5 of our favorite techie pins on Pinterest this week

by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks

Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us, then take a peek at the five coolest Pinterest pins from this week that you won’t want to miss.1. A must-have safety resource for any parent with kids on Facebook. 2. Smart tips on how to organize your online...

A free kids’ drawing app that actually lets kids draw

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

My five year old has spent the half hour or so playing around with a new free kids drawing app called Kid Van Gogh, and I’ll do the best job I can explaining it, considering I can’t get my iPhone out of her hands. What seems to differentiate the Kid Van...

The best Halloween music, all free

by Jeana | Entertainment, Kids

There are many things I love about Halloween, from seeing my kids in adorable costumes to fun-size peanut M&Ms and Snickers. For me. Of course. And getting into the holiday spirit, I love that TuneIn, the Internet and mobile app music provider we recently...

HISTORY Here, there and everywhere.

by Pilar | Best Apps

Wouldn’t it be cool if there was an app that could tell you about exciting historical places you might not even known were there? Like, right now? Right here, where you’re standing? Meet HISTORY Here. Developed by The History Channel, it’s packed...

Contact management gets super easy with Postable

by Jeana | Websites We Love

With holiday card season around the corner (eek!), I’m already making my lists and checking them twice to make sure I have everyone’s addresses. In between the numerous places I store contact information, there are a lot of addresses that need updating....

Tickle Toy Camera – The Next Tickle Me Elmo, but better. And free.

by Eva Glettner | Best Apps

Kapu Tickle Toy Camera is a new app that is so fun that you just want to laugh out loud. I’m serious. It’s weird but watching someone get tickled is funny. Funnier still is when your child has the ability to turn the animated kooky character on the screen...

Animoto for Android! At last, at last!

by Shari | Uncategorized

Don’t get me wrong, I like photographs of my kids, family and friends, but just looking at pictures doesn’t “send me.” UNLESS they’re in a slideshow with music and text–then I become a blubbering, “Memories”-singing...

Bells and belles

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps, Educational Apps

I understand the appeal of websites and apps that bring a child’s favorite character to life, whether it’s Seuss or Dora or Yo Gabba Gabba. But sometimes it’s nice to find a world in which your kid can ascribe her own attributes and stories to the...

What are your kids doing while you’re somewhere else? Keep up with Karoo.

by Jeana | Websites We Love

When my kids get home from school, they’re not always the most forthcoming in describing their days to me. (Although I do know a lot about recess.) I miss their daycare days, when I would get full reports from their caregivers on funny things they said,...

One of the coolest, easiest, free photo editing apps we’ve found

by Jeana | Best Apps

Just like you, we rely on trusted sources to pass along tips for great apps. So when a strong reco came in to try out Pixlr-o-matic, we had to check it out. Yes, we know, there are tons of photo editing apps already out there for both Android and iOS, but it turns out...