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...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Jeremy Bernstein is a digital creative director at Deutsch Advertising in New York, so he’s always up on the latest and coolest. He’s also the father of two ridiculously cute kids. It’s a common refrain in our home since we got an iPad a few months...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
These days, any videos I catch of the kids is with my iPhone 4, which thankfully means I’m catching way more than I ever did before. But if you’ve filmed kids before, then you know that even the quick tab slide and tap that’s required to record with...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
I know I’m not alone when I say I can’t get enough of photo apps for my phone like Instagram, Photocopier, and my first love, Hipstamatic. Now there’s a fun one I’ve just added, that’s great for taking old fashioned photo strips....
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
With a ton of trips coming up, including the big BlogHer conference in San Diego this week, I feel like I’m losing my mind trying to keep it all organized. In fact, last night I had a brief panic attack as I tried to track down my airline confirmation, and not...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
As a self-proclaimed iPhoneographer, I use my iPhone 4 camera for everything. Even editing, which is a far cry from anything I used to do with a point and shoot. And since discovering this fantastic app, I’m able to turn my regular old photos into funky...
by Christina Refford | Babies, Best Apps
Do you know a good iPad app to track nursing, diapers, growth, etc. that would work well for twins? -question via Twitter We’ve done some searching and found the Total Baby app which has a ton of great features and can handle up to six kids’...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps
I’ve long been a fan of David A. Carter’s pop-up books like One Red Dot, ever since my sister, an ardent pop-up lover, introduced me to them years ago. So when I heard that he had helped develop a new app for the iPad, I could only hope it’d be more...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
I was definitely intrigued by the Dragon Dictation voice recognition software that we recently featured, so when I heard that they launched an app, you can bet I had to give it a try. And wow, this free app is nothing short of awesome, especially for busy parents....
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps, Educational Apps
I get such a kick out of watching my girls get creative–putting on plays, making up songs, doing puppet shows. (Shades of my own childhood!) And now there’s an absolutely inventive, wonderful app that let’s them do that very thing right on an iPad....
by Jeana | Best Apps, Educational Apps
We keep hearing about summer brain drain for kids who are on summer vacation. But for those ambitious parents out there who are already eying the Ivy Leagues for their toddlers (oh not you, of course), it’s never too early to start making pathways between those...