Disconnect Kids: Online privacy for kids, made easy

by Kate Etue | Websites We Love

My first instinct (and job) as a mom is to keep my kids safe, so when I found out how many thousands of bits of information about us were being sent to online marketers every time they play or learn on my iPad, I got pretty protective. For this mom, that has to stop...

Soleil Moon Frye moves from parenting author to parenting app developer. And it’s good.

by Pilar | Best Apps

While there are a ton of photo editing apps that we’ve recommended, there’s a new one made just for families that we think you’ll be particularly interested in. Not just because it was created by Soleil Moon Frye, who’s reinvented herself as...

How will that IKEA furniture look in your home? There’s an app for that now too.

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps

Turns out the brand new 2014 IKEA catalog isn’t just any old catalog. Not that it ever was of course, But now, it’s got an interactive tech component with a companion augmented reality app that’s pretty darn awesome. And yes, Android owners can have...

Dollarbird: An app to help track daily expenses, and keep your money from flying away

by Julie | Best Apps

For the most part, I’ve got a good handle on my family’s finances, but when it comes to the smaller details of where our money goes, I could use some help from this new iOS app. I’m finding it’s really great for tracking your every day...

5 of our favorite techie Pinterest pins this week: Back to school edition

by Cool Mom Team | Link Roundups

Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us! Then check out our five most popular pins from this week. 1. Keep these awesome educational channels for kids on YouTube bookmarked to help your kids get ready for back to school. 2. Here’s a simple, free way to keep...

Zen Sand app: Particle physics gets relaxing. And addicting.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Best Apps

What is the sound of one hand clapping? I don’t know, and I probably never will. Not because I don’t wish to reach enlightenment, but because I’m too busy using both hands to play this iOS app. It’s pretty amazing that an app can simultenously...

Cool Mom Tech, the Yappem app, and a Very Awesome Party

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

Last week in Chicago, we had the best time working with our partner Yappem, a new shopping rewards website and app, to throw one heckofa party for bloggers. Or really, an awesome party. In fact, it was called the Awesome Party. And you can kind of see why. [After the...

Learn with Homer: Not the epic poet, but pretty amazing nonetheless

by Julie | Best Apps, Educational Apps

My five-year-old son heads to kindergarten in two weeks. (Cue sobbing.) While he talks a blue streak and wields a glue stick like a lightsaber, we’re still working on his reading skills. So I was absolutely tickled by how quickly he became absorbed in Learn with...

My Muppets Show app: It’s time to play the music. For real.

by Pilar | Best Apps

Miss Piggy, Animal, Kermit, Beaker–your favorite Muppets are all together again in a free musical builder app for iOS and Android devices that’s just out–and we think your older kids will have a hard time resisting. To top it off, it’s free!...

Pickie for iPad makes shopping on an iPad way more fun–and way more easy.

by Jeana | Uncategorized

There is definitely something to be said for retail therapy. In those few moments I have down time, I find myself perusing shopping sites on my iPad. Even if I’m not buying, it’s fun to create a wishlist for myself of items I want to keep my eye on or ones...