Last minute gift idea: 6 great video editing apps that let you easily send something more sentimental than a card
One of our favorite last-minute suggestions for sentimental Father’s Day gifts (and any gift really) has been to make a short, shareable video that you can create easily. While video editing used to reserved for professionals with zillions of dollars worth of...
The Kids Stay in the Picture: A pre-Father’s Day brunch event with Cool Mom Tech and Amazon Cloud Drive
As admittedly heavy Amazon Prime users, we can’t believe we didn’t know about the free access all Prime members have to Amazon Cloud Drive. And we can’t believe how many other in-the-know friends weren’t aware either. (Hey, Prime isn’t...
The Pictli photo framing app yields one sweet, sentimental Father’s Day gift if you hurry.
I have always loved giving photos as gifts for everything from Father’s Day to birthdays. Really, what’s better having the luck to capture a perfect moment, then having someone special enough to share it with. So I am crushing on Pictli, a service with a...
MyBabyD: Not your everyday baby photo sharing app
Over the years, we’ve found great illustrators who have taken their own baby photos and turned them into fantastic collage drawings. But now we found a sister team out of Barcelona who’s attempting to do one better with their new Kickstarter: The MyBabyD...
Sound the alarms! The new game-changing Google Photos app is pure fire.
I am a longtime, shameless, all-things-Apple fan. But that doesn’t mean I don’t tip my hat frequently to cool, non-iOS products. And, when it comes to this new Google Photos app? I’m basically standing up and doing a slow-clap, because the app is...
Instagram apps that allows you to add text over photos? Reader Q & A.
Hey Cool Mom Tech! Do y’all know of an Instagram app for iPad that allows you to add text or make a collage? -Delilah, via Twitter Hey Delilah! The short answer to your question is: Indeed we do. And we totally get it, too. Sometimes you just want to fiddle...
Disposable cameras are back! Only…not.
I have to admit that disposable cameras make me pretty nostalgic for the old days of pressing the shutter, then having no idea how those snaps turned out until I picked up the envelope of prints. (Ed: Or better, finding an undeveloped disposable camera in a drawer...
15 Instagram tips every user should know. We think you’ll heart-emoji them.
Truth be told, I abandoned my BlackBerry for the iPhone specifically because of Instagram. And, believe me, I was quite the keyboard-over-touchscreen loyalist. But the lure of the obvious fun of sharing square photos — with filters! — was just too strong,...
Layout from Instagram: Finally, Instagram’s own photo collage app.
Just last year, we gave you the straight intel on the best Instagram collage apps. And now, finally (some might say, including us) Instagram has jumped in the game with Layout from Instagram, their very own app for making photo collages to share. It’s been out...
Cool Mom Tech shares the Waterlogue app with Meredith Vieira. Fun!
This week, I had the pleasure of joining the Meredith Vieira Show (I love her!) for a quick segment on one of our favorite apps: Waterlogue, which transforms your photos into gorgeous watercolor paintings. If you haven’t tried it, check out our full review...
5 of the coolest new photo apps for iPhone and Android out now
As parents, we are not shy about our love of cool camera apps since that’s easily half the reason we all own smartphones in the first place. And we’ve experienced first-hand how a really great camera app — like the Camera+ 6 app — can really...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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