by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks
If you are among the millions of folks traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday, we’ve rounded up six cool apps that we think will help make your trip smoother, for you and your kids. Just make sure you’ve got the headphones packed and your smart phone and...
by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks
Before Black Friday hits, I’m already busy tackling my holiday shopping. It’s no surprise that tech is at the top of a lot of my family’s lists. In other words, it’s even more essential that I’m getting the best deal possible when I hit...
by Jeana | Tips and Tricks
We’re so appreciative of our Cool Mom Picks community on Facebook, but thanks to recent major Facebook changes the site has made, we’re hearing that a lot of you aren’t seeing our updates. We feel for you! We’re not seeing a lot of our own...
by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks
I’m a pretty avid Mozilla Firefox user, but only recently have I entered the amazing world of Add-ons. While we’ve covered a few that we really love, like PriceBlink (amazing!), this week I asked our Twitter followers for their own favorite Firefox...
by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks
We’re happy to be writing this series on behalf of our sponsor Mercedes-Benz, which is committed to keeping families safe through technology. Visit MBUSA.com to learn more. As a busy mom of four, you can imagine how often I’m chauffeuring my brood around...
by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks
Since purchasing my MacBook Pro late last year, I became addicted to the convenience and functionality of Google Docs. Turns out, I’m not the only one. When we asked our readers and Twitter followers how you are using Google Docs, the answers were so varied, it...
by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks
This series is brought to you by Mercedes-Benz, which is committed to keeping families safe through technology. Visit MBUSA.com to learn more. It’s pretty amazing to think that our kids are growing up never knowing a world without Facebook, smartphones and...
by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks
It’s only been in the last year that I’ve come to understand the true organizational joy that is Google Calendar. But even with how much I use it, I realize that there are probably a bunch of other uses that could make me more productive. So for this...
by Jeana | Tips and Tricks
It doesn’t seem like a week goes by without Facebook making more changes to its privacy settings. The company gets a lot of flak for seemingly loosey-goosey privacy policies, but the forthcoming changes (and there are a lot of them) may put all of our minds more...
by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks
With Hurricane Irene’s impending arrival, many of us are filling up the bathtubs, battening down the hatches, and digging out the candles. If you’re going to be affected by the storm (though not in an evacuation zone of course), don’t forget about...
by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks
We’ve heard people rave about Evernote as a fantastic, free way to save inspiration and ideas and access them from anywhere – computer, phone, or your favorite mobile device. But when we asked our go-to help desk, our Twitter followers and Facebook fans,...
by Christina Refford | Tips and Tricks
In just a few short months, my iPad has become my handy little sidekick for checking everything from the weather, to the news headlines, to the latest movie reviews, wherever I am. And while I’ve found handy apps for all of these things, I am loving how Bing is...
