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3 helpful gardening apps to turn your thumb green, finally.

by Christina Refford | Kitchen Tech, Lifestyle Apps

Who else is thinking about gardening this spring? Along with our own Liz and Kristen who recently hosted the We Time Project and took a food gardening course (yay!), it seems like everyone is ready to put down the sourdough starter and get their hands really dirty....

This fun supermarket app gives kids tons of delicious, imaginative play | Sponsored Message

by Cool Mom Staff | Fun Apps for Kids

This is a sponsored message from Kinsane Entertainment Inc. If you’ve ever told your kids not to play with their food, well, now there’s one way they totally can: Fruits vs Veggies Supermarket App for iOS and Android. This fun, safe, and simple interactive...

Web coolness: A digital swear jar, the Twitter password breach, and tech Mother’s Day gifts!

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite links from around the web. We hope you love them too! Turns out Siri can swear. Plus, the swear jar goes digital! (top) Pokemon designers finally come clean about the inspiration behind Pikachu. We love this cooking app for kids....

Web coolness: A real life Super Mario curler, a DNA test comparison, texting 911, and more!

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Could competitive video gaming become an Olympic sport? (In the meantime, pick up Steep Winter Games, pictured above, celebrating PyeongChang 2018). We are excited...

How this free app will change the way you make your grocery shopping list.

by Kristen Chase | Best Apps

If you’re like me, you scramble to text your partner the items you need as you think of them, which makes for a pretty disorganized shopping list. But since discovering the AnyList app in our Recipe Rescue Facebook group, my grocery shopping list is the most...

Web coolness: A colorful Millennium Falcon, fitness tracker security risks, making fun of teen’s texting, and more!

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Forget pre-made LEGO sets: this fan built an epic Millennium Falcon out of colorful LEGO bricks. And we love this remixed version of Last Jedi’s lightsaber...

4 helpful meal planning apps for families that really work.

by Kate Etue | Productivity Apps

One of my biggest new year’s resolutions is to stay organized, and getting my meals planned is key. Because the hardest part of cooking for me — other than the kids pulling on my shirt or asking me to help them put together their 1,487-piece LEGO set right...

5 free journal apps to harness your thoughts in 2018.

by Ellyn Exley Dvorkin | Lifestyle Apps

Keep track of your thoughts, and maybe tackle a New Years’ resolution, with these 5 free journal apps. They’ve made it so, so easy to track your daily highs (and lows), even add photos and video like a virtual baby book, which is smart for your bigger kids...

Here’s how to order food on Facebook. Yes, you can do that now.

by Kristen Chase | Social Media

Just this past week, Facebook launched a brand new feature allowing you to order take-out right from the restaurant’s Facebook page. So, if you’ve ever gotten a hankering for some Chipotle guacamole or Five Guys burgers while scrolling through your news...

Web Coolness: Super Mario cosmetics, a hoverboard recall, the first all-electric SUV and more

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. A great gift for your favorite gamer: Super Mario cosmetics! A young accidental paleontologist makes an important discovery. How to use our favorite kitchen gadgets...

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