14 cool custom photo gifts for everyone on your holiday list: 2015 Holiday Tech Guide

by Nicole Blades | Holiday Tech Gifts

Next up in our 2015 Holiday Tech Gift Guide series, we’ve put together 14 really cool custom photo gifts for anyone on your list We’re talking sleek photo books, unique prints, amazing keepsakes, even a tasty photo treat or two — basically, more reasons...

7 of the best photo storage options for families with tons of pics on different devices: Reader Q + A

by Nicole Blades | Photography, Tips and Tricks

Hi Cool Mom Tech, Have you written about a tech solution that gathers photos from all the family computers and phones into one place for backup purposes?  – James We’ve been exactly where you are, James: looking at all the options and scratching our heads,...

The new Polaroid CUBE+ is super cool, wifi-ready, and still cute as a button

by Nicole Blades | Photography

As you may have guessed, we’re officially smitten with the new Polaroid CUBE+. It all started last year, when we first laid eyes on the 1.0 version of this bite-sized, lifestyle action camera. Back then, we were totally impressed with the 6 megapixels pics and...

Bevy makes it easy to share, store and simplify thousands of family photos

by Jeana | Uncategorized

I’m a photo hoarder. I have about 6,000 photos on my iPhone that date back years and years, partly due to nostalgia (tell me you don’t tear up when you look at pictures of your kids as newborns?), and partly because I’ve never found an easy and...

4 of our favorite photo booth apps. Because, why have one party selfie when you can have four?

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps

These days, one of the best parts of parties of all kinds, are photo booths, whether we’re employing pro photographers, or some great photo booth apps installed on our own laptops or tablets. The fantastic pics they yield of our costumed kids on Halloween, our...

The easy, free Splice video editing app is a new must-have for parents who shoot.

by Jeana | Best Apps

While parents have phones and computers filled with family video these days, I admit that I don’t always have the most cinematic eye when it comes to taking videos of my own kids. I take after my dad in that I like to narrate way too much — Today is Oct....

7 simple tips for taking photos at night, so your Halloween photos come out scary good

by Nicole Blades | Photography, Tips and Tricks

Calling all you ghosts, pirates, zombies, superheroes, and that small army of Queen Elsas — it’s time for your closeup. Because one of the best parts of Halloween for us, besides stealing our kids’ fun-size Snickers, is getting photos of the kids in...

An awesome photo app that helps preserve more than snapshots, it preserves your family stories.

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps, Mother's Day Gifts

So, you have tons of photos on your iOS Camera Roll, right? Yeah, same. Now, how would you like to preserve those memories — with audio — forever and a day? Yeah, that’s what I said. Bring it! That’s why I was happy to discover the everyStory...

Recently Magazine App turns your photos into a magazine…of your own life

by Jeana | Best Apps

Getting excited at a recent dentist visit to sit and read an actual magazine made me realize how little time I have to myself. (And perhaps that I need to find a hobby). People aside, turns out I found a magazine of sorts that I’ll most definitely make time for...

Snapbox Peel and Stick Fabric Posters: A cool new way to display favorite pics without that toxic vinyl smell.

by Christina Refford | Life and Home, Photography

When you have some favorite photos — and with five of us taking photos, you can bet we have lots — we’ve got a great new way to turn them into wall decor. You might know SnapBox as the company that started by turning your Instagram photos into...