The best Valentine ecards: Just as gorgeous, funny, sexy and romantic as the real ones

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps

As much as I love real live, hold them in your hands, save them forever and ever Valentine’s Day cards, there are a few reasons I love the digital Valentine eCards from Paperless Post. First, these are not those awful ecards you remember from the days of...

Viking ranges go high tech, as if they weren’t already on every foodie’s covet list.

by Jeana | Life and Home

I’m really excited thinking about my future kitchen. It’ll have cool things like a smart refrigerator, Wi-Fi enabled appliances, and now, I’ve learned, a gorgeous Viking Professional 7 Series Range that will sync with my smartphone. A girl can dream,...

Polaroid is back in app form with the Polamatic App

by Kristin | Best Apps

Did everyone’s aunt have a Polaroid camera? Because that was the coolest thing I had ever seen sometime around 1978. The idea of seeing, capturing, and instantly sharing imagery certainly didn’t start with Instagram — Polaroid was the first to do...

The new Facebook Paper app: Like Flipboard, only you know. From Facebook.

by Julie | Best Apps

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.

by Kristin | Best Apps

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.

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

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.

by Jeana | Best Apps

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.

by Julie | Best Apps

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...

Tracking devices get more accessible with Bringrr

by Jeana | Uncategorized

How many times have I gotten into my car and started driving, only to realize that I’ve forgotten my phone? (Answer: Too many.) So I love that a nifty gadget called Bringrr (rhymes with ringer) is upping the ante in the world of tracking devices, acting as a...

Duh! Books: Educational eBooks for kids who want to know more than their parents can tell them. (We can relate.)

by Julie | Best Apps, Educational Apps

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...