Better lunch planning through technology

by Stephanie Mayers | Best Apps

Here is a typical weeknight in my house. After dinner is made and I have digested, the dishes are all done and I hear snoring out of the monitor… I think, YAY I can go sit down and wait for Jon Stewart. But then I remember, I have to pack her lunch. I think...

A Cat Lost In The City… or in the ocean, perhaps.

by Shari | Best Apps, Educational Apps

I like bright colors, moving objects and intense battles as much as the next guy, but my favorite incarnation of the virtual world is when it’s used for education. Particularly if bright colors and moving objects are part of the learning process. This is why my...

Clone yourself with Split Pic 2.0

by Jeana | Best Apps

There are so many fun photo apps that we have covered on Cool Mom Tech–Afterglow, BeFunky and myMosaic, to name a few. But I’ve recently started playing around with another iOS photo app called Split Pic 2.0 that not only offers fun filters, but lets you...

The Gyft app makes gift cards totally mobile. And easy. For real, this time

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

I admit I’ve been reluctant to jump on the gift card app bandwagon. I tend to just cram my gift cards into my wallet or stack them on my night table–but then I evidently realize oh hey…I’m at Target spending $90 and shoot, I have a $100 gift...

Get the kids outside by crawling into Ranger Rick’s Tree House

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

My kids’ love of electronics is not going away just because the grass is green again, which is why I really like a new educational iPad app that gets kids excited about the great outdoors—and even asks them to put down the iPad and go outside to experience...

Truckin’

by Stephanie Mayers | Best Apps, Educational Apps

I have shared custody of my phone… with my daughter. Basically it’s mine pretty much everywhere but the car. When I am driving on long trips, I know don’t need the tempation of checking mail I know is waiting for me, so I am a-okay to let her at it....

The new Springpad 4.0 gives it spring makeover users will love

by Jeana | Best Apps

Having been in the tech industry for a looong time, I’m usually skeptical when companies throw around “faster,” “easier” and “better” catchwords when it comes to updates to their products. But in the case of Springpad version...

Joy to Joya, an awesome video sharing app

by Jeana | Best Apps

I took the cutest video of my daughter at her piano lesson last week playing Beethoven Sonatas, jazz riffs and Billy Joel covers. It was amazing! OK, fine, it was a run-through of “Do Not Sneeze” accompanied by her piano teacher, but I still see a budding...

A photo app that makes you look a lot more organized than you really are

by Jeana | Best Apps

I have taken so many pictures of my kids on my iPhone that I tend to group them into “series.” There’s the Florida series, the winter snowstorm series, the soccer game series, and so on. So I’m excited to have found a new app called Picerty...

Reader Q+A: Preschool foreign language apps for Android?

by Jeana | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Can you recommend any preschool foreign language apps for Android for my kids? -Kathy Hi Kathy, thanks for your question! You didn’t mention if there’s a specific language you’re interested in, but here are a few picks that offer great apps for...

An educational app for the junior astronaut in your living room

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

What kid hasn’t dreamed of rocketing off into outer space to see what is out there? The problem is, that cardboard box in the living room isn’t going anywhere so fast. Junior Astronaut – Breaking through the space barrier is a standout educational...

Make your Instagram feed your screensaver with Screenstagram

by Christina Refford | Best Apps

As much as I love Instagram (and boy do we love Instagram), there are days that are so busy that I just don’t get the chance to see what great–or silly–shots my friends are posting. But now that my Instagram feed can easily become my MacBook...