Organize your contacts for the new year – the newest resolution to add to the list

by Jeana | Websites We Love

These days, with contacts in virtual address books, real address books (yes, I still use one), Facebook, LinkedIn, and apps galore, it’s getting increasingly essential to find a way to organize your contacts and streamline them in one place.Luckily, we’ve...

3 cool, free calendar apps for Android users

by Shari | Best Apps

If you’re on the hunt for a cool calendar app for your Android smart phone, it can be tough to figure out what’s best in a sea of options. So, I tried a whole lot (see what I do for you?) and narrowed them down to these three options–all of which...

The coolest apps for tweens and big kids: Editors Best Tech of 2012

by Cool Mom Team | Editors' Picks of the Year

The older our kids get, the more picky they get about their apps. For kids in the 7 and up range, we love these Android and iOS apps for their ability to keep fickle kids engaged with a minimum of the gunplay and stuff parents get squidgy about. FOR IOS Liz: Geography...

The coolest apps for little kids and preschoolers: Editors Best Tech of 2012

by Cool Mom Team | Editors' Picks of the Year

One our favorite things to do is really pare down the best apps for kids, keeping an eye out for red flags like in-app purchases and safety concerns. In fact, it’s amazing how many apps for kids we try and delete compared to those we can truly recommend. So...

Dude, Where’s My Holiday?

by Pilar | Best Apps

Presents are wrapped, eggs are nogged, kids are on Christmas break, and two of this year’s biggest game stars have come together in one app filled with underground sewers and transportation tubes. How merry! Especially considering it’s free. The resulting...

Rockin’ around the Christmas tree with Santa Rockstar (really)

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Games + Gaming

The stockings are hung, the gifts are (mostly) bought, and now I’ll spend the next few days checking my list–twice–to make sure we’re ready for the big day. Oh, and I’ll be rocking out to this new app that takes my mind off of all I have...

What to expect from the new Instagram update

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

I admit that I am really bummed about not being able to post Instagram photos on Twitter anymore. But now that Twitter redeemed itself with adding photo filters, it looks like Instagram might be moving back into favor with me as well thanks to their new big...

Rhapsody SongMatch gives Shazam a run for its money

by Shari | Uncategorized

Has this ever happened to you? You’re in a mall or restaurant and suddenly you hear a song that’s so catchy that you immediately want to know what it is, who sings it, how you can get it. (By the way, this experience never happens in an elevator). Of...

Playrific means safe web content for your kids. You know, because you choose it.

by Jeana | Best Apps

Now that my kids have a bit more autonomy on my iPad, I have a greater awareness about what things they’re tapping on. While they’re still too young to know how to explore the Internet and poke around (thank goodness!), their curious hands might not have...

6 techy Advent calendar apps and websites that may make you forget the little pieces of chocolate

by Christina Refford | Holiday Picks

It’s December 1st and despite pulling together some of the very best printable advent calendars out there, we’re out of ink. And I’m out of time if my back-up plan was to purchase something great online. Thankfully, like a Christmas miracle, there...