Now Alice is right on your iPhone
We were so smitten with the cheeky online shopping helper Alice when it first debuted, we’re now thrilled to find that we can take Alice everywhere, via their brand new iPhone App. It’s all the same things we love about the original–shopping...
A pocket full of books
Games on the iPhone are nice, having books on hand make you feel a little less guilty about trying to keep the kid occupied on mile-long supermarket checkout lines. Now you can always have books on hand without carting around pounds of hardbacks: PicPocket Books...
An app that makes living in NYC even cooler, if that’s possible
Ironically, in a city that seems to have more of everything, any NYC parent or visiting tourist will tell your horror stories of being unable to find a changing table or a way to get from the uptown subway platform to the crosstown one without dragging a sleeping...
It’s okay to let your kids play with your iPhone if they’re learning something, right?
I’m one of those moms. You know, the kind who’s doing my best not to let the kids watch television or play computer games and, as a result, doesn’t get a second of time to herself if her children are awake. But at the same time, I really don’t...
Need Santa? There’s An App For That
I don’t need to tell you that it might be handy to be able to program calls from Santa into your phone, for when you want to remind the kids that he knows when they’re naughty or nice. Or to be able to pull, right out of your pocket, video to show a...
iPlay’n Learn – They should’ve named it iDistract’n Calm
A few weeks ago I had some friends over to the house, and one of them brought her three-year-old, who immediately commenced leaping around on the furniture like a chimp on crack. Given that my children are past that phase (or can be reigned in with a simple, Knock it...
Trusting your teen? There’s an app for that!
It seems impossible to me that I’ll one day have a teen or two whom I’ll allow to roam the world somewhat freely, but the truth is that teenagerhood will be entering my house very, very soon. Hold me.Vanessa Van Petten has been helping parents communicate...
A new iPhone App that even the Grinch would love
I have to admit I’m a bit of an iPhone app addict, but even though the number of smart phone apps are growing into the hundreds of thousands I generally think that there are only a dozen or two that are worthwhile. The Dr. Seuss Camera–Grinch Edition...
A new iPhone app that will make your kids beg for a long check out line at the supermarket
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