Android apps

My kids love remote-control vehicles, toys they can build themselves, and playing on my smartphone, so I know they'd go bananas for SmartWood , a new set of smartphone controlled toys which combine all three of their favorite things into…

About halfway through our summer, my bag of tricks is getting dangerously empty when it comes to creating fun, new things to do with the kids. But one of our favorite arts-and-craft companies, Kiwi Crate , has developed Kiwi Corner , a w…

With the addition of baby #3 in the past year, you can bet I won't be heading to a mall anytime soon for back-to-school clothes shopping. Online shopping has been my savior the past few years, but getting the right size is always a big q…

I had forgotten how much I love to read glossy magazines until I started using a Texture digital magazine subscription (formerly NextIssue) which gives me access to more than 140 monthly and weekly magazines all on my favorite device--iP…

Yes, we take photos of basically everything in the known universe with our smartphones. It's how we roll these days, and best to just accept it. But the one persistent drawback with this is trying to get a good pic at night or in low lig…

When it comes to new motherhood and the number of helpful apps popping up, it seems the odds are ever in our favor. Whether it's tracking the size of your growing belly from bump to beach ball or keeping tabs on nursing or milestones, we…

Remember when we told you that there would be more to come on the Samsung Milk Music app ? Well, this is the more, and it's pretty darn good. Milk Music essentially combines all the good things about online music streaming services into …

I'm a little embarrassed to admit that it took me about 9 months to print out pictures of my third baby and put them up around the house. When I think back to how diligent I was with baby #1 and (a little less diligent with) baby #2, I h…

Before we begin, I should tell you that I've been on the Apple cart from way back. However, since we're keeping it real, I should also share that I've been impressed with Samsung's overall smart device efforts in the last two or three ye…

As a mom to three kids, I've often thought that a warehouse club membership would be a good idea. I mean, my kids can put away some snacks. Not to mention the diapers and formula, when we were in that phase of life. But going to the groc…

As much as my kids are obsessed with Toca Boca apps , it's really no surprise that they are now in love with their newest, the Toca Town app , which is now available for Kindle Fire users. Whoo! What's so cool about Toca Town is that all…

O ver the years, I've appreciated Cool Mom Tech's recommendations for fitness and health trackers that record heart rate, sleep and activity patterns. Have you found gadgets, preferably wearable, that monitor blood pressure? - Karine Hi …

My kids are just two weeks into summer break, and they're so happy to have their days to just play outside and swim and you know, not do math. But since I don't want them to lose everything they've learned in just a few months, I've put …

The new Monument Valley app may be the most gorgeous, mindblowingly cool app I've seen in a while. And that's saying something. It's a puzzle game that's like Figaro Pho meets MC Escher. Your job is to get the silent little princess Ida …

As a longtime photo enthusiast and avid storyteller, I've been a huge fan of Instagram since it dropped three years ago. Especially as a parent who wants to get the best photos of my kids up there. That said, I take tons of pictures of l…

Well if there was any doubt that wearable tech was blowing up--and getting prettier--you only have to look at these pages where it seems that there's something new and cool coming out nearly every day now. Recently, it was the beautiful …

One of the things I love best about summer is that we go into full-on BBQ mode. And while my husband primarily holds the reins on the tongs, I like exploring different recipes and fun summer dishes, which is where these great BBQ apps an…

Being a cyclist myself, I love seeing all the new advances to help keep bikes and their riders safe, and Skylock is at the top of my list for a bunch of cool reasons. The Skylock bike lock is a solar powered, Bluetooth enabled, wifi conn…

With the explosion of fitness tech , we've seen a ton of cool activity trackers, like the Jawbone UP, FitBit Flex , and Garmin vívofit . Now we've found one that looks prettier and does even more than the others: The Misfit Shine . The M…

With the amount of time I spend in my car driving kids to their various activities, a driving assistant sounds awfully nice. While technology hasn't yet come up with a virtual driver to take over carpooling responsibilities, a system lik…

School's almost out for summer where I am, so I'm glad to find an awesome new educational app called My Incredible Body that takes kids -- and hey, parents too -- on a fascinating journey through nearly all the organ systems in our body …

If you're like me, your movie-going days all but disappeared when you had kids. As a nursing mom, I found it nearly impossible to get away for a few hours without feeling like I was going to explode (TMI?) so we started watching our TV a…

We have covered cloud-based storage in the past like standbys Dropbox and Google Drive , which are today's easiest way to access important documents and photos from your mobile devices. But Microsoft software users (um, everyone?) can no…

Sadly, my kids' interest in most drawing apps are growing more and more short-lived. The basic digital coloring pages just don't hold the interest of a seven and nine-year-old they way they once did. And then we found the My Virtual Fash…