Pilar Clark

Cutting, matting, mounting, spraying adhesive that ends up peeling later--printing Instagram photos yourself then framing them can be a pain in the rear, but a professional framing service can be spendy. Hooray for alternatives! We've co…

I’m usually not one for New Year’s resolutions, but, in the spirit of getting more done in 2014, I decided to tackle my email--like so many of you who ask us how to clean up your inbox when it's overrun with more emails than anyone can k…

To us, the holidays are a time for throwing the rules out the window a bit. We eat too many cookies, the kids stay up too late, and if their typical screen time doubles (or triples) while we all enjoy a little down time, so be it. So her…

Why would a parent consider a selfie app ? Let us count the ways. First off, the eleventy bazillion visitors you'll want to capture memories with this holiday. However, unless you have a camera shutter remote for your DSLR or phone (hint…

Cute? Funky? Funny? That's entirely up to you in this new colorful world from Toca Boca , one of our favorite developers of kids' apps , and it's all created with kids' wild imaginations in mind. Toca Boca just released its latest iOS tr…

As a parent, I think it's my responsibility to save money where I can (kids are expensive!), but only on things I really want. That's why we love finding great coupon apps and money-saving tech tools that make things easier. Besides, I n…

My second grader is crazy into made up games he creates and customizes himself. Everything from blueprints for Star Warsian buildings to trains crafted from Toca Builders blocks are on his roster of perpetual projects, and creating his o…

We all know STEM is a big deal in schools these days. The combination of science, technology, engineering and math is what kids are living on a daily basis, so a 10-year-old entrepreneur named Ethan Saadia wants to encourage even more ki…

As a family of frequent travelers, we have a lot of headphones at the ready, just waiting to be thrown into our carry-on bags or in the car. But we'e never seen anything like this before. Billed as a hybrid headphone/speaker system, Flip…

Creative, quirky, playful, rule free and devoid of in-app pop ups (hooray!)--all reasons why Toca Boca is one of our most favorite app developers for kids. So lets rejoice for the new Toca Cars app! Taking a cue from more complex games l…

Rules are all well and good, but sometimes it's fun to break them. This outstanding storytelling app agrees, but shhh...don't tell the kids. InfiniScroll , an open-ended storytelling tool turned app for iOS, is all about breaking the rul…

While there are a ton of photo editing apps that we've recommended, there's a new one made just for families that we think you'll be particularly interested in. Not just because it was created by Soleil Moon Frye, who's reinvented hersel…

Miss Piggy, Animal, Kermit, Beaker--your favorite Muppets are all together again in a free musical builder app for iOS and Android devices that's just out--and we think your older kids will have a hard time resisting. To top it off, it's…

Dropping, smashing, stacking, painting-- Toca Boca 's newest app for kids, just out today, encourages kids to do them all, and I'm excited as much as my kids are. Really. Our actual playroom walls could use a break. While all Toca Boca a…

Discounts, perks, rewards--they all sounded reeeeally good when we signed up for all those membership programs. Until we end up with a lot of cards taking up wallet space and we never bother cashing in on all those benefits. Enter Larky …

For those of you still wondering what the heck to do with Google+, it would seem that now with 250 million users, there is actually a whole lot. Even for regular old people, and not just "social media experts" which really, is the genius…

If it has sparkles, hearts, fairies, crowns and cupcakes, my preschool princess is all over it. Me: not so much. Which is why I was really surprised to fall in love with Princess Fairy Tale Maker app from app developer Duck Duck Moose al…

My MacBook Pro and my Canon are the only two gadgets I love almost as much as my children. And, since both are pretty permanent extensions of my arms, not bringing them along when I travel is unthinkable. Finding a way to pack a laptop a…

Like most kids, my preschooler likes action. Especially when it comes to apps. Surprisingly, she now counts a mellow octopus among her favorite digital friends, and goes back to his animated storybook time and time again. Less a narrativ…

Presents are wrapped, eggs are nogged, kids are on Christmas break, and two of this year's biggest game stars have come together in one app filled with underground sewers and transportation tubes. How merry! Especially considering it's f…

Once my preschooler discovered the joys of snipping every piece of paper in the house with safety scissors, it was really just a matter of time before she (gleefully) caught on to cutting her dolls' hair. The day she cut her own was the …

"Once upon a time" gets a modern reboot in the latest digital toy from our favorite Swedish app developer, Toca Boca . It's one of those apps that our kids could hardly wait for, once they caught wind of the previews, and for good reason…

Time to make it work! Toca Boca , our favorite Swedish app developer is at it again with Toca Tailor , their newest release that makes kids the head of their own design house. [don't miss a limited time discount on this app!] In Toca Tai…

Wouldn't it be cool if there was an app that could tell you about exciting historical places you might not even known were there? Like, right now? Right here, where you're standing? Meet HISTORY Here . Developed by The History Channel, i…