Lojack for your cell phone – that’s TekTrak

by Jeana | Best Apps

How many of you have you misplaced your phone and had to call your mobile number? My hand is raised over here. But for the times that I’ve called my number and my ringer has been off, and I’ve spent a good 30 minutes retracing my steps to find it, well, as...

A mobile app for new parents. Nervous, tired new parents.

by Jeana | Best Apps

Remember those first few hours and days after bringing your firstborn home? Elation and terror are two of the many emotions that come to mind. It was a magical time, but one that prompted a lot of questions. A lot. Rather than rely on books like I did in my heyday,...

Free financial advice right on your smart phone

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

A few months ago, a reader asked us to find some cool budgeting apps for iPad, and many of you tweeted your love for Mint.com. So we decided to give it a whirl ourselves, and let’s just say it’s confirmed that we do indeed have the smartest readers ever....

Parents Magazine, now on iPad. And it’s very very good.

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

Parents Magazine is one of those periodicals that I end up reading cover to cover and then ripping up and tacking to my bulletin board because there’s just so many useful tidbits. And don’t even try to get me to throw away the back issues that I still find...

Leapfrog Tag Maps help kids make sense of a great big world

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps, Educational Apps

There’s a lot going on in the world these days. Kids are hearing rumblings about so many countries, many of which are new to them. Depending on their ages, there are some good tools to help initiate conversations about friends and foes overseas, like the clever...

iHandy Carpenter – essential tools in your back pocket

by Jeana | Best Apps

We recently re-painted our living room and designated one wall for our arrangement of black-framed photos. In my haste to get the project done, I eyeballed placement–never a good idea. It looked nothing like the spread I saw in Restoration Hardware’s...

e-Cards that are so moving. Literally

by Betsy | Best Apps

Here’s a new twist on the growing market of instant e-Cards–an app that lets you customize an animated message for just about every occasion. Also? It’s free The YourCards app has a great selection of video e-cards that your children are going to...

Welcome CBS Early Show viewers!

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

We’re so thrilled that you caught our Editor-in-Chief Liz Gumbinner on the Early Show this morning talking about the Babycenter.com Mobile Moms research. Or if you missed the segment, you can watch it right here. We’re the first to admit that we love our...

Piquing our Geek: evoz baby monitors for plugged-in parents

by Jeana | Babies, Best Apps

I can’t believe my kids are old enough for me to say things like, “Well…we didn’t have that when my kid was a baby,” but a mere six years later and I’m already waxing nostalgia about how much different it was before all the advances...

Dads Dig This: NPR Music app

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

We’re thrilled to welcome Grammy nominee Brady Rymer as a guest Dads Dig This blogger. He’s one of our favorite family music artists whose new album “Love me for who I am” is just out! If you’re on the lookout for a trusted place to...

Light it up Blue for World Autism Awareness Day

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

As someone who worked with families affected by Autism, I know how much research and awareness is still needed. So aside from donning blue today, I’m doing what I can to contribute to the second annual Light it Up Blue campaign to celebrate World Autism...

I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow on your iPad

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps, Educational Apps

When my children discovered the Three Little Pigs storybook app on a friend’s iPad, I had absolutely zero doubt in my mind that we’d be running home to purchase it that very night. In a word, this app is masterful. Or to use more words, it’s...