by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps
I have no idea why it took me so long to finally download and try the Video Star app, but now that I did, I’m so in love. Mostly with how creative my kids are getting with it. Aw, and just when I thought nothing would tear them away from Minecraft. This is...
by Nicole Blades | Best Apps
When it comes to apps, we’re all about finding the newest and coolest ones that help the busy family machine run a little smoother. And as we ramp up to back-to-school season, life is probably about to get even more hectic. Oh forget probably. It is! So, how are...
by Nicole Blades | Social Media
What happens when 14 young designers put their heads together to figure out how to promote IKEA’s newest furniture collection? The highly-innovative IKEA PS 2014, that’s what. It’s the first fully-functional, interlinked web site on Instagram. Yes,...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tips and Tricks
By now, texting acronyms like LOL and OMG are pretty pervasive in pop culture; my daughter knew them in preschool, you hear them from the least hip anchors on TV morning shows, and heck, your own parents probably have texted you an LOL at some point. But when...
by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion + Accessories
Well if there was any doubt that wearable tech was blowing up–and getting prettier–you only have to look at these pages where it seems that there’s something new and cool coming out nearly every day now. Recently, it was the beautiful Misfit Shine...
by Liz Gumbinner | Social Media
We spend a lot of time on Twitter. Maybe too much. But between our personal accounts, and @coolmomtech and @coolmompicks, all of us here definitely get to see our share of brand outreach. Not just to us directly, but to other folks on Twitter too. And the truth is, a...
by Julie | Tips and Tricks
As much as I love Twitter — both for the news and the conversation — there are times when I just need to cut down on the noise in my feed–TV shows I don’t watch, playoffs I don’t care about, or nonstop tweets from Caribbean vacations that...
by Cool Mom Team | Social Media
Wishing all our readers a wonderful, relaxing, totally non-contentious day. Maybe you’ll even get to unplug a little. Unless you don’t want to. Hey, breakfast in bed followed by uninterrupted Pinterest browsing sounds good to us. Happy Mother’s Day,...
