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Teachers Get Free Licenses for Students' Designs
TECHNLOGY
Sprint Corp. and Smith Micro Software Inc. have joined forces to groom the next generation of digital artists.
An educational initiative known as Avatar Challenge has high school, college and trade school students using the company's animation software to create characters that can be viewed and used by millions of subscribers using Sprint's visual voicemail, a preloaded application on all of its Android smartphones developed by the Aliso Viejo-based software maker.
"Many experts in education and business believe that art and design are also critical skills for next-generation innovators," Smith Micro's TECHNOLOGY Chief Executive William Chris Casacchia Smith told the Business Journal. "Today's mobile messaging apps are increasingly visual and perfectly illustrate the marriage of design and technology."
Its new AniMates mobile messaging app, the basis of Sprint's new avatar messaging feature, allows users to create animated characters and vibrant backgrounds. The free app aims...