Being on the go with kids just got a little more educational

by Catherine | Cool Tech

I kind of love that my children love my iPhone, because their love of my iPhone means that I have one more tool for distracting them when we’re traveling, or even just making a run to the grocery store, because, seriously, there are only so many times that one...

A new app that teaches kids Chinese? Xie Xie! (Thank you!)

by Betsy | Cool Tech

Yesterday my son had a playdate with a little Chinese girl, coincidentally the same day I downloaded Chinese for Munchkins to my iPhone. The amazed look on her face when I asked them if they had seen a hóu zi or a lóng (a monkey or a dragon) at school was priceless....

It’s true, fish really is brain food

by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech

So it’s become pretty clear that iPhone apps can be God’s technological gift to parents wanting to avoid toddler meltdowns in restaurants and pediatrician offices. Some of my favorite apps for the younger set come courtesy of Duck Duck Moose, which is...

Bugaboo + iPhone = Conspicuous consumerism at its most practical

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Cool Tech

When I found out Bugaboo had come out with an iPhone holder accessory my first thought was to roll my eyes. What, we can’t stand the idea of being out of reach of our precious phones for the time it takes to fish it out of our jacket pockets in the park? But...

Yep, they can hear you now

by Mir | Cool Tech

I gave up on my Bluetooth headset for my mobile phone a while back; I was always forgetting to charge it, and on the rare occasions when I didn’t, I had trouble getting it to stay in my ear, and the sound quality was terrible.So despite all the hype about...

Mother’s Day is about making your mom cry, right? In a good way?

by Carrie | Cool Tech

If you are lucky enough to not only be a mom, but still have a mom around to guide you through your turbulent mothering moments (or in my mom’s case, laugh at me), then you probably have witnessed the power that the perfect picture of your children has over her....

The digital clutch is the new designer purse

by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech

I am a pretty practical mom who would rather carry my stuff in a classic black handbag over my shoulder that I can use for years, but that doesn’t stop me from adoring the stylish digital clutch netbooks that are starting to crop up in the tech world.Designer...

Hipstamatic – A photography blast from the past

by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech

I’m far from a photography expert, and admittedly, the only camera I use anymore is my iPhone.  While every now and then I get a great picture with it, I often feel bad that the only pictures of my kids are taken with the sub-par quality of a camera phone....

Practicing safe electronics

by Christina Refford | Cool Tech

My beloved new MacBook is now as much a part of my kitchen table as the napkin stand but, in such a high-traffic spot, my laptop is in constant danger of a small person dribbling a juice box over the keys. Instead of constantly playing defense, I now use protection...

An iPhone application you can’t turn your nose up at

by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech

Of all the iPhone apps we’ve reviewed lately, this one is definitely giving us the biggest chuckle: Virtual Nose Job: Children’s Edition. It’s the brainchild of a top Palm Beach plastic surgeon, who realized that when his patients’ daughters...

Lego my jpg-o

by Christina Refford | Cool Tech

I am still in the lowly iPhone-less margins of society, although I’m fortunate to have plenty of friends who show me all the coolest new apps I’m missing. Take the free LEGO Photo app, for instance: It will take a regular .jpg photo and turn it into a...

Make your picture worth more than a thousand words

by Mir | Cool Tech

It’s all well and good when I shoot a picture or two off to my parents from my phone while the kids are at an event, but then sometimes I forget (or don’t have time) to type in a complete explanation. Later, my dad calls me up and says, That was great, but...