The new Camera+ App Version 5: Now even plus-ier than before.

by Julie | Best Apps

I have long coveted a DSLR (and not just because I’d need a gorgeous camera bag to carry it). But thanks to the latest update to our beloved Camera+ app, I’ve got powerful photo editing features right on my smartphone. We’ve been fans of Camera+ for...

The new SquareHub app for Android. So now more families can create their own smart, safe social networks.

by Shari | Best Apps

We love companies that consistently try to improve their already-pretty-fab products, so we’re enthusiastic to tell you that SquareHub, a social networking app made just for families that we love, is branching out to Android families now too with some other...

5 creative ways to capture first day back-to-school photos.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Tips and Tricks

Don’t know about you, but we tend to be sticklers for capturing those first day back to school photos of our kids in their thoughtfully planned new outfits and shiny new backpacks. Of course they’re often hastily captured as we race out the door, late for...

DayOne: A fantastic baby book app, even if your baby isn’t a baby anymore

by Kristen Chase | Best Apps

Now that I’ve discovered this amazing new journaling app, I know plenty of parents can make up for lost time without going out of their way. In fact, it might be the very best baby book app I’ve found. I pretty much ditched the baby book after my oldest...

5 of our favorite techie pins on Pinterest this week

by Cool Mom Team | Gear + Hardware, Tips and Tricks

Obsessed with Pinterest like us? Follow us, then check out our favorite pins from this week. 1. It’s pretty amazing what you can do with speakers these days. 2. 10 quick tips that will have you taking better photos of your kids in a flash. Heh....

Crowdsource pictures from shared events with Flock

by Jeana | Best Apps

I just returned from a fabulous adults-only trip and after looking through my camera roll, realize I was too busy reveling in the sun, surf and eating meals without interruption to take many photos of the splendor. Thankfully, my travel mates were more...

10 can’t-miss photos – The remarkable, transcendent power of digital photography

by Liz Gumbinner | Travel

In this digital age, we take for granted that we have a hundred zillion photos of our children (maybe a one or two less of us actually with our children). Not so the case with every mother everywhere in the world. Having just returned from a trip to Ethiopia with ONE,...

An easy way to share photos privately. Did we mention privately?

by Lexi Petronis | Best Apps

I’m not big on sharing kid photos on Facebook–I find my privacy settings magically change too often–but I’m also not great at queueing photos in emails to send to family and friends, either. This results in irritated people who are tired of...

5 tips for taking better photos with your iPhone

by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks

I was obsessed with getting the very best photos of my kids on my iPhone on their first day back to school. But since I happened to be away, my husband had to stand-in as family photographer–which doesn’t sound so bad until you see some of the family...

The ultimate handbook for photographing motherhood

by Cool Mom Team | Photography

I’m pretty sure we can claim to know cool mom, author, and photographer Tracey Clark “when,” since we featured her first book way back when we first started our site. She even took our first official Cool Mom Picks photo, back when we each only had...