SquareHub: A social network just for your family. And it happens to be awesome.
If you’re like me, you spend a lot of your day texting your spouse and kids, or calling to check in on them and coordinate schedules. Don’t even get me started on the number of emails I send. But since I got a sneak peek at a brand new connectivity app...
A camera for Mother’s day? How about 100.
Why give mom one camera for Mother’s Day when she can have an entire wishlist’s worth? So it’s not actual cameras (unless you’re a zillionaire), but rather A Visual Compendium of Cameras poster, which is almost as cool. And less cluttery. The...
The coolest Mother’s Day gifts for the camera lover
We’ve found a slew of amazing camera accessories that would make amazing Mother’s Day gifts, whether the mom in your life is a certified shutterbug or she just loves taking photos of her kids. While a lot of gifts for true photographers can be expensive,...
10 ways parents can use Spotify
I’ve been a big Spotify fan ever since this awesome music service finally hit the United States. Since then, I use it pretty much daily to listen to music myself, but also to help me parent my kids. Check out these 10 ways parents can use Spotify, some of which...
DayOne: A fantastic baby book app, even if your baby isn’t a baby anymore
Now that I’ve discovered this amazing new journaling app, I know plenty of parents can make up for lost time without going out of their way. In fact, it might be the very best baby book app I’ve found. I pretty much ditched the baby book after my oldest...
How do I watermark my photos for free? Easy!
Now that I’ve started posting photos of my family on the Internet, I’ve been thinking much more about how to watermark my photos. Thankfully, it’s not nearly as complicated as I thought, especially with the help of my go-to photo editing site,...
Meet Afterlight: Possibly our new favorite photo editing app
As an avid iPhone camera user, I generally use Camera+ to shoot my cell phone photos, and then upload it to Snapseed for editing before sharing on Instagram. Phew! But recently I was introduced to a cool new app that has all my favorite features of all the editing...
How to get the most out of the Magisto video editing app
If you’re like me, you’ve got tons of family videos on your smartphone and lots of aspirations to do something with them all. But then “one of these days” turns into months and years, because who really has time to sit down and edit together...
How to make an iPod Touch safe for kids
[This post has been updated as of January 2014 to include new information] I’m pretty sure almost every one of my oldest daughter’s friends got an iPod Touch for Christmas this year. We’re talking third-graders. And while even we here at Cool Mom...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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