Photo prints directly from your phone? Snapperific!

by Jeana | Uncategorized

If there’s one downfall to having thousands of photos stored on my iPhone, it’s figuring out how to get them from the phone to a photo album. (Yes, with actual prints!) Now you can skip the photo printing service middleman, with a terrific app called...

How to get your personal information off Spokeo

by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks

Since my job is primarily on the Internet, I’m pretty vigilant about my family’s privacy. So every now and then I’ll search my name to see what comes up. And even though I removed myself from the Spokeo database a few years ago, I was shocked by what...

PicPlum helps family and friends relish those plum shots

by Jeana | Websites We Love

There are lots of photo sites out there that do a great job of storing and printing all those pictures of yours (in my case, thousands on my iPhone). So when I heard about PicPlum, a photo service that touts great quality and ease-of-use, I admit, I wasn’t...

Getting your Tim Burton on with stop motion

by Cool Mom Team | Tech Toys

As much as we love all the popular apps and filters that give any old iPhoneographer more professional results, it’s kind of great to see that those cheats (let’s be honest) are also getting more and more people excited about learning classic photography...

Where pop culture, technology, and art meet. Also, Bronies.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Websites We Love

In a world where news arrives in 140 characters or less and we thank people for their birthday wishes by clicking the Like button, it can be all too easy to fly on autopilot when it comes to deeper thinking. But there’s a beauty behind pop culture phenoms like...

Travel blogging gets easier with Trip Lens

by Jeana | Best Apps

If you’ve got a busy summer ahead of you with adventures in new and exciting places, and you like to share your every move with your closest friends and family, a new app called Trip Lens is one to add to your packing, er, download list before you leave. Trip...

Lomocams with St. Tropez style

by Cool Mom Team | Tech Toys

If you’re a lomography fan, or just looking for a super cool hostess gift for a friend who’s generous with her beach house, this new camera is so neat. The St. Tropez edition of the La Sardina Camera makes me feel elegant just trilling the r’s in the...

Flipboard finally comes to Android. Yippee!

by Jeana | Best Apps

Ever since my husband took over my iPad, I figured it would be easier to just give up and use my Kindle Fire at bedtime. But as part of my news-reading routine, Flipboard had been sadly absent from list of go-to apps. That is, until now. Because Flipboard is finally...

2 ways to take better photos with your smart phone

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

As much as I love my SLR, it’s been collecting a bit of dust in my office thanks to my iPhone 4 camera, which I pretty much use almost exclusively these days to take photos. But even with my few cool camera apps, I’m still far from an expert.If...

Saving and sharing those photos that weren’t taken by a digital camera

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

When I opened the mysterious package that arrived for me this week, I was surprised to pull out a vintage hat box. Surprised and happy–since vintage hat boxes are one of my most favorite things. Inside, there was all this cool ephemera…a very smart way of...