4 incredibly cool parents to follow on Instagram who are actually not posting photos of their kids
I’m mostly an Instagram purist. I really love following the kinds of accounts in which people share their own individual photography instead of loads of quotes, reshares, or images pulled from magazines. And while I can never resist a gorgeous baby photo, there...
11 Instagram accounts to follow that start your day off happy
I recently learned a tip: Waking up and beginning your day looking at Facebook and Twitter can start you off on the wrong foot. Between the political fighting, the depressing news, the spam and the trolling…yeah. Not necessarily the first thing you want to see...
The Typic Kids app helps kids become awesome photo editors and designers! Look out, Instagram!
While I’m pretty cautious about my kids’ use of social media, I love encouraging them to take pictures and hone their photography skills, whether we’re on some exotic family vacation or just hanging out around the house. Of course kids naturally...
One really creative way to print Instagram photos? On your arm, with Picattoo
We get asked how to print Instagram photos all the time here on Cool Mom Tech, but of all the ideas we’ve featured before, you’ve never been able to apply them to your arm. Or chest. Or…well, you get the idea. Meet Picattoo, a new service from the...
The newest watch-out for parents: Phone numbers posted on Instagram
Remember when we had to buy magazines like Tiger Beat to get the scoop on our teen crushes? These days, tweens can get up-to-the-minute details on their favorite Instagram and Vine stars, right on their smartphones. (Niall, Harry, Liam, squeal!) But parents should be...
7 helpful tips for taking Halloween photos of your kids. Your Instagram friends await!
In addition to fun-sized everything, one of the best parts of Halloween is seeing all of the adorable (adoraboo?) photos of people’s kids in costume. Some of you are so clever with these costume ideas you dream up for your kids! We wanted to help you show off...
Need Instagram photo gift ideas? The Novogratz can help.
The Novogratz family is back, and since I’m a fan of their accessible but eclectic decorating style, I like that they’re continuing their quest for colorful world design domination with a new line of modern custom photo gifts that should be a big hit this...
The hashtag necklace: Instagram this.
Whether you’re thinking holidays or just looking to freshen up your fall wardrobe, tech style we’re loving these blingy hashtag necklaces from local NYC jewelry, Electric Picks. Which makes it an Electric Cool Mom Pick, since you’ll find it in our...
What’s Instagram’s new Hyperlapse app? It adds a cool fast-forward button to your life (should it not be going fast enough for you)
Have you ever been somewhere, sitting through an event or activity, and just wishing you could hit the fast-forward button on it all? Well, last week Instagram released a new video app that is as close as we’re ever going to get to that. It’s called...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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