by Softkey) The Learning Company (acquired by SoftKey) Creative Wonders...
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  • Canada The Learning Company, an American educational software company SoftKey, a Canadian shovelware company which acquired The Learning Company and...
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  • Mindscape had previously been acquired by The Learning Company (formerly SoftKey) alongside Carmen Sandiego developer Broderbund and took over its productivity...
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  • Computist (redirect from SoftKey Publishing)
    devoted to the Apple II that was published by Charles R. Haight under the SoftKey Publishing name, between 1981 and 1993, for a total of 89 issues. The magazine...
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  • better) computers. Further versions were named KeyPublisher 1.0 (versions 1.19 and 1.21) and produced by Softkey Software Products Inc. in 1991 for PCs with...
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  • games were published by Creative Wonders, The Learning Company (formerly SoftKey) and Mattel Interactive. They were developed in association with DIC Entertainment...
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  • In 1998, Broderbund was purchased by The Learning Company, (formerly SoftKey) who took responsibility for developing and publishing the series in 2001...
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  • (1990). "Softkey for Lunar Leepers". Computist (83). SoftKey Publishing: 10–11. Etarip, Rich (1990). "Softkey for Jawbreaker". Computist (82). SoftKey Publishing:...
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    Carmen Sandiego series to be released by The Learning Company (formerly SoftKey). The game features Chase Devineaux. In the game, Carmen Sandiego has invented...
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  • Turn the Key Softly is a 1953 British drama film directed by Jack Lee and starring Yvonne Mitchell, Joan Collins, Kathleen Harrison, and Terence Morgan...
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    and Robot Odyssey for the Apple II. The Learning Company was acquired by Softkey in 1995 for US$606 million. He has since worked on virtual reality projects...
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    Fujikyu Park in Japan. Mattel purchased The Learning Company (formerly SoftKey) in 1999 for $3.5 billion, but sold it the following year at a loss. The...
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    acquired in 1998 by The Learning Company (the company previously known as SoftKey) for $420 million, and the combined company was sold to Mattel for $3.6...
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  • mystery-solving teenagers. The series was created by The Learning Company (formerly SoftKey) as a counterpart to their Reader Rabbit series for older, elementary-aged...
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  • 95 and Windows 98 (in a single three-platform release), distributed by SoftKey. Similar to other releases in the Virtual Pool series, the game is controlled...
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    after its flagship product in 1989, WordStar International merged with SoftKey in 1993. WordStar was the first microcomputer word processor to offer mail...
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  • Turn the Key Softly is a 1951 novel by the British writer John Brophy. It follows the lives of three women in the first dozen hours after they are released...
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  • Classic Game Programmers". Etarip, Rich (1990). "Softkey for Lunar Leepers". Computist (83). SoftKey Publishing: 10–11. Cross, Nigel (1983). "Screen Scroll:...
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  • Overkill and mission disks, plus 10 bonus missions. Rereleased in 1997 from SoftKey As Comanche CD Special Edition. Includes a demo of America Online, and...
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  • Broderbund in 1995. It passed through the hands of The Learning Company, SoftKey, Mattel, and others before coming under its current ownership. A redesigned...
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