by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
As part of our Dads Dig This series, we ask cool dads for their own favorite tech picks. I like writing checks as much as the next person born during the Eisenhower administration but I think my 20-something babysitter is onto something with the Venmo...
by Julie | Games + Gaming
Sure, our kids love to play with iPads like uh, all kids these days, but no matter how educational an app may be, it’s usually a solitary activity. We’ve loved collaborative games made for iPad like Duo Plink (though the company is sadly no longer) and...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tips and Tricks
Just in time for Memorial Day weekend–and Memorial Day weekend traffic, whoo!–I was so happy to get a chance to sit down with Google yesterday and learn more about some of the incredible changes they’ve made to the Google Maps app. I for one am an...
by Julie | Fitness + Health
I may have a bunch of races under my hydration belt, including a full marathon [ed note: whoo, Julie!], but I still rely on rockin’ playlists to keep me going, which is why I’m absolutely loving the Rock My Run app (iOS and Android) and all of their cool,...
by Nicole Blades | Best Apps
Have you been hit with the jump-action shot photo craze? It’s that thing where you or a group of people jump into the air and someone tries to capture the this is the good life, split-second moment with everyone virtually gravity-free. Yeah, it’s not easy...
by Julie | Internet Safety
We’ve covered the Snapchat app extensively since its launch, and it’s grown to be extremely popular with tweens and teens, and now even brands are jumping into the app, finding new ways to promote to users there. Now that Snapchat has announced new...
by Nicole Blades | Entertainment
Whenever Jim Henson’s name is attached to something, I generally know I’m in good hands. Even though he’s no longer with us himself. So when I saw that Hulu’s first original series developed for Hulu Kids was officially called Jim...
by Nicole Blades | Best Apps
With all the photos we take at kids’ parties, sports events, vacations, and this week, Mother’s Day celebrations, I’m so glad to have found Adobe’s brand new GroupPix app , which lets you round-up, store, and share everyone’s photos with...
by Stacie Billis | Best Apps
Though I live in New York City, with its world-class public transportation system (mostly), I must admit that I’m more of a car person which means I drive, I taxi, I Uber and now I uberFAMILY. And I bet lots of other parents will too, considering their smart new...