iOS apps

I (want) to know what some of the best apps (are) for a 4 year old. She's so interested in learning to read, yet I have no idea where to begin. I think she may have a bit of photographic memory, so it's hard to tell if she is actually re…

This Presidents' Day, between shopping for a car (heh) and going to crowded play spaces with every other kid on their day off from school, find a quiet spot and spend a little time flinging presidents at alien attackers. Don't worry, it'…

We all know that texting and driving don't mix. But whether we don't trust our text-loving teen--or even ourselves when we hear the joyous ding of a new message on our phone--this genius app has a very clever solution. ( And hint, hint: …

Picture this - you're into hour two of your long road trip to the inlaws, only to discover that you left your DVD player with Cars 2 on the kitchen counter. All those painful whines could have been averted if you had the TV Anytime app .…

The first time I used video chat, I remember it felt like I was stepping into the future. I recall marveling at seeing someone's face in real-time on my computer and of course, waving furiously, which is a requisite for the first 10 seco…

The geek love story of 2012 goes like this: Kaitlyn Trigger, the girlfriend of the wildly popular Instagram app co-founder Mike Krieger, decided to surprise him with an app of her own for Valentine's Day. So she taught herself HTML, CSS,…

If you're a Fab.com lover like we all are, you're probably already making good use of their fabulous app every morning at 11 AM Eastern when you're away from the computer. So we're happy to see the Fab app has just been updated with some…

Having just returned from Disneyland after running in the Tinker Bell Half Marathon , I was anxious to show my kids where I had been. And what perfect timing, that Disneyland launched an amazing new app that made my kids feel like they w…

What parent among us has not relied on the genius of Dr. Seuss to keep our kids entertained with his wacky rhymes and memorable verses? When my kids were younger, I would literally walk around with sentences in my head like, "wet foot, d…

First-time author Kelly Florio Kasouf penned a chic and whimsical children's book, The Super Adventures of Sophie and the City , that caught the hearts and minds of New York's fashion elite. Why? Kasouf's actual dad is Steve Florio, the …

As a music buff, I was an early adopter of the Shazam app , which allows you to easily identify song titles and artists just by holding up your phone to the music. But for tonight's Super Bowl, you can actually use the Shazam app to do a…

As much as I love my iPad, I still use good old paper and pen to jot down notes to myself and make to-do lists, because it's just way faster than me clicking away on a tablet keyboard. But all that has changed since I started using Penul…

Justin Timberlake dressed as a cup of soup. Michael Bolton vamping as Captain Jack Sparrow. Both are a YouTube hoot. The idea of my kids coming across either one while clicking through to what they think might be age appropriate is not. …

I don't know what my kids like more--playing with this new CMP fave book-turned-app, or hearing me say, "Here, kids. First draw a butt." From the people who brought us the wonderful Everything Butt Art book comes the brand new, just laun…

Our readers often ask us to suggest more kids' apps beyond iOS, and while we do cover the great Android apps we find, there's certainly a discrepancy in both quantity and quality when compared to what's available for iOS. Well Android us…

If you're a regular reader of Cool Mom Tech, you know what big fans we are of Instagram , the ultra-cool iPhone app/social network (coming soon to Android!) that lets you edit, add effects to and share your beautiful photos. If you're an…

Now that Google is closing down Picnik , any suggestions for what I can use to edit my photos? -Delilah We were definitely surprised to hear that Picnik is shutting down. I've used it many times to quickly and easily edit photos, and whi…

I used to use my Netflix queue to keep the list of movies I'd missed, shows I wanted to watch on DVD, etc., but now I'm not sure where to manage this stuff since we canceled our subscription. Is there a way for me to organize my lists fo…

I know I don't have the only 2 year-old who can pick up my iPhone, unlock the screen and navigate apps. And it never fails, when the phone is in her hands, the Nursery Rhyme Karaoke app, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star , is the first thing s…

If you constantly have regret about sleeping through all those 8:30 AM college classes or have always wanted to learn another language, technology is now making it mighty easy to add a couple IQ points, in the comfort of your own homes. …

Oh Appy Day! gives you the scoop on the coolest apps from some of the coolest people anywhere. This week, Ted Danson shares his favorite! Wherever you are, the Seafood Watch app will tell you what's good to eat and why. If you eat this w…

All last year I read about the addictive awesomeness that is the Word W.E.L.D.E.R. app. And I resisted. Oh, did I resist. I am someone enamored of word game apps like Words with Friends and Scrabble , so I knew I'd love it. But it wasn't…

Update: The WebMD app is now available for the Android platform too! Our first baby was born about one week before the first iPhone. The phone was a lifesaver; she was was one of those won't-rest-anywhere-EVER-but-on-your-chest types and…

My kids have a serious iPhone habit, and yes, I suppose you could call me the ultimate enabler since the kidcentric apps on my devices vastly outnumber the ones meant to help adults make a decent mixed drink (ahem). And then there's YouT…