Oh Appy Day! featuring Sharon Osbourne

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

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 which is great at...

Unblock Me – You’ll be fighting over it with your kids

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps

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 outrageously addictive puzzles that...

Need kids app recommendations? Try Cool Mom Tech. Also, YogiPlay.

by Jeana | Uncategorized

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 course we’re...

A mobile punch card…brilliant!

by Eva Glettner | Uncategorized

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 accumulated, none of which have...

If you like gift cards, you’ll like Wrapp

by Jeana | Social Media

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 the mall.If you also prefer...

What’s better than Craig’s List? How about Emma.

by Jeana | Websites We Love

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 of those good old early email...

Smartr makes your overwhelming contact list a whole lot (yep) smarter.

by Molly | Best Apps

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’d ever emailed,...

5 ways to get more out of Instagram

by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks

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 I’ve rounded up five...

Angry Birds Space Review: Is it worth your 99 cents?

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

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...

MyMusicCloud: Music from any device, anytime

by Jeana | Best Apps

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 ends up with someone...