About six weeks ago, Liz sang the praises of Spotify and its new mobile app that provide iOS users with free mobile radio. And about six weeks ago, all Android users who read that post probably grumbled a bit. Well, now the same free mob…
Our family has had the official Olympics kick-off marked on our calendar for the entire month. What can we say, we're Olympics junkies! This also means I've been testing out a slew of Olympics apps to figure out which app will be the bes…
I am really into Words with Friends . "Into" is an understatement. And I know Liz is really into Scramble with Friends (though rumor has it no one will play her anymore; she's some kind of Scramble savant.) So when Zynga announced a new …
Talking to parents of older kids makes me want to build a machine that will stop time in its tracks. While I look forward to my kids getting older (kinda), there is so much comfort in their ages right now and not having to question where…
Oh Appy Day! gives you the scoop on the coolest apps from some of the coolest people anywhere. This week, Andy Cohen (we love him!) shares his favorite. I have to say my favorite app is Shazam , just because I use it all the time. Really…
Believe it or not, summer brain drain is a real phenomenon. Bill Nye the Science Guy even said so recently on Kids Place Live (yes, the de facto radio station on in my car) and he mentioned that math and science are the first subjects to…
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.…
Oh Appy Day! gives you the scoop on the coolest apps from some of the coolest people anywhere. This week, Sharon Osbourne shares her favorite! I love my flashlight app because I'm bloody blind. It turns your whole phone into a light whic…
Recently a smart reader recommended the Unblock Me app when I was looking for something new to play around with, and boy was she right. What I didn't realize however is the educational value for kids. Unblock Me is a series of outrageous…
Finding great apps for kids on iTunes or Google Play can sometimes feel like the search for the Holy Grail. Meandering through the thousands of apps to find the good ones can take a lot of time--as if we have so much of it to spare. Of c…
You know those cards you get from various retail establishments that you are supposed to hold onto until each box has been stamped so that you can redeem your free latte, or soup, or frozen yogurt? I must have millions of those cards acc…
Social gifting is the latest Internet trend, made clear by the numerous services cropping up for making group gifting easier ( GiftSimple , for example). Much easier if you know what it's like to take two kids under the age of four to th…
The last time I searched Craigslist was a while back when I suddenly had an urge to find a free (or cheap) piano for the living room. I have to admit, the pages upon pages of listings, the text-laden interface (even if they did remind me…
I remember the day I got my fancy new iPhone . And I also remember the day that I tried to go into my phone's contacts to make my first phone call. There before me was a list of contacts that seemed to include the name of every person I'…
With Instagram finally available to Android users and now getting snatched up for 1 billion dollars by Facebook (whoa!), it seems like soon everyone will be on our beloved photo sharing app--aw Instagram, we can say we knew you when. So …
Birds! In! Spaaaaaace! So will you like Angry Birds Space? I guess that's a "duh" sort of a question--consider the fact that Angry Birds developer Rovio is so gaming-savvy, they're now valued at more than Jet Blue. Clearly they know a li…
Having a multi-platform, multi-device household can be difficult when all you want to do is transfer an itty bitty song from one device to the other. It's a whirling dervish of cords, USBs, devices, and wandering MPEG files that usually …
My love for Dropbox runs deep, but now with a new exciting feature, I'm completely head over heels--and a little envious of you Android users. The newest version of the Dropbox Android app allows you to upload photos and videos directly …
This past weekend, I got through four fun-filled days at Disney World and emerged relatively unscathed from the perils of long lines and the whining that ensues on them. In part I have to thank the temperate weather, but I owe a huge deb…
We all know that texting and driving don't mix. But whether we don't trust our text-loving teen--or even ourselves when we hear the joyous ding of a new message on our phone--this genius app has a very clever solution. ( And hint, hint: …
Picture this - you're into hour two of your long road trip to the inlaws, only to discover that you left your DVD player with Cars 2 on the kitchen counter. All those painful whines could have been averted if you had the TV Anytime app .…
If you're a Fab.com lover like we all are, you're probably already making good use of their fabulous app every morning at 11 AM Eastern when you're away from the computer. So we're happy to see the Fab app has just been updated with some…
As a music buff, I was an early adopter of the Shazam app , which allows you to easily identify song titles and artists just by holding up your phone to the music. But for tonight's Super Bowl, you can actually use the Shazam app to do a…
Our readers often ask us to suggest more kids' apps beyond iOS, and while we do cover the great Android apps we find, there's certainly a discrepancy in both quantity and quality when compared to what's available for iOS. Well Android us…
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