O h Appy Day! gives you the scoop on the coolest apps from some of the coolest people anywhere. This week, we're so happy to have Kelly Ripa sharing her fave. My girlfriends and I love the Livestrong app and it's simply because we can do…
Recently on a vacation, we found ourselves with an unfamiliar warning light pop up in our unfamiliar rental car. So when I saw this phone car diagnostic kit, I thought ooh, that's something that could come in handy. The Kiwi Bluetooth An…
J ust a few of our favorite picks of this past week, in case you missed them. 1. Is your family calendar already filling up? Our readers have some great ideas for ways to use Google Calendar to stay organized . 2. Don't miss our list of …
With Fashion Week hitting New York this week, I'm seeing lots of women in teetering heels stumbling through puddles. Fun! An easier way to get stylish this week, is with these sweet designer iPad 2 cases from none other than Project Runw…
With the fab point and shoot camera and awesome SLR accessories we've been featuring, I admit that I was having a bit of cool camera envy since I snap all my pictures with my iPhone 4. But given the quantity and quality of the photos I'm…
We know the one thing integral to keeping your sanity during back to school time is organization. Whether you volunteered to be the classroom mom and need to help wrangling 26 families or you're just trying to keep track of your own, we'…
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…
Of course back to school time is mostly about the kids, but we moms and dads need all the help we can get too, to ensure we get the kids out the door on time, all while keeping up with our own busy schedules. While we can't offer you a f…
The longer tablets are part of our lives, the more we find incredible ways to use them--in the kitchen as a cookbook, on your nightstand as an alarm clock, on the airplane as a major parent sanity saver. (I can vouch for that one!) It al…
My iPhone and iPad have a few games to keep my little kids entertained, but as it turns out, they're often more enthralled with the educational apps I've got loaded up. And really, what better way to help reinforce their learning with co…
Ever since my print-scan-fax machine broke, I've been using HelloFax.com to scan, email, and fax. But as much as I love that site, it doesn't help me with actual receipts and papers that I need to fax or scan. And with back to school tim…
Don't worry arachnophobes, that's not a real spider holding up that smartphone, but rather a smart gadget I recently discovered that makes the perfect phone grip and travel dock. The Spiderpodium from Breffo is a bendable holder that all…
I have a deep and abiding love for catalogs, even more than for magazines; I can spend hours curled up with a pile of shiny catalogs, dog-earing pages and tearing out examples of how I want my life to look. Don't pretend you don't know w…
One of the biggest barriers to using those SLR cameras that so many of us have gathering dust, is the actual carrying of it. When you're toting your stuff, your kids, and all your kids' stuff, having a huge camera around your neck isn't …
Getting my kids to do a few math or grammar workbook pages is not easy. But getting them to play an educational app on my iPad? Piece of cake. But not all educational apps are equal. And some are just so great, we sifted through a bunch …
Okay, so let's say your older kid has a brand new laptop. And the start of school is just around the corner. When said tween asks to bring said laptop to school you're going to freak out just a little, aren't you? I know I would. The Thu…
Just because it's back to school time doesn't mean kids should get all the cool gadgets. We're the ones lugging them from soccer to ballet and back home again, so we can sure use all the extra hands we can get to make life a little easie…
Having just returned from two weeks in Spain with my family, I can assure you traveling internationally with a couple of kids can truly be a joy. (Fear not the plane ride!) But then, there are times it was also a little stressful, what w…
I've always figured it was only a matter of time until Petunia Pickle Bottom takes over the world. And now it's true, as the company known for some of the most gorgeous baby carriers and diaper bags known to mom makes the leap into other…
After this weekend's hurricane, I'm reminded once again I was reminded once again of the importance of surge protectors to power your appliances and gadgets. But then, I was also reminded of one of my biggest tech pet peeve -- power stri…
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 fo…
With the not entirely shocking news that Steve Jobs is stepping down as the CEO Apple, we've been captivated by the number of thoughtful and often moving articles, blog posts, and opinion pieces about the legacy he has left. It's clear t…
If you've ever uttered the words, "my battery is about to die if we get cut off..." then this is for you, mamas. I have no idea why it took me so long to come around on the portable phone charger thing. But it did. And now that that era …
Welcome Dads Dig This guest blogger Andy Hinds, a stay-at-home dad to twin girls and author of Beta Dad . I used to think I could have been a great filmmaker, the only things standing between me and a brilliant directing career being my …
