Build a neighborhood with Toca Builders.

by Pilar | Best Apps

Dropping, smashing, stacking, painting–Toca Boca’s newest app for kids, just out today, encourages kids to do them all, and I’m excited as much as my kids are. Really. Our actual playroom walls could use a break. While all Toca Boca apps encourage...

How to make an iPod Touch safe for kids

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

[This post has been updated as of January 2014 to include new information] I’m pretty sure almost every one of my oldest daughter’s friends got an iPod Touch for Christmas this year. We’re talking third-graders. And while even we here at Cool Mom...

Amazon AutoRip: Buy the CD, get the MP3s for free!

by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment

As much as I’m pretty much listening to all my music through MP3s streaming from sites and apps like Spotify, I still tend to listen to CDs in my car. But with this amazing new service from Amazon.com, I can get the best of both music worlds. Just a couple of...

Bringing some holiday cheer (and snow!) to your videos

by Jeana | Best Apps

Christmas is a mere two weeks away and for those of you who have yet to finish your shopping (ahem), I feel your stress. To add a bit of comic relief to your day, take a moment to play around with this nifty app that lets you add fun effects to your videos. Using the...

Beyond the iPad: A comparison guide to the best tablets for kids and adults

by Jeana | Tips and Tricks

If you’ve been sending letters to Santa on behalf of the kids, been collecting hints from family members or have been thinking about your own Christmas wish list yourself, I’m willing to bet that a tablet is on one, if not all, of the lists you’ve...

Toca Hair Salon 2: behold the squeals of thousands of app-loving children

by Pilar | Best Apps

Once my preschooler discovered the joys of snipping every piece of paper in the house with safety scissors, it was really just a matter of time before she (gleefully) caught on to cutting her dolls’ hair. The day she cut her own was the day the scissors were...

Holiday Tech Gifts – Audio Awesomeness

by Cool Mom Team | Gear + Hardware, Holiday Tech Gifts

Today, we’re happy to bring you some of our favorite picks in our Holiday Tech Gifts series–cool gifts for the audiophile. With music so much a part of our world, whether you’re rocking the earbuds at the gym, starting to go wireless with your home...

10 amazing tech gifts at Target. (Do we have to pick? Can we have all of them?

by Cool Mom Team | Gear + Hardware, Holiday Tech Gifts

For years I’ve been a huge fan of Target. I know I’m not alone in saying I walk in needing two things and walk out with a whole shopping cart full of…you know. More things. So what’s super thrilling is that through the holiday season, I’m...

Toca Tailor Fairy Tales: Like Grimm’s paper dolls meets Project Runway. Sort of.

by Pilar | Best Apps

“Once upon a time” gets a modern reboot in the latest digital toy from our favorite Swedish app developer, Toca Boca. It’s one of those apps that our kids could hardly wait for, once they caught wind of the previews, and for good reason. Not to...

Toca Tailor: Like Project Runway for kids.

by Pilar | Best Apps

Time to make it work! Toca Boca, our favorite Swedish app developer is at it again with Toca Tailor, their newest release that makes kids the head of their own design house. [don’t miss a limited time discount on this app!] In Toca Tailor, four...