Get 2000 free movies right on your Android

by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment

We love the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) iPhone app just as much as our kids do, because it gives us access to thousands of cool Canadian shows, movies, and documentaries–good ones–completely free. But now starting today, you Android owners can reap...

5 picks you might have missed this week

by Cool Mom Team | Link Roundups

Have a question about tech? Whether you need recommendations, a source, or just something utterly splurgetastic to dream about, we’re here for you. As these five posts of the past week demonstrate. 1. Got a question about online safety and privacy? Our readers...

Budgeting iPad apps? Reader Q&A

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

Although I am enjoying my iPad I miss some of the things my laptop offered, like excel for budgeting.  Do you have any budgeting app suggestions? – Steff What? You mean iPads aren’t just for games? I seem to forget that since my kids can’t stop...

Video for those of us who don’t mind looking old

by Betsy | Best Apps

Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve probably seen a picture or two shot with one of the retro-inspired apps, like Hipstamatic, which create images reminiscent of a 1970’s Polaroid picture. My favorite thing about those apps is that they...

3 ways to get kids books on the iPad

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps, Educational Apps

We’re gearing up for our annual family vacation, and instead of loading down our bag with bunch of books for the plane ride and bedtime, I’ve been loading them up electronically on my iPad. But with so many different options out there, I decided to give...

Brain Pop Jr answers kids’ questions better than we can

by Christina Refford | Websites We Love

Though I’ve been homeschooling for five years, make no mistake: I am no great educator. I’m just good at finding help for subjects in which I’m a little rusty, like…all of them. Hey, it’s been a long time since I sat behind a classroom...

Make those midnight new year calls with Skype. On your cell phone. In full video.

by Beth | Best Apps

For so many of us, it’s a tradition to pick up the phone at midnight on New Year’s–okay, maybe 12:03 after we’ve done our kissing a those with us in person and made fun of Snooki–and wish our loved ones a happy New Year. Obviously Skype...

With a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of LED-backlit pixels

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps, Educational Apps

If you woke up to snowmageddon this morning like we did (or more like a typical winter snowfall with a new 24 hour news cycle-friendly, alarmist name), your kids are probably begging you to get out there with them as soon as humanly possible. If they haven’t...

Board games go 2.0 with Winter Land

by Cool Mom Team | Games + Gaming

Before the kids go to bed and Santa’s elves get busy wrapping gifts, we spend Christmas Eve drinking egg nog, playing games, and watching movies with the kids. But now that we have the iPad, we’ll probably add a round or two of a digital board game into...

Would you pay to cheat on Angry Birds?

by Cool Mom Team | Games + Gaming

I admit that I’ve been completely sucked into the Angry Birds craze, as has my entire family. So much s,  that my kids know exactly what level we’re stuck on.Level 16 on Angry Birds Seasons, if you’re curious. So I have to admit that my interest...