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3 of the best apps for free international texting

3 of the best apps for free international texting

by Kristen Chase | Best Apps

With my daughter in Japan for the entire month of July, we needed to come up with a communication plan, most of which involved texting apps because they’re free. Whether you’ve got a teen or college student heading overseas, or you’re traveling there...
Enjoy the fun of an escape room, right on your phone or tablet

Enjoy the fun of an escape room, right on your phone or tablet

by Kristen Chase | Best Apps

Over the weekend, my husband and son became completely engrossed in these escape room apps (or puzzle room, to some people), and after taking a look myself, I can totally see why. Warning: they are pretty freaking awesome, so much so that you might have a hard time...
The new Khan Academy Kids app is a parental godsend. Plus it’s free!

The new Khan Academy Kids app is a parental godsend. Plus it’s free!

by Caroline Siegrist | Educational Apps, Best Apps

As my son gets older, I’m starting to look for cool educational apps to give him a leg up on counting and letters and other basic skills. The clear favorite for now? The brand new Khan Academy Kids, a free learning app from Khan Academy and Duck Duck Moose,...
How kids can get artful with coding: The fun new sketch pack from Wonder Workshop.

How kids can get artful with coding: The fun new sketch pack from Wonder Workshop.

by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys

I’m always happy when companies find a way to take their kids’ toys, games and activities and add components or extensions that keep them fresh for kids to play with. One of the best tech companies at this: Wonder Workshop, whose robots we’ve called...
How huge changes to Spotify Free just made it even more amazing | Sponsored Message

How huge changes to Spotify Free just made it even more amazing | Sponsored Message

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

This is a sponsored message from Spotify Spotify remains the world’s largest global music streaming subscription service and for good reason. It’s transformed the way we can all find and enjoy music for free. And now, thanks to some amazing updates ...
Why iOS apps are better than Android apps, and why we tend to review more iOS apps

Why iOS apps are better than Android apps, and why we tend to review more iOS apps

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps

Every so often, a commenter gets frustrated that we have reviewed an iOS-only app, and asks why we don’t review more Android apps. We feel you. So every so often, we offer a response as to why iOS apps tend to be better than Android apps, and why iOS apps are...
Add some positivity into your news feed with the Womaze app

Add some positivity into your news feed with the Womaze app

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

If your social media feeds are like mine, they’re no longer places for me to find out what’s going on with my friends and distant family. Instead, they’re oftentimes the source of stress and anxiety for me, given the constant influx of sad news and...
What you need to know about Cosmo After Dark on Snapchat, parents.

What you need to know about Cosmo After Dark on Snapchat, parents.

by Kristen Chase | Best Apps

I am not going to say “I told you so!” when it comes to Snapchat, but it’s mighty tempting after the recent launch of Cosmopolitan’s new Cosmo After Dark stories that go live every Friday at 6pm EDT. And hey, I even wrote a book about sex for...
YouTube Kids app gets better parental controls, finally.

YouTube Kids app gets better parental controls, finally.

by Kristen Chase | Entertainment

We’ve been fans of the YouTube Kids app ever since it launched a few years ago, but as more and more publishers are creating content on YouTube, it’s not surprising that there have been some issues in terms of what ends up showing up as kid-appropriate....
Amazon’s Echo Dot for Kids is here.  But there will be no “Alexa, buy me a pony.”

Amazon’s Echo Dot for Kids is here. But there will be no “Alexa, buy me a pony.”

by Liz Gumbinner | Kids, Life and Home, Tech Toys

The Echo Dot has been one of Amazon’s most popular speakers, so it’s no surprise that they saw an opportunity to bring all the joy and magic and Orwellian fun of Alexa to kids in the form of the new Echo Dot Kids Edition available exclusively at Amazon....
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