by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Tech
Getting my kids to do a few math or grammar workbook pages is not easy. But getting them to play an educational app on my iPad? Piece of cake. But not all educational apps are equal. And some are just so great, we sifted through a bunch and put together our favorite...
by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks
With Hurricane Irene’s impending arrival, many of us are filling up the bathtubs, battening down the hatches, and digging out the candles. If you’re going to be affected by the storm (though not in an evacuation zone of course), don’t forget about...
by Cool Mom Team | Social Media
With the not entirely shocking news that Steve Jobs is stepping down as the CEO Apple, we’ve been captivated by the number of thoughtful and often moving articles, blog posts, and opinion pieces about the legacy he has left. It’s clear that is a man who...
by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks
We’ve heard people rave about Evernote as a fantastic, free way to save inspiration and ideas and access them from anywhere – computer, phone, or your favorite mobile device. But when we asked our go-to help desk, our Twitter followers and Facebook fans,...
by Cool Mom Team | Link Roundups
In case you missed them, here are some of our favorite picks from last week. 1. Keep your photos, your spreadsheets, even the Oxford English Dictionary near your heart with this beautiful and clever USB locket. 2. Our Dads Dig This pick is a beautiful, interactive app...
by Cool Mom Team | Photography
After having just uploaded oh…hundreds of photos from my camera after the BlogHer conference (give me one mojito and suddenly everything looks like a good picture) I can’t sing the praises of the Eye-Fi wireless memory cards enough. Especially since...
by Christina Refford | Tips and Tricks
In just a few short months, my iPad has become my handy little sidekick for checking everything from the weather, to the news headlines, to the latest movie reviews, wherever I am. And while I’ve found handy apps for all of these things, I am loving how Bing is...
by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks
One of the exciting aspects of technology is that there’s never just one way to use something. But given our limited time as busy parents, we never seem to have enough of it to dedicate to playing around with applications and gadgets to maximize their...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
I love that tech is getting smaller and smaller–especially for those of us apartment dwellers with limited home office space. And for a while now, I’ve been eying the aptly named HP Envy printer, which has the compact footprint of a DVD player. The HP Envy...
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...
