Beautiful stationery for business emails. Only digital.

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps

As someone who often sends birthday notes and thank-yous through emails and texts (sorry Emily Post), I fell in love with the beautiful Cartolina app back when it first launched. Well now Cartolina has launched a new app that still allows you to send electronic...

A cool iPad app that keep math fresh for kids

by Eva Glettner | Best Apps, Educational Apps

A lot of readers ask us about great math apps for kids. (Cut The Rope only counts sort of) I’ve found a great one that’s equal parts science lesson and math course with a sprinkling of cool graphics thrown in for good measure. My kids are digging this...

Teaching kids that no, vegetables don’t come “from the supermarket.”

by Shari | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Let’s face it, most of our children think carrots grow in a refrigerated display case in a grocery store, so any chance to teach them about seeds, soil, sun and watering is a plus.My family and I are urban folk through and through, which means that my...

Build onto their Minecraft obsession with these great IRL toys

by Cool Mom Team | Games + Gaming

I may not understand it all, but my eight year-old says the Minecraft game is awesomeness, and given how much he and his sisters play it on my iPad, I’ll take his word for it. This is a evidently a huge deal among their elementary school-age friends, which is...

Time Warp Camera, formerly known as Keepsy, adds a jaw-dropping feature

by Jeana | Best Apps

If you’re already a fan of the Keepsy app for creating photo print books directly from your iPhone, your world is about to get seriously rocked. It isn’t enough that Keepsy allows you to create printable photo books directly from your iPhone, but now, the...

Toca Tailor: Like Project Runway for kids.

by Pilar | Best Apps

Time to make it work! Toca Boca, our favorite Swedish app developer is at it again with Toca Tailor, their newest release that makes kids the head of their own design house. [don’t miss a limited time discount on this app!] In Toca Tailor, four...

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...

Smash Party is four four four games in one

by Eva Glettner | Best Apps, Educational Apps

If you’re like me, if you’re plunking down cash for an app, you really want it to be worth it. So an app with four games in one has my name all over it. And when all four games are educational for the kids, my heart swoons. Smash Party is just...

Crowdsource pictures from shared events with Flock

by Jeana | Best Apps

I just returned from a fabulous adults-only trip and after looking through my camera roll, realize I was too busy reveling in the sun, surf and eating meals without interruption to take many photos of the splendor. Thankfully, my travel mates were more...

5 of our favorite techie pins on Pinterest this week

by Cool Mom Team | Websites We Love

Obsessed with Pinterest like we are? Follow us, then check out our favorite pins from this week that you don’t want to miss!    1. An adorable baby gift (and Halloween costume) that will make geeky moms and dads everywhere squeal.  2. A gorgeous...