helpful websites

Once in a while, my husband and I have been known to make wise family decisions and this was one of our best: we took the TV sets out of the entire first floor of our house, wanting to spend a bit more time in conversation (remember that…

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 mama. Which is why t…

Earlier this year, we discovered Springpad , and have since fallen in love with this amazingly helpful website. Far more functional than Pinterest for me, far more powerful than Evernote, I'm finding more and more that it's packed with h…

A new travel search engine that checks first to see if that trip could be free? Yes, please. Enter Superfly , a travel search engine that does what we're entirely too busy to do; namely organizing frequent flier miles and hotel rewards i…

I'm already counting down the days until I can upgrade my iPhone 4 to the spiffy iPhone 5. (And not the iPhone 4S that we all thought was the iPhone 5 either.) Getting money for my existing iPhone will surely soften the blow of getting t…

My kids are now at the age where the questions are getting harder than simply, "what's that?" The fun part is that when they ask about evolution or the number of stars or the life cycle of a butterfly, we get to explore the answers toget…

I have been told by various people that various planets are in retrograde, which evidently explains why all of my favorite sites have been going down this week. Including Twitter. Of course without Twitter, how the heck was I going to go…

I can't count the number of times I've wished that I could just share a YouTube video at the best part rather than sending the whole entire thing. Well, even though you can actually do that on YouTube (who knew?), here's a cool service t…

Father's Day gifts aren't always the easiest to shop for. In fact, most gifts for men can be difficult. It's not like you can just get them jewelry and call it a day. (Well, unless you're married to Mr. T.) I tend to be skeptical of site…

Like many of you, we've used Picnik on a fairly regular basis. But now that it's officially closed today, it's time for some new photo editing options. In case you missed them, here are a few of our favorite Picnik alternatives that we'v…

Many of you photo-clicking moms like me may be starting to panic just a little with the closing of Picnik next month . But along with the other Picnik alternatives we shared a couple of months, we've found another awesome solution and in…

After my huge, exhausting spring cleaning extravaganza last weekend, I found myself with a gigantic box of photos and absolutely no idea what to do with them. That was until I heard about this cool, new-to-me site that will scan and digi…

I'm already thinking ahead to spring cleaning and redecorating, with plans to paint a few rooms. And luckily, I just discovered an awesome site by Sherwin Williams that I've anointed as my own Next Big Thing for you home decor fans--afte…

Welcome to Cool Mom Tech! If you caught our Editor-in-Chief Liz on The Today Show this morning talking about six apps and websites that will make your life easier, we've rounded them up here for you. Pinterest.com This virtual corkboard …

When I'm in a new city, I want to see the good stuff. Monuments and museums can be interesting, but what really fascinates me are the sights that not everybody has seen. Or even knows about. Which is why this amazing website is my new to…

The only place I ever seem to travel with my family during vacations is over the river and through the woods. I plan on changing that soon. And when I do, I've found a fabulous new travel website made just for family vacation planning, s…