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Printing Instagram photos gorgeously (and easily) with Plywerk.
Cutting, matting, mounting, spraying adhesive that ends up peeling later–printing Instagram photos yourself then framing them can be a pain…
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Unroll.me: How to clean up your inbox with a minimum of hair-pulling-out.
I’m usually not one for New Year’s resolutions, but, in the spirit of getting more done in 2014, I decided…
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3 completely silly, non-educational, totally fun apps that let kids be kids on their holiday break
To us, the holidays are a time for throwing the rules out the window a bit. We eat too many…
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CamMe Selfie App: A cool way to take group photos and actually be in them too
Why would a parent consider a selfie app? Let us count the ways. First off, the eleventy bazillion visitors you’ll…
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The new Toca Mini app: It’s a small world after all.
Cute? Funky? Funny? That’s entirely up to you in this new colorful world from Toca Boca, one of our favorite…
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Biggest Price Drop: A discount site for finding savings on the good stuff. The really good stuff.
As a parent, I think it’s my responsibility to save money where I can (kids are expensive!), but only on…
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Piquing our Geek: Draw your own video game with Pixel Press.
My second grader is crazy into made up games he creates and customizes himself. Everything from blueprints for Star Warsian…
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Build-your-own computer kits for kids, all designed by another kid. Minds blown.
We all know STEM is a big deal in schools these days. The combination of science, technology, engineering and math…
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Flips: Headphones that turn into speakers. Whoa.
As a family of frequent travelers, we have a lot of headphones at the ready, just waiting to be thrown…
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Hit the road with the Toca Cars app
Creative, quirky, playful, rule free and devoid of in-app pop ups (hooray!)–all reasons why Toca Boca is one of our…
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InfiniScroll gets kids creating their own stories. Awesome stories.
Rules are all well and good, but sometimes it’s fun to break them. This outstanding storytelling app agrees, but shhh…don’t…
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Soleil Moon Frye moves from parenting author to parenting app developer. And it’s good.
While there are a ton of photo editing apps that we’ve recommended, there’s a new one made just for families…
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My Muppets Show app: It’s time to play the music. For real.
Miss Piggy, Animal, Kermit, Beaker–your favorite Muppets are all together again in a free musical builder app for iOS and…
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Build a neighborhood with Toca Builders.
Dropping, smashing, stacking, painting–Toca Boca‘s newest app for kids, just out today, encourages kids to do them all, and I’m…
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Larky App tracks all your membership benefits so you don’t have to. Who wants a free flight?
Discounts, perks, rewards–they all sounded reeeeally good when we signed up for all those membership programs. Until we end up…
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Princess Fairy Tale Maker is like coloring app meets make-your-own adventure book. With tiaras.
If it has sparkles, hearts, fairies, crowns and cupcakes, my preschool princess is all over it. Me: not so much.…
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The new Epiphanie Camera Backpack is a traveling shutterbug’s dream
My MacBook Pro and my Canon are the only two gadgets I love almost as much as my children. And,…
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Timmy Tickle. Because who wouldn’t want to play with an octopus?
Like most kids, my preschooler likes action. Especially when it comes to apps. Surprisingly, she now counts a mellow octopus among…
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Dude, Where’s My Holiday?
Presents are wrapped, eggs are nogged, kids are on Christmas break, and two of this year’s biggest game stars have…
