Put yourself in the Ellen Oscars selfie. (Just not over Bradley Cooper please)

by Kristen Chase | Entertainment

If I had to pick a favorite moment from last night’s Academy Awards, I would have to say the Ellen Oscars selfie was at the top of my list. I’m sure I’m not alone here. Well now you can do what we all wanted to do last night when Bradley Cooper...

Polaroid is back in app form with the Polamatic App

by Kristin | Best Apps

Did everyone’s aunt have a Polaroid camera? Because that was the coolest thing I had ever seen sometime around 1978. The idea of seeing, capturing, and instantly sharing imagery certainly didn’t start with Instagram — Polaroid was the first to do...

The new Camera+ App Version 5: Now even plus-ier than before.

by Julie | Best Apps

I have long coveted a DSLR (and not just because I’d need a gorgeous camera bag to carry it). But thanks to the latest update to our beloved Camera+ app, I’ve got powerful photo editing features right on my smartphone. We’ve been fans of Camera+ for...

Statigram vs. Flipagram: Which is better for the end-of-the-year photo videos we’re seeing all over Instagram?

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

Just in case you needed another reason to check your Instagram feed over the holidays, now everyone is creating these adorable slideshows of their most liked photos of the year. And I have to admit, I’ve watched every one that’s popped up on my feed. I...

Shadow Puppet: The app Steven Spielberg would have loved as a kid

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

If your kids are budding creative types, but they still love to get techy with their masterpieces, you’ll want to check out this cool new app that allows them to add voiceover narration to their photographs or artwork. Because next Spielberg or Scorsese or...

Polish My Pics: The quickest way to edit your photos into things of beauty is to have someone else do it for you.

by Jeana | Photography

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 chocolate on it....

Easy photo book gifts for all! Mosaic goes Android

by Shari | Photography

I wrote last year about where to print Instagram photos, considering my penchant for taking adorable photos of my kids on my phone and then…doing absolutely nothing with them. Has anything changed for me in a year? Of course not. That’s why I’m happy...

Turning your photos into talking photos with the Shuttersong app

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

I love when I catch that perfect, precious moment of my sweet little guys and girl on camera. But the ability to add their adorable little voices to the photo? Stop it. The new Shuttersong app does this effortlessly. This is seriously ratcheting up the adorable...

Soleil Moon Frye moves from parenting author to parenting app developer. And it’s good.

by Pilar | Best Apps

While there are a ton of photo editing apps that we’ve recommended, there’s a new one made just for families that we think you’ll be particularly interested in. Not just because it was created by Soleil Moon Frye, who’s reinvented herself as...

How do you make a photo collage online? PicMonkey to the rescue

by Liz Gumbinner | Websites We Love

I am now one of PicMonkey’s biggest fans along with the rest of the Cool Mom Picks crew. It’s easy to make collages. It’s easy to edit photos. But one thing that’s always been challenging is doing both together. Argh. Well no more! Just last...