Tips from a pro for taking better family vacation photos. Good timing, right?

by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks

If you’re like us, you’re counting down the days to a summer vacation, whether it’s a weekend at the grandparents’ place or something bigger. Either way, hopefully it means sleeping in late (kids willing), lazy days, catching up on books and of...

Last minute gift idea: 6 great video editing apps that let you easily send something more sentimental than a card

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

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 Pictli photo framing app yields one sweet, sentimental Father’s Day gift if you hurry.

by Stephanie Mayers | Best Apps

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...

Here’s how to follow Cool Mom Tech! Because we are where you are.

by Cool Mom Team | Meta

Whichever social media site you prefer, we’re probably there too. Isn’t that how things go these days? Here are all the ways to follow us, for links to cool articles you don’t want to miss, breaking news, tips for last minute sales and discounts we...

Piquing our geek: The Light Phone helps keep you off your phone.

by Julie | Gear + Hardware

Browsing the crowdfunding scene, we’re always amazed by the space-age ideas being brought to life out there and making us go, whoa. Now, it’s the the Light Phone, an ultra compact phone that totally looks like it’s from a sci-fi movie. Billed as...

Sound the alarms! The new game-changing Google Photos app is pure fire.

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps

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...

4 of the best free apps to help keep you safe on the road during summer road trips

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps

With an estimated 37 million Americans hitting the road on the Memorial Day holiday alone, it’s going to be the biggest travel weekend in a decade. Clearly, after enduring a long, miserable winter, folks are super hyped for the (unofficial) start summer....

The New Spotify changes: 3 awesome reasons to become a Spotify Premium member right now

by Kristen Chase | Entertainment

We’re huge Spotify fans in my home and on the go (in case you were still wondering whether moms actually know how to use Spotify), and now with the big New Spotify announcement yesterday, I’ve suddenly got a few more reasons to love this popular streaming...

2 super easy new photo book apps for iPhone that will have the dad or grad in your life smiling

by Nicole Blades | Photography

We’re very pro-photo book around here. Actually, we support any service or app that helps us get all the digital pics we snap off of our devices and on display for all to enjoy. And with Father’s Day and graduation season officially underway, here are two,...

#SelfieWithMom for Mother’s Day: A selfie we can all get behind. And in.

by Kristen Chase | Social Media

If there’s one thing that I love about selfies, it’s that I’m in more photos with my kids now than I ever was before. And as I get older and my kids get older, it’s those photos I treasure the most, even more than their sweet homemade gifts and...