Organization

Remember when you used to sit lazily on a Sunday morning with a huge cup of coffee and read the paper? I call it the BK era (before kids) and clearly some of the developers of the Umano app for iOS and Android feel it too. This app was d…

How many times have I gotten into my car and started driving, only to realize that I've forgotten my phone? (Answer: Too many.) So I love that a nifty gadget called Bringrr (rhymes with ringer ) is upping the ante in the world of trackin…

I need a calendar app that is going to make it easy to schedule multiple kids in different sports, clubs, dance classes, and music lessons, not to mention my work commitments. Oh yeah, and I'd like to have some time left over for fun. Or…

I’m usually not one for New Year’s resolutions, but, in the spirit of getting more done in 2014, I decided to tackle my email--like so many of you who ask us how to clean up your inbox when it's overrun with more emails than anyone can k…

I really dislike going to the mailbox and finding it full of junk mail: useless mailers, coupons, and magazines I never subscribed to. While it all inevitably goes right into the recycling bin, or our fireplace as kindling, it is still a…

Ever since my kids started elementary school, I have always tried to volunteer and chaperone whenever possible, especially in these years that the kids still actually want me to be there. But with many different opportunities to help out…

Resolutions are a dime a dozen this time of year--lots of people make them and lots of people break them, myself included--but one of my ongoing resolutions (or let's just call them goals), is to be organized with our finances and money …

When I discovered the Gyft app for Android and iOS earlier this year, it fast became one of those apps I was always showing my friends as one they need to download. I adore that I can save all my gift cards right there, protecting my poo…

Sometimes I scroll through my camera roll and find lots of semi-okay options that would be great for photo book gifts if it were brighter, if the pile of laundry wasn't in the background or if Sam's face didn't have those gobs of chocola…

Between my daughter's new iPhone, my son's iPod Touch, and my two personal iGadgets, we've got four iOS devices charging all over the floors and kitchen counters. That's why my next big purchase will be this brilliant new PowerDock 5 cha…

With the iPad Air as one of our top tech gifts of the year, if you've got one coming your way--or hey, even an iPad 2, iPhone 5S or iPod--we wanted to help you out with some of our very favorite must-have apps to get you started. Here ar…

My kids have been poring through the holiday catalogs that are flooding my mailbox, circling everything they want for Christmas. Plenty of which might be junk. Since Consumr is currently the number one app for consumer reviews in the App…

We love companies that consistently try to improve their already-pretty-fab products, so we're enthusiastic to tell you that SquareHub , a social networking app made just for families that we love, is branching out to Android families no…

There's no shortage of cool gadgets to help you find lost items , but lost cars? Not so much. I'm not quite sure if it's that I'm getting older or I'm trying to do too many things at once, but lately, I've been forgetting where I park my…

We've featured a ton of amazing to-do list apps here on Cool Mom Tech and some of them, like TeuxDeux and SwipeList , my fellow editors swear by. But for me, I'm still an iPhone notes or old fashioned paper kind of girl. Until I discover…

I'm a big fan of the smart Quirky gadgets , so I wasn't surprised when I found this handy accessory that's sure to help maximize my desk space and get me organized once and for all. The Space Bar Desk Organizer is the perfect, stylish wa…

Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us ! Then check out 5 of our most popular pins from this week. 1. Our favorite TV science guy is back . What an awesome program for kids! 2. Get geeky with your breakfast food . Hilarious. 3. Thi…

As a parent, I think it's my responsibility to save money where I can (kids are expensive!), but only on things I really want. That's why we love finding great coupon apps and money-saving tech tools that make things easier. Besides, I n…

I'm a project manager by trade, and my husband has a Master's degree in Logistics, so you'd think we'd have our acts together when it comes to our calendars, right? Unfortunately, we still miss dental appointments, forget who was going t…

We're not newbies when it comes to online gift wish lists and registries, but now there's a new one that just may be smarter than all the rest. I have the same problem every year at Christmas with gift-giving: My kids see something they …

I'm the type of person who loves to be organized. It's embarrassing admitting that school supply shopping tops my list of fun stuff to do. But when it comes to calendars, I'm kind of a stick in the mud. I mean, even though we've reviewed…

Cable management is one of the banes of my existence. We've covered lots of options that keep you organized , and some of which make your office look pretty , but now there's a good cord organizing solution that you don't have to look at…

They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but for most of us it's also one of the least thought out. (Cereal, anyone?) We recently featured a ton of easy weekday breakfast ideas to help you out, plus there's an app f…

How could we not fall instantly in love with the Cordito , a beautiful crafted leather cord-tamer that looks and works a whole lot like a burrito? Well, we did. So we're excited to see two new cord wrangling products from the same clever…