An overview of the Amazon Prime Now app. Should you need baby wipes or a fishnet body suit delivered in the next two hours.

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps

As a Brooklyn resident who falls squarely within the lucky Brooklyn-Manhattan delivery area for the new Amazon Prime Now app (iOS and Android) I downloaded it stat. It is a genius premise, functioning essentially like a Fresh Direct kind of service–the other...

An awesome new coffee subscription app for NYC’s caffeine seekers

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps

With National Coffee Day just behind us, there’s been a whole lot of buzz about buzz lately. And if there’s one thing I learned about people who drink coffee, it’s this: don’t mess with their java. They like it how they like it, and they like...

Tunnel Vision app tracks NYC subway movement in real-time and it might just blow your mind

by Jeana | Best Apps

I’ve come across my fair share of cool travel apps, many of which we’ve covered on Cool Mom Tech, but once in a while I come across one that makes me scratch my head in amazement and think, wait, how is that possible, like the Tunnel Vision app. So get...

uberFAMILY: Ride safe with the new Uber car seat service

by Stacie Billis | Best Apps

Though I live in New York City, with its world-class public transportation system (mostly), I must admit that I’m more of a car person which means I drive, I taxi, I Uber and now I uberFAMILY. And I bet lots of other parents will too, considering their smart new...

The best eggs of the Big Egg Hunt NY: Easter meets art meets social media meets social good

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps

For the past few weeks, New York City has been awash in giant Easter eggs, in a brilliant (if a little time-consuming for me) social-media-meets-installation-art campaign for Fabergé called The Big Egg Hunt. It brought eager New Yorkers and tourists alike scavenging...

When you gotta go, there’s the Way2Go bathroom app

by Julie | Best Apps

When my oldest was newly sporting big girl undies, my greatest fear suddenly became, What if she has to go, and I can’t find a bathroom? Now multiply by a factor of 10 for our trips into New York. Modern city parents, have no fear. Way2Go is a free bathroom app...

The Times Square Ball App: Because falling asleep early should be the only reason to miss the ball drop

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

The Times Square Ball has become a symbol of New Year’s Eve around the world, and if you totally geek out about the countdown, you can now be sure you won’t miss a second of the action with the new The Times Square Ball app. At least provided you’re...

The new Mommy Poppins Kids On The Go App: Never spend another weekend wondering what to do with the kids

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps

Every Saturday morning, I wake up and check the website Mommy Poppins to see what’s going on in New York City with kids. So do tens of thousands of other parents; so it made perfect sense that they would convert all those great listings and parent-approved ideas...

AT&T Street Charge means Free charging stations. Free solar charging stations. And in NYC no less.

by Liz Gumbinner | Tips and Tricks

I figured the big news about ATT’s free mobile charging station program would be taking place somewhere like San Francisco or Portland or Austin. But nope, NY mamas like me–and those who visit our fair northeastern hamlet–are in luck when their phone...

Move over Eloise, Sophie and the City is here.

by Melissa | Best Apps

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 former...