Today’s Startup: Maily
Today’s internet startup Maily makes email for kids secure, simple and fun. Maily is email re-invented for kids and allows them to control their own email account, with a little help from the parents. For example the Maily accounts are created and constantly supervised by the parents who also decide who your children can communicate with.
Kids have their own inbox where they receive mails from friends and family, and can reply right away. They can create emails using five tools adapted to their needs: pencils, brushes, photos, backgrounds, stamps and their own words.
Paint
The paint brush lets kids to freely express themselves on white canvas, and unleash their creativity in their own e-mails.
Write
This pencil is ideal for kids to share their thoughts in their own words, or use it to draw anything they want.
Take photo’s
With the Maily camera, kids can take instant shots and add, rotate and scale them into any e-mail they are creating.
Backgrounds
Over 30 amazing backgrounds to apply themes in their e-mails. If it’s their birthday or if they are leaving on vacation, Maily has the tools to create the mood for any story they want to tell.
Place stamps
With over 30 cool stamps, carefully designed for kids, they can create stories in their e-mail.
As a parent you have complete control over what your child sends and receives. If you need to, you can check and approve messages silently using the Maily dashboard, and your child will never notice. If an approved contact receives an email from your child, it will be send to a normal email account. Them if someone wants to reply they have to login on Maily and form a reply using the Maily editor.
Maily was founded in 2012 by Tom Galle and Raphael Halberthal
