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The free QuickTrip app saves you time planning your day, and who doesn’t need more time? | Sponsored Message

The free QuickTrip app saves you time planning your day, and who doesn’t need more time? | Sponsored Message

by Cool Mom Staff | Best Apps

This is a sponsored message from Allstate. With the holiday season here and to-do lists getting longer, everyone’s time is a precious commodity right now. That’s where the new, free QuickTrip app from Allstate comes in. It helps you plan your day by...
SimplyCircle app streamlines parent-school communication. And parent-soccer team, parent-carpool group, even parent-parent living in the same household. Which we often need too.

SimplyCircle app streamlines parent-school communication. And parent-soccer team, parent-carpool group, even parent-parent living in the same household. Which we often need too.

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps

A large chunk of parenthood is about communication: With your partner, your kids, other parents, teachers, coaches, you name it. And too often, mishaps pop-up and communication goes wonky — especially this time of year, when it seems like there are more class...
10 of the best organizational apps for parents: Back to School Tech Guide 2014

10 of the best organizational apps for parents: Back to School Tech Guide 2014

by Nicole Blades | Back to School Tech

There’s excitement and anxiousness in the air at back to school time, but for many parents, this time of year can also bring about a little dread. As in: Ugh. Here comes the deluge of To-Do lists and classroom paperwork and lunch-packing and scheduling and on...
Need help forming new habits? The Habit List app to the rescue! (And it’s way more fun than it might sound.)

Need help forming new habits? The Habit List app to the rescue! (And it’s way more fun than it might sound.)

by Julie | Best Apps

With more tasks on my plate than I’ve got time in the day to complete them, and a little trouble prioritizing and juggling, I’m thinking I might need help forming new habits so I don’t feel so overwhelmed all the time. If that sounds familiar, you...
Digitize your paper Post-it notes with Evernote. For real. Magic!

Digitize your paper Post-it notes with Evernote. For real. Magic!

by Jeana | Best Apps

As much as I use my phone for list-making and note-taking, there’s nothing like a good old Post-it note that just gives you a glaring reminder of things you still need to do. I have Post-it’s all over my desk, kitchen and computer. So imagine how excited I...
Be an organized parent and classroom volunteer with 9 helpful apps and websites

Be an organized parent and classroom volunteer with 9 helpful apps and websites

by Jeana | Tips and Tricks

Ever since my kids started elementary school, I have always tried to volunteer and chaperone whenever possible, especially in these years that the kids still actually want me to be there. But with many different opportunities to help out in the classroom, school...
The 12 best apps for parents of the year: Editors’ Best Tech of 2013

The 12 best apps for parents of the year: Editors’ Best Tech of 2013

by Cool Mom Staff | Editors' Picks of the Year

When we look for the best apps for parents all year long, it doesn’t mean we’re only looking for baby journals and monitors. Although we like those too, parents are connecting, organizing, photographing, and sharing digitally like no one else. With that in...
Tick: The to-do list app that will make you ditch the paper lists once and for all

Tick: The to-do list app that will make you ditch the paper lists once and for all

by Kristen Chase | Best Apps

We’ve featured a ton of amazing to-do list apps here on Cool Mom Tech and some of them, like TeuxDeux and SwipeList, my fellow editors swear by. But for me, I’m still an iPhone notes or old fashioned paper kind of girl. Until I discovered this app that has...
5 of our favorite techie Pinterest pins this week: Back to school edition

5 of our favorite techie Pinterest pins this week: Back to school edition

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us! Then check out our five most popular pins from this week. 1. Keep these awesome educational channels for kids on YouTube bookmarked to help your kids get ready for back to school. 2. Here’s a simple, free way to keep...
A great to-do list app for iOS (how does swiping away your chores sound?)

A great to-do list app for iOS (how does swiping away your chores sound?)

by Jeana | Best Apps

Maybe it’s an age factor or the fact that I have a lot in my brain, but I’ve been relying more heavily on making lists to do, well, everything. We’ve covered quite a few great ones here at Cool Mom Tech like Teux Deux, Orchestra and Cozi, but...
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