Springfield six-year-olds invent Clean Green Mower to help preserve their city's clean air. WASHINGTON, DC - June 17, 2014 - Deciding that a green lawn mower would solve the problem of air pollution caused by gas mowers, the girls of Hunt Valley Elementary School-based Girl Scout Troop 4425 invented a mower that would run on steam. "It not only prevents air pollution but it also waters the grass," say the six-year-olds, who think the mower can be sold for less than 100 dollars and should be available in local stores. Judges of the Smithsonian-Cricket Media Global Kids Invention Challenge were impressed by the team's practical solution to environmental pollution, naming the invention created by Megan Gandy, Mikayla Mann, Kenedie Odum, Ella Clarke, Bellana Pachon, Ella Alemian, Addison Soule, and Kate Schafenberg a 2014 Top Winner in this year's Challenge.

Solar-lighted dog leash, portable bed for the homeless, green mower, object recognition for the visually impaired among young inventors' innovative solutions to real world problems. WASHINGTON, DC - May 21, 2014 - Cricket&#0153 Media (TSX-V: SLN), an education media company and global social learning network, and the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation's Spark!Lab are pleased to announce the top winners of the 2013-2014 Spark Lab Invent It! Challenge. The six individual and four group winners, as well as the 24 runners up, were chosen from hundreds of creative entries by students aged five to 18 across the world.

WASHINGTON, DC - April 16, 2014 - ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN) ("ePals" or the "Company"), an education media company and global social learning network, today announced it will now operate under the name Cricket Media in order to reflect its core business of providing award-winning content on a safe and secure learning network for children, families and teachers across the world.

WASHINGTON, DC - April 16, 2014 -- ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media and social learning company, today announced an agreement with Dalian Neumedias Information Technology Co., Ltd to develop and distribute interactive digital media products based on ePals' award winning children's magazines for children throughout China. Under the agreement, four brands of dual English-Chinese language apps and content for toddlers and young children will be offered on smartphones, tablets and smart TVs through Neumedias' NeuStore digital media platform, with the potential to expand to additional ePals' brands.

WASHINGTON, DC - April 15, 2014 -- ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media and social learning company, today announced an agreement with Fingerprint, a global mobile technology company, to develop a custom mobile learning network featuring ePal's award-winning children's magazines, digital content and community management platform. The custom mobile learning network will enable family members and other parent-approved users to communicate and collaborate around engaging, educational content while providing parents with informative dashboards about their child's activity and performance.

Challenge invites kids 8-18 globally to explore and share cultural traditions and learn professional folklorist investigation, interview and reporting skills. WASHINGTON, DC - April 2, 2014 - ePals Corporation, an education media company and Global Learning Network, today announced the launch of its inaugural Junior Folklorist Challenge in partnership with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. The challenge is one of several planned activities stemming from the ePals-Smithsonian partnership, which is designed to extend the global reach and student learning opportunities around the Center's annual June-July Washington D.C.-based Folklife Festival. Now open to kids eight to 18 worldwide, the challenge asks participants to examine a local or regional tradition through the eyes of a community tradition bearer and create a video, podcast or slide show to share the story.

WASHINGTON, DC - March 11, 2014 - ePals Corporation (TSVX:SLN), an education media and social learning company, today announces a joint product offering with Kindoma, a recognized creator of mobile apps that combine shared reading experiences with video chat for families. The pertnership integrates content from ePals award-winning Cricket Magazine Group with Kindoma's popular social learning application.

WASHINGTON, DC - February 18, 2014 - ePals Corporation (TSVX:SLN), an education media and social learning company, today announces a partnership with Pearson Online Learning Exchange (OLE) to license for use content from the ePals' digital content library to the OLE platform. ePals is known for its award-winning and educational children's content and a global community connecting over 200 countries and territories. This licensing arrangement for the OLE platform is the latest extension of Pearson's use of ePals content in its products and services.

WASHINGTON, DC - Janurary 17, 2014 - ePals Corporation, an education media company and Global Learning Network, today announced the launch of its third annual Spark! Lab Invent It Challenge in partnership with the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. The Challenge honors K12 student winners whose creative inventions best demonstrate the Spark!Lab process of invention, with a patent filing and Camp Invention scholarship among the prizes. The Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge is open to students globally, with age-group categories from five to 18 and both individual and group submissions accepted.

WASHINGTON, DC - Janurary 16, 2014 - ePals Corporation (TSXV:SLN) ("ePals" or the "Company") announces that in accordance with the Company's previously announced CEO transition plan, Katya Andresen formally assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective January 1, 2014. Ms. Andresen joined the Company in June 2013 and served as the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer during the transition period. Ms. Andresen succeeds Miles Gilburne as CEO. Mr. Gilburne will remain as Chairman of the Company's board of directors.

SAN BRUNO, CA (October 30, 2013) - Tech & Learning magazine today named 72 education technology products as winners in its prestigious 31-year-old recognition program. Honored software, hardware, network, web products include innovative applications that break new ground as well as those that added significant enhancements to proven education tools. A panel of more than 30 educators, who tested more than 150 entries, chose the winners.

WASHINGTON, DC - August 27, 2013. ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media company and the world's leading Global Learning Network, today announced it is supporting teachers in the fall 2013 back to school window across the US, Asia, and Europe with a host of free and low-cost resources.

WASHINGTON, DC - June 25, 2013 From the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference in San Antonio, ePals Corporation today announced the launch of enhanced services for educational publishers worldwide. These end-to-end services enable providers of curriculum, quality resources and learning activities to distribute their content into classrooms, schools and homes globally.

WASHINGTON, DC - May 16, 2013 -- ePals Corporation ("ePals" or "the Company") (TSXV: SLN), an education media company and the world's leading global learning network, is pleased to announce that Katya Andresen will succeed Miles Gilburne as the company's Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2014 and will report directly to Miles Gilburne, who will transition from his role as CEO over the next six months while continuing to serve as Chairman. During the transition, Ms. Andresen will serve as President and Chief Operating Officer. Current President, Ed Fish and current Chief Operating Officer, J. Michael Kelly will continue reporting to Miles Gilburne in the office of the Chairman, focused on major strategic partnerships, international joint ventures and corporate finance.

NEW YORK - April 16, 2013 - McGraw-Hill Education today announced that it has formed a collaboration with ePals Corporation, an education media company and the world's leading global learning network. The partnership pairs world-class content from McGraw-Hill Networks, McGraw-Hill Education's award-winning digital social studies learning program for Grades 6-12, with ePals' global community and social learning platform.

WASHINGTON, DC - March 26, 2013 - ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media company and the world's leading Global Learning Network, today announced that it has commenced operations of its Platform and Media businesses in China through its NeuPals joint venture and in collaboration with Neusoft Publishing. The launch of both Platform and Media businesses comes after fourth quarter approval of business licenses by Chinese authorities, followed by successful completion of initial technology transfer, product adaptation and localization, and establishment of facilities in Dalian, Shanghai and Shenyang. NeuPals technical operations have been successfully established within China in collaboration with NeuEdu Co. , Ltd. NeuPals has been capitalized by its partners, ePals and NeuEdu, and a seasoned management team is on board, led by CEO Tao Wang, who brings 15 years of experience working with international and language learning companies, as well as a Masters in Computer Science from University of Massachusetts and a Bachelors from WuHan University.

WASHINGTON, DC - March 12, 2013 - ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media company and the world's leading Global Learning Network, today announced that its media division, formerly Carus Publishing, was honored with 14 recognitions in the 2013 Parents' Choice Awards. The awards recognize the top children's magazines as voted upon by the Parents' Choice Foundation's panel of educators, scientists, performing artists, librarians, parents and even kids themselves.

WASHINGTON, DC - August 29, 2012 - ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media company and the world's leading Global Education Network, and the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation's Spark!Lab, are happy to announce today the 26 student winners and runners up in the 2012 Invent It! Challenge contest.

WASHINGTON, DC - November 28, 2012 - ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media company and the world's leading safe social learning network, today announced that its joint venture with NeuEdu for the creation of ePals China under the name NeuPals has received its Chinese business license and has begun formal operations, bringing ePals' safe and secure social learning network into China in partnership with one of China's premiere technology and education companies.

WASHINGTON, DC - November 14, 2012 - ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media company and the world's leading safe social learning network, today announced the launch of News Now, a new learning center on www.ePals.com/journalism dedicated to helping high school students learn professional news and editorial reporting skills. The center provides resources aligned with "real world" journalism practices and communications standards such as the Common Core Standards in the United States, and encourages students to develop and showcase their own reporting and journalism skills.