Retro postcards go digital with the ScenePast app

by Julie | Best Apps

Even though it’s easy to snap and share plenty of great vacation photos these days, I do miss those fun postcards we used to collect and send during my family trips as a kid. But now with the ScenePast app for iOS, you can actually send those awesome retro...

The Keepy scrapbook app: Part Facebook, part interactive scrapbook, and all organizational lifesaver

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps, Gear + Hardware

There’s a lime green folder in a top drawer in our kitchen that is spilling over with paper: artwork, drawings, little wobbly letters that are getting less wobbly day by day. I’ve learned to let go and throw some things away, but the rest of it?...

The iblazr: The first ever external LED flash for smartphone cameras

by Nicole Blades | Uncategorized

Yes, we take photos of basically everything in the known universe with our smartphones. It’s how we roll these days, and best to just accept it. But the one persistent drawback with this is trying to get a good pic at night or in low light without a good flash...

10 of the best apps for new moms and parents

by Nicole Blades | Babies, Best Apps

When it comes to new motherhood and the number of helpful apps popping up, it seems the odds are ever in our favor. Whether it’s tracking the size of your growing belly from bump to beach ball or keeping tabs on nursing or milestones, we’ve put together...

Beamit App: Just when you thought photo texting was already easy.

by Jeana | Best Apps

Ever since my mom got an iPad, she has taken on the texting habits of a teenager. We go back and forth several times a day on iMessage about random questions and updates, but mostly use it to share photos. My sister is also in the mix and our little texting circle is...

Lifecake: A new baby app for parents that, unlike any other aspect of parenting, does the work for you.

by Jeana | Best Apps

I’m a little embarrassed to admit that it took me about 9 months to print out pictures of my third baby and put them up around the house. When I think back to how diligent I was with baby #1 and (a little less diligent with) baby #2, I have vowed to be more...

6 great tips for getting the best Instagram photos of your kids

by Nicole Blades | Tips and Tricks

As a longtime photo enthusiast and avid storyteller, I’ve been a huge fan of Instagram since it dropped three years ago. Especially as a parent who wants to get the best photos of my kids up there. That said, I take tons of pictures of lots of different things...

KidCam app: Photo fun for the kids, with a nifty benefit for their parents

by Stacie Billis | Best Apps

Have you ever gone to take a picture at the perfect moment only for your phone to inform you that you’ve reached your storage limit? It’s the worst. And almost every time this happens to me it’s because my kids have taken nearly 5,000 closeups of...

The baby book app from CanDoBaby lets you chart milestones with so much ease, you can find time to make your own homemade baby food. Maybe.

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

I don’t know how moms manage to get their custom, meticulously created scrapbook baby books completed when they have little kiddos at home. I mean, it’s hard enough for me to get dinner on the table sometimes. And that’s exactly what the mom and...

Vhoto creates photo stills from your videos (Get it? Video-photo?)

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps

Have you been hit with the jump-action shot photo craze? It’s that thing where you or a group of people jump into the air and someone tries to capture the this is the good life, split-second moment with everyone virtually gravity-free. Yeah, it’s not easy...