Get Pinterest on Android and iPad, finally!

by Cool Mom Team | Social Media

If you’re as addicted to Pinterest as we are, then you know that up until now, you’ve only been able to use it on the web or through their Pinterest iPhone app. But just yesterday, they added a couple of new apps that means more of us (and you) can access...

Hey, I know you!

by Jeana | Best Apps

If you’re like me, you’ve got Facebook friends, LinkedIn contacts, Twitter people, friends who aren’t on anything, a few scribbled on paper–let’s say it can get really hard to keep up with everyone. But thanks to a really unbelievable...

Instagram pics, Facebook pics, iPhoto pics and more, all in one happy place.

by Eva Glettner | Best Apps

Have you ever wanted to turn all of your friends’ various Instagram photos into a gallery on your tablet? What about finding a way to share your Instagram, Facebook, Shutterfly and iPhone galleries with your family in an easy way–emphasis on easy. We have...

Facebook makes photos bigger. And it’s way better.

by Jeana | Tips and Tricks

The next time you hop on Facebook, you may be delighted to see that the photo of your friend’s beautiful new baby is displayed prominently across your page. Or…you may bummed to see that your friend’s drunken wedding photos are displayed prominent...

Using Google Plus to connect the kids with the family. And draw insane caterpillars

by Eva Glettner | Social Media

What do you do when you and your relatives are just not geographically in sync? I love that tech can allow you to raise your kiddos to have meaningful relationships with their far away relatives Skype certainly helps. But now there is a super engaging way to make...

Travel blogging gets easier with Trip Lens

by Jeana | Best Apps

If you’ve got a busy summer ahead of you with adventures in new and exciting places, and you like to share your every move with your closest friends and family, a new app called Trip Lens is one to add to your packing, er, download list before you leave. Trip...

7 geek chic accessories to honor Embrace Your Geekiness Day!

by Cool Mom Team | Fashion + Accessories

In every Cool Mom Picks monthly newsletter, we highlight our favorite quirky holidays of the month. (Hey, sometimes any excuse to shop, right?) And now here’s one our tech fans can get behind too: Embrace Your Geekiness Day.Yes, it’s a real thing. Because...

Making sure the Facebook fan pages you love are the updates that you read

by Jeana | Tips and Tricks

If you’ve recently noticed a lack of updates from your favorite brands, bloggers, or fan pages on Facebook (or maybe you haven’t realized it until just now), it may be because of the introduction of Facebook’s new Promoted Posts. But we can help you...

Social media icons that actually look iconic

by Eva Glettner | Random Coolness

You know the drill, bloggers. You have so much going on, with Pinterest, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter that you include the links. But, then your cool and artsy website looks all buttoned up and corporate. So how do you leave breadcrumbs to your social media empire...

Piquing Our Geek: Would you buy a plane ticket on Twitter?

by Delilah S. Dawson | Travel

Not quite today, but very soon, you’ll be able to book cheap flights on Twitter with one click and three keystrokes. Is that something you’d ever be willing to do? TweetAFlight is leading the pack in bringing e-commerce directly to Twitter and cutting out...