Need to get organized? Make life harmonious with the Orchestra app

by Jeana | Best Apps

As tech geeky as I am, I’m a pen and paper kind of gal when it comes to my to-do lists. But I’m finding that my scattered lists are getting a little disorganized. Kind of defeats the purpose of the lists, right? There are so many terrific list-making...

What’s better than Craig’s List? How about Emma.

by Jeana | Websites We Love

The last time I searched Craigslist was a while back when I suddenly had an urge to find a free (or cheap) piano for the living room. I have to admit, the pages upon pages of listings, the text-laden interface (even if they did remind me of those good old early email...

Smartr makes your overwhelming contact list a whole lot (yep) smarter.

by Molly | Best Apps

I remember the day I got my fancy new iPhone. And I also remember the day that I tried to go into my phone’s contacts to make my first phone call. There before me was a list of contacts that seemed to include the name of every person I’d ever emailed,...

Pholium: Professional photo e-books right on your iPad

by Jeana | Photography

I’ve come to a conclusion recently that I must make my peace with – I’m never going to catch up on updating my photo albums. Deep breaths. I’ve made valiant efforts to get prints made, but being about 1,247 photos behind in just two years,...

GiftSimple: How group gift-giving gets simple (get it?)

by Jeana | Social Media

So Mother’s Day is coming up and she’s like the ONLY person who doesn’t have an iPad and darn it, the third version just came out and it’s just about time, right? The only problem is, that you can’t afford to get her one on your own. If...

5 smart tech tips for traveling with kids

by Cool Mom Team | Travel

If your family is anything like mine, a vacation means loading up all the tech gadgets to keep the troops entertained for the long trip ahead. With a pilot in the house, we do much more flying than driving, which can make things a little tricky when it comes to...

Snapjoy: A brilliant way to organize and protect your photos. (No more excuses!)

by Molly | Websites We Love

For all the spouting off I do about organizing your digital photographs, backing them up and filing them neatly away, I have a confession: My iPhoto is a bogged-down, disorganized mess of a thing. For all that “delete! delete! delete!” preaching I do, I...

An amazing interactive journal app that feels so much cooler to write in than a journal

by Lexi Petronis | Best Apps

Oh, I used to journal. And I still do, kind of–if you consider typing out whatever memories and thoughts I can actually remember at the end of a long day. Like a lot of new parents, journaling has taken a bit of a back seat these days to things like–oh,...

Take charge!

by Cool Mom Team | Travel

While our tech is getting smaller (brick phones of 1992, anyone?) it seems like my handbag isn’t. I’m now carrying around chargers, wires, converters…gah. I’ve learned that my best bet is to keep it all organized instead of just tossing it...

The CMT/Motorola Productivity Guide for Working Parents Series: Making mobile work for you, not against you

by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks

For so many working parents in this world of technology, the office isn’t just in your house or a building. It’s wherever you happen to have a cell connection–the subway, your kid’s lacrosse game, the coffee shop, movie theater. (But just...