9 cool Instagram photo gifts for the Instagram-loving mom. Isn’t that all of us?

by Caroline Siegrist | Mother's Day Gifts, Photography

As a new mom, I’d adore a Mother’s Day gift that takes my favorite Instagram shots and transforms them into an awesome keepsake so that I don’t have to. After all, I can hardly find time to back up the several billion pictures I’ve taken of my...

Preserve old photographs (yes, real ones) with Google’s new PhotoScan app

by Jeana | Best Apps

As much as I love my iPhone camera roll and the thousands of photos it houses, I do have a very soft spot for old photographs. The ones where the color is a little faded, the edges are a little worn and the memories come flooding back. Thanks to a new Google app...

15 custom photo gifts to make your friends and family swoon | 2016 Holiday Gift Guide

by Cool Mom Team | Holiday Tech Gifts, Holiday Picks, Photography

We love finding cool custom photo gift, because hello, we’re moms! We’re sentimental like that. But also, they make great gifts because they demonstrate that some real thought and love went into creating it, even if it doesn’t cost a fortune. Next up...

Joy gets your photos and video off your phone and onto an interactive digital album

by Jeana | Best Apps

If you’re a photo hoarder like me, but never actually get your photos off your phone or tablet for anyone to see, I bet you’ll be as intrigued as I was by this new interactive photo album called Joy. The Joy Album is a gorgeous digital gadget that allows...

Turn your summer memories into a cool keepsake

by Kristen Chase | Best Apps, DIY

Take Chatbooks photo books and add in The Novogratz Family design sense and you get a very cool way to turn your favorite summer photos into a keepsake. Simply download the Chatbooks app, then enter the code SUMMER16, where the cool illustrations and artful prompts...

An easy, fast, beautiful new photo book service

by Christina Refford | Mother's Day Gifts, Photography

Now that so many of us have a zillion photos stored on our laptops or phones, I love creating any gift that takes the best of those photos and puts them onto something we can hold onto So, for some of my favorite people, I’ve turned recently to Snapbox to make...

14 cool custom photo gifts for everyone on your holiday list: 2015 Holiday Tech Guide

by Nicole Blades | Holiday Tech Gifts

Next up in our 2015 Holiday Tech Gift Guide series, we’ve put together 14 really cool custom photo gifts for anyone on your list We’re talking sleek photo books, unique prints, amazing keepsakes, even a tasty photo treat or two — basically, more reasons...

It’s a selfie world, and we’re just living in it

by Liz Gumbinner | Photography

Okay all ye mothers who felt guilty about not getting those baby books filled with photos representing every little milestone: You are no longer alone! Because now, you don’t even have to have kids to feel the pressure of owning a photo album completed with...

Recently Magazine App turns your photos into a magazine…of your own life

by Jeana | Best Apps

Getting excited at a recent dentist visit to sit and read an actual magazine made me realize how little time I have to myself. (And perhaps that I need to find a hobby). People aside, turns out I found a magazine of sorts that I’ll most definitely make time for...

2 super easy new photo book apps for iPhone that will have the dad or grad in your life smiling

by Nicole Blades | Photography

We’re very pro-photo book around here. Actually, we support any service or app that helps us get all the digital pics we snap off of our devices and on display for all to enjoy. And with Father’s Day and graduation season officially underway, here are two,...