New York City

As a Brooklyn resident who falls squarely within the lucky Brooklyn-Manhattan delivery area for the new Amazon Prime Now app ( iOS and Android ) I downloaded it stat. It is a genius premise, functioning essentially like a Fresh Direct ki…

With National Coffee Day just behind us, there's been a whole lot of buzz about buzz lately. And if there's one thing I learned about people who drink coffee, it's this: don't mess with their java. They like it how they like it, and they…

I've come across my fair share of cool travel apps , many of which we've covered on Cool Mom Tech, but once in a while I come across one that makes me scratch my head in amazement and think, wait, how is that possible, like the Tunnel Vi…

Though I live in New York City, with its world-class public transportation system (mostly), I must admit that I'm more of a car person which means I drive, I taxi, I Uber and now I uberFAMILY . And I bet lots of other parents will too, c…

For the past few weeks, New York City has been awash in giant Easter eggs, in a brilliant (if a little time-consuming for me) social-media-meets-installation-art campaign for Fabergé called The Big Egg Hunt . It brought eager New Yorkers…

When my oldest was newly sporting big girl undies, my greatest fear suddenly became, What if she has to go, and I can't find a bathroom? Now multiply by a factor of 10 for our trips into New York. Modern city parents, have no fear. Way2G…

The Times Square Ball has become a symbol of New Year's Eve around the world, and if you totally geek out about the countdown, you can now be sure you won't miss a second of the action with the new The Times Square Ball app . At least pr…

Every Saturday morning, I wake up and check the website Mommy Poppins to see what's going on in New York City with kids. So do tens of thousands of other parents; so it made perfect sense that they would convert all those great listings …

I figured the big news about ATT's free mobile charging station program would be taking place somewhere like San Francisco or Portland or Austin. But nope, NY mamas like me--and those who visit our fair northeastern hamlet--are in luck w…

First-time author Kelly Florio Kasouf penned a chic and whimsical children's book, The Super Adventures of Sophie and the City , that caught the hearts and minds of New York's fashion elite. Why? Kasouf's actual dad is Steve Florio, the …

At our sister site, Cool Mom Picks , we very much celebrate the artisans, craftspeople, and passionate business-owners of the world. So of course we love more than anything when those traits intersect with technology, and we can showcase…

Remember last week, when I said I wanted to live in NYC so I could see some real, live yarn bombing ? Still true. But now I've got another reason on my (very long) list of why I need to go to the Big Apple. I want to be caught reading on…