The new Polaroid CUBE+ is super cool, wifi-ready, and still cute as a button

by Nicole Blades | Photography

As you may have guessed, we’re officially smitten with the new Polaroid CUBE+. It all started last year, when we first laid eyes on the 1.0 version of this bite-sized, lifestyle action camera. Back then, we were totally impressed with the 6 megapixels pics and...

4 of our favorite photo booth apps. Because, why have one party selfie when you can have four?

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps

These days, one of the best parts of parties of all kinds, are photo booths, whether we’re employing pro photographers, or some great photo booth apps installed on our own laptops or tablets. The fantastic pics they yield of our costumed kids on Halloween, our...

How to use the new Boomerang app from Instagram. Because who doesn’t love GIFs?

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps

Its pronunciation may be in the tomayto/tomahto zone, but when it comes to GIFs there’s no debate about their popularity. So, last week when our favorite social network rolled out the Boomerang app that basically lets you produce and share GIFs, let’s just...

The easy, free Splice video editing app is a new must-have for parents who shoot.

by Jeana | Best Apps

While parents have phones and computers filled with family video these days, I admit that I don’t always have the most cinematic eye when it comes to taking videos of my own kids. I take after my dad in that I like to narrate way too much — Today is Oct....

7 simple tips for taking photos at night, so your Halloween photos come out scary good

by Nicole Blades | Photography, Tips and Tricks

Calling all you ghosts, pirates, zombies, superheroes, and that small army of Queen Elsas — it’s time for your closeup. Because one of the best parts of Halloween for us, besides stealing our kids’ fun-size Snickers, is getting photos of the kids in...

An awesome photo app that helps preserve more than snapshots, it preserves your family stories.

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps, Mother's Day Gifts

So, you have tons of photos on your iOS Camera Roll, right? Yeah, same. Now, how would you like to preserve those memories — with audio — forever and a day? Yeah, that’s what I said. Bring it! That’s why I was happy to discover the everyStory...

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...

Picjoy: Because one way to help with a photo organization problem is to have an app do it for you.

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps

If we asked you to count the things you’d rather spend a day doing than iPhone photo organization, what number would we be talking about here? Fifteen? Fifty? Eleventy hundred other things you’d rather do? Yeah, wrangling the tons of photos we’ve all...

How to repost an Instagram photo: A comparison of the 3 top #regram apps

by Kristen Chase | Best Apps

We have gotten a lot of questions about how to properly repost an Instagram photo on your own feed, and no surprise, there are a ton of apps to help you do just that. Yes, you can technically just screenshot the photo, upload it to your own feed, and just tag it with...

Sponsored Message: Get ready for Prime Day on July 15! Plus, you could win $10,000 which…not so bad.

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

This is a sponsored message from Amazon In honor of Amazon’s 20th birthday, they’re celebrating with Prime Day on July 15, during which Amazon Prime members can score even more deals than on Black Friday. And with their #PrimeLiving Photo Contest, you...