Our Alexa organization series: The best Alexa fitness skills

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

We’re getting organized in the new year, and I’ve found that using my Amazon Echo — which is strategically placed in our kitchen, the hub of our house — can be a huge help, including fitness. Yes, we’re not kidding. In this post, some of...

Our Alexa organization series: The best Alexa finance skills

by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Tips and Tricks

Next up in our Alexa Organization Series, we’re sharing some of our favorite Alexa finance skills to help you keep your family budget it check. Whether you want to track your investments or keep up with your spending, even pay you bills, here are 4 finance...

Our Alexa organization series: The best Alexa meal planning skills

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

With the new year starting up, if you’re like me, you’ve got organization on your mind. I’ve found that using my Amazon Echo — which is strategically placed in our kitchen, the hub of our house — can be a huge help. So, we’re...

How to use the Siri Shortcuts app to make your life a whole lot easier

by Caroline Siegrist | Best Apps

I’m always discovering new tricks on my iPhone, but figuring out the Siri Shortcuts app has been a total game changer. This feature lets you set up voice commands to automate the tasks you perform over and over again, like navigating to your kid’s school...

This might just be the best way to organize your iPhone apps

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

I’ve tried many different approaches to organizing my iPhone apps, but the same thing always happens: I can’t find the ones I need when I need them. Logic says you leave your most-used apps on the main page, then put the others in files, but it turns out,...

iPhone trick: How to lock and password-protect notes in your Notes app.

by Liz Gumbinner | Tips and Tricks, Best Apps

Raise your hand if you know how to lock your notes on the Notes app on your iPhone. And now…here’s me not raising my hands.Honestly, I never even realized you could do it at all! So leave it to my 11-year-old daughter to show me a cool iPhone tip I...

Back to School Tech: The best apps to help you get organized, parents!

by Kristen Chase | Best Apps

Every year, we put together a list of the best organizational apps for parents. Well this year, we’ve rounded up all our posts into one handy guide so you can access all of them at once. Bookmark this page, or start downloading these handy apps right now, before...

Tech organization just got a whole lot more stylish

by Kristen Chase | Travel

These days, most of us are walking around with at least a charging cable and a pair of earbuds in our bag. Add in a portable battery charger, and a charging block, and you’re got a whole lot of tech rolling around in there. That’s why I’m digging...

These 3 tips can help you simplify your tech life. Try them!

by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks

We declutter our closets, and rotate our kids’ toys, but what about all those apps on your phone right now? Or the notifications pinging you every few minutes? Do I even need to bring up how many photos you have on your phone? Related: 6 ways to simplify your...

Give the Mother’s Day gift of tech organization, wrapped in a swanky leather case

by Kristen Chase | Fashion + Accessories

If the mom in your life (maybe you?) is like me, then she spends too much time unraveling her earbuds on a daily basis. That’s why I’m secretly hoping someone in my life sees this post and orders me this leather earphone case from Pottery Barn, with a...