Zoobean kids’ book subscriptions go digital. Way to get more kids reading.
If you haven’t tried Zoobean yet, you’re missing out. It’s a great resource for personalized kids’ book recommendations and now we’re excited to announce that they’ve just launched a digital membership option, making it that much...
Flappy Bird app: You must have it.
If you haven’t yet heard of the Flappy Bird app, let us be the first to welcome you to this 8-bit circle of hell. In the best possible way. Flappy Bird and the pipe obstacles he has to dodge are driving everyone to distraction: our little kids, our big kids,...
The new Facebook Paper app: Like Flipboard, only you know. From Facebook.
This week, you may have heard buzz about the launch of the new Facebook Paper app. (It’s been a busy week for them, considering the huge success of the Facebook Lookback videos we shared yesterday.) In a nutshell, Paper combines your Facebook feed, including...
Farmstand app: How to find the best farmers markets right from your phone.
If you live anywhere in the midwest or on the east coast, you know you are freezing and sick of hearing about polar vortexes. So let’s think about wonderful summer produce instead? We recently found this the great Farmstand app for iOS, which allows you to find...
Serenity now! A free meditation app offers help for busy modern parents and their kids.
Life can be crazy for me as a working mom of multiple kids. And even though it’s good-crazy, sometimes I really want just a few moments away from the clutter in the living room and the constant pinging of my iPhone to just get a bit of calm back into me. But I...
Umano app: A great way to get the news when you feel too busy to get the news.
Remember when you used to sit lazily on a Sunday morning with a huge cup of coffee and read the paper? I call it the BK era (before kids) and clearly some of the developers of the Umano app for iOS and Android feel it too. This app was designed to read the news to you...
Cut the Rope 2 review: It is here. Oh yes it is. Don’t even pretend you’re not interested.
Thanks to Cool Mom Tech, our family iPad is packed with cool apps and fun games. While a few franchises like Angry Birds and Toca Boca do a great job with new releases, lightning doesn’t strike more than once for every developer. So I was thrilled for a chance...
Duh! Books: Educational eBooks for kids who want to know more than their parents can tell them. (We can relate.)
I feel lucky that my daughter is a voracious reader, but her curiosity has a downside: She always wants to know more. So I also feel fortunate to have discovered Duh! books. These fiction e-books, geared toward kids from second to fifth grade, are an awesome...
A free puppet show app to let your kids get creative
Cate & Levi are the artists behind those gorgeous upcycled hand puppets we’ve seen at craft shows, and higher-end stores like West Elm and Red Envelope. The puppets are locally sourced, upcycled works of art, so how wonderful that they’re taking the...
Kooboodle MeFinder: Find pictures of yourself on other people’s phones without even stealing them.
Being an avid picture-taker, I have thousands of pictures of my kids in my camera roll. It is blatantly obvious who the photographer is since I am probably in about ten of these photos. But there’s a crazy exciting new app that we checked out at CES this year...
Introducing young kids to the civil rights movement with a Rosa Parks app
My six-year-old came home this week asking about Rosa Parks, impressed with what she knew of her story and, very shocked by it. I feel so fortunate thats she’s growing up in such a diverse community, that she couldn’t even comprehend a world where her best...Creating Secure Passwords: The Easy, Step-by-Step Guide
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