Stop the presses! JibJab has new ebooks for kids

by Christina Refford | Best Apps

If you’ve ever laughed at JibJab’s hilarious ecards, like this one of the CMP staff at Halloween, you know how funny it is to see your own visage shimmying while dressed like Dracula, or busting a Mummy move. And now that they’ve entered the world of...

A back to school sale just for kids’ apps

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Back to school sales are in full swing which means I can stock up on winter sweaters, coats and boots, even if we won’t need them for a few more months. Even better is a great Back-to-School sale on some of our favorite apps for kids that we won’t have to...

3 top language translation apps you’ll want to have on the road

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

Having just returned from two weeks in Spain with my family, I can assure you traveling internationally with a couple of kids can truly be a joy. (Fear not the plane ride!) But then, there are times it was also a little stressful, what with me having studied French...

Hurricane watch apps, and more. Stay safe, east coasters!

by Beth | Best Apps

With Hurricane Irene in full swing right now, we thought for those of you worried about your A Zone status, you might want to grab some of the best extreme weather mobile apps. Here are a few we found that cover topics such as finding shelters, FEMA updates, weather...

Skype WiFi? Finally, there’s an app for that.

by Jeana | Best Apps

You know that you’ve truly made it to A-list status in the tech world, when your company becomes its own verb. Think Google, Facebook and Skype. We all know by now that Skype is an amazing tool that anyone can quickly pick up. Even my less-than-tech savvy...

Fee! Fie! Foe! Fum! This new ebook has giant appeal.

by Christina Refford | Best Apps

Though I was raised on the original Brothers Grimm stories, which are pretty dark, I was always a little more scared of the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. The whole I smell the blood of an Englishman boomed by a big hairy giant? Yeesh. But now we’re having so...

Dads Dig This – 3 reasons to love iMovie for iPhone

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

Welcome Dads Dig This guest blogger Andy Hinds, a stay-at-home dad to twin girls and author of Beta Dad. I used to think I could have been a great filmmaker, the only things standing between me and a brilliant directing career being my utter technical incompetence and...

Got ten minutes in the carpool line? How about catching up on 30 Rock.

by Jeana | Best Apps

There are many instances when I find myself in the car waiting for something — for a practice to end, for a napping kid to wake up — and have idle time. It’s in these moments that I forgo checking email on my iPhone and opt instead for a game. But I...

OMG, u can save $$ on txts w/Textfree

by Jeana | Best Apps

Every time I get my AT&T bill, I brace myself for the additional charges I may have accrued from my month-long thumb frenzy with friends. Sure, I have a number of free texts built into my plan, but I do text a lot and even the short texts like, “Can’t...

FastCustomer – Never wait on hold again

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

The inconvenience of having my wallet stolen a couple of weeks ago was tripled when I had to call all my credit card companies and waste way too much time sitting on hold waiting to talk to a real person. Too bad I didn’t have this fantastic, free app that does...

The FBI Child ID app – The one app we hope you’ll never have to use

by Jeana | Best Apps

It’s every parent’s worst nightmare to think of a child going missing, but the reality is, it’s not a bad idea to be prepared for worst case scenarios. The FBI just recently launched a free app called Child ID that lets you do just that. So, does it...

Toca Boca: the name behind 6 of our favorite kids’ apps

by Christina Refford | Best Apps

I get excited about great apps for my kids — and ticked off by the ones that stink — but I don’t usually think too much about the apps’ developers. However, as my kids have started to amass an arsenal of apps on my iPad, I keep running into...