lifestyle apps

Over the years, I've spent a lot of time and money adding music to my digital collection, and making playlists for every event imaginable. With warmer weather just around the corner, I'd like to think that my "BBQ Music," "Summer Mix" an…

If you're a fan of Pinterest, then you're just as excited as we are that their iPhone app has just launched today. If you don't know what Pinterest is? You are in for a very special treat. Think of Pinterest as a beautiful digital corkbo…

Down here in the South where I live, the Kentucky Derby is a pretty big deal, complete with an annual neighborhood party and a very competitive lady's hat contest. But you don't need a party invite or even a ticket to Churchill Downs to …

These days, I've pretty much shelved my cookbooks and rely solely on my iPad to help walk me through my kitchen masterpieces. Or attempts at them, anyway. So when I heard that one of my favorite food writers and New York Times bestsellin…

Now that we moms can practically run our lives from the palms of our hands, three of the best mom-focused apps have come together to do something nice for us for Mother's Day--help keep us a little more organized. The free Mother's Day A…

I always used to look forward to catalogs appearing in my mailbox. Now that I am more eco-conscious (and busy), catalogs are like paper spam, or at best, something for my kids to cut up for art projects. While I still enjoy the experienc…

It is a crazy, crazy world, when you can essentially wave your phone at another phone and poof, a payment has been made. And you know? That's PayPal Mobile in a nutshell. Let's just say if you've got an iPhone, Android or Blackberry, the…

Remember those first few hours and days after bringing your firstborn home? Elation and terror are two of the many emotions that come to mind. It was a magical time, but one that prompted a lot of questions. A lot. Rather than rely on bo…

A few months ago, a reader asked us to find some cool budgeting apps for iPad , and many of you tweeted your love for Mint.com. So we decided to give it a whirl ourselves, and let's just say it's confirmed that we do indeed have the smar…

Parents Magazine is one of those periodicals that I end up reading cover to cover and then ripping up and tacking to my bulletin board because there's just so many useful tidbits. And don't even try to get me to throw away the back issue…

We recently re-painted our living room and designated one wall for our arrangement of black-framed photos. In my haste to get the project done, I eyeballed placement--never a good idea. It looked nothing like the spread I saw in Restorat…

We're so thrilled that you caught our Editor-in-Chief Liz Gumbinner on the Early Show this morning talking about the Babycenter.com Mobile Moms research . Or if you missed the segment, you can watch it right here. We're the first to admi…

We're thrilled to welcome Grammy nominee Brady Rymer as a guest Dads Dig This blogger. He's one of our favorite family music artists whose new album " Love me for who I am " is just out! If you're on the lookout for a trusted place to di…

Even though I'm the one with a few music degrees, it just so happens that my husband is the bedtime songbird around our house. Only problem is that he travels much of the month, leaving me to try to recreate his original lullabies for ea…

The joke around our house is that by the time we actually get around to sending paper baby announcements, we might as well just make them first birthday party invitations and kill two birds with one stone. Or card. Too bad I didn't have …

The more developers realize that moms are devouring phone apps, the more they're creating awesome apps just for us. Last week alone, we learned about a whole ton of new FourSquare-style apps just for parents, that help you connect with y…

Sure, in a perfect world my son would make his bed and clean up the minefield of LEGOS without being asked. That would be the same perfect world in which I could eat chocolate cupcakes and lose weight. But in the world in which I actuall…

Although I am enjoying my iPad I miss some of the things my laptop offered, like excel for budgeting. Do you have any budgeting app suggestions? - Steff What? You mean iPads aren't just for games? I seem to forget that since my kids can'…

For so many of us, it's a tradition to pick up the phone at midnight on New Year's--okay, maybe 12:03 after we've done our kissing a those with us in person and made fun of Snooki--and wish our loved ones a happy New Year. Obviously Skyp…

Previously posted on Cool Mom Picks Ever been the person in charge of a group gift, and discovered that special circle of purgatory that involves trying to contact large numbers of people and keep track of who's done what and who still n…