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3 free apps for Mother’s Day. It’s not diamonds, but it will do.

Now that we moms can practically run our lives from the palms of our hands, three of the best mom-focused apps have come together to do something nice for us for Mother’s Day–help keep us a little more organized. The free Mother’s Day App Bundle...

Oh Appy Day! featuring Jessica Seinfeld

by Cool Mom Staff | Oh Appy Day! - Celebrity faves

Oh Appy Day! gives you the scoop on the coolest apps from some of the coolest people anywhere. This week, Jessica Seinfeld shares her fave. One of my kids is in a deep obsession with space right now. I didn’t have all the answers, so I found the NASA app, which...

Oh Appy Day! featuring Dan Zanes

by Cool Mom Staff | Oh Appy Day! - Celebrity faves

Oh Appy Day! gives you the scoop on the coolest apps from some of the coolest people anywhere. This week’s special guest is the uber popular kids’ music artist Dan Zanes. Vintage Video Maker is the app that I use to run away from high definition as fast as...

My Bodyguard

by Jeana | Family Safety Apps

After “I love you,” I’m pretty sure that the next phrase I’ve said most frequently to my kids is, “Be careful!” While we parents often take the safety of our families the most seriously, are we doing the same for ourselves? A new...

3 free apps we love for Earth Day

by Jeana | Green Tech

Today is Earth Day. Of course every day I try to do my darnedest to reduce, reuse and recycle, but when it comes to helping the planet, there’s always room for improvement, and Earth Day is a great time to think about what we can all do make our lives a little...

Lojack for your cell phone – that’s TekTrak

by Jeana | Family Safety Apps

How many of you have you misplaced your phone and had to call your mobile number? My hand is raised over here. But for the times that I’ve called my number and my ringer has been off, and I’ve spent a good 30 minutes retracing my steps to find it, well, as...

Oh Appy Day! featuring Anna Quindlen

by Cool Mom Staff | Oh Appy Day! - Celebrity faves

Oh Appy Day! gives you the scoop on the coolest apps from some of the coolest people anywhere. This week, prolific author and journalist Anna Quindlen shares her faves. It’s lame, but I couldn’t do without epicurious on my iPad. I look in the fridge,...

Share and edit your videos with the new Vimeo iPhone app

by Cool Mom Staff | Video

Like many moms, I now almost exclusively use my smart phone video camera for rolling footage on the kids. And while I’m a huge fan of the video quality and convenience of my iPhone 4, I’m finding that it’s tough to figure out what to do with the...

Free financial advice right on your smart phone

by Cool Mom Staff | Productivity Apps

A few months ago, a reader asked us to find some cool budgeting apps for iPad, and many of you tweeted your love for Mint.com. So we decided to give it a whirl ourselves, and let’s just say it’s confirmed that we do indeed have the smartest readers ever....

Parents Magazine, now on iPad. And it’s very very good.

by Cool Mom Staff | Lifestyle Apps

Parents Magazine is one of those periodicals that I end up reading cover to cover and then ripping up and tacking to my bulletin board because there’s just so many useful tidbits. And don’t even try to get me to throw away the back issues that I still find...

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