by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
Despite the easy filtering and editing of Instagram, I still find some of my favorite photos come from photo apps in which I can choose the film and lenses right in camera before the shutter snaps instead of editing photos afterwards. Well now there’s a photo...
by Kristen Chase | Best Apps
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...