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Organize Your Life: 5 Apps For Family Organization

Kate Stahl — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:04:01 PST

Today's busy families need smart solutions to stay organized, and the first place we most often turn to is: our phones! You'll find a plethora of apps designed to help keep your life in check by tracking appointments and daily chores, and syncing grocery lists and family calendars with your spouse's and kids' phones. Keep reading for our five must-have apps (four of them are free!) to keep your family organized, and start downloading your way to a smoother schedule!

5 Supportive Apps for Breastfeeding Mamas

Natasha Dantzig — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:41:26 PST

Go with the flow! While breastfeeding may be the most natural of acts, it's not without challenges! Given that nursing tends to commence in the exhausting post-delivery new mom bleariness phase of parenting, new mamas can use all the help they can get. Check out the following five apps that support new moms and their hardworking breasts.

Ga Ga or Gag: iPhone Cases For Toddlers

Nicole Abbott — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:43:27 PST

This is a tech world! Our kiddos are growing up in the digital age, where everything in our lives is digitized - and the truth is that many toddlers are able to manage technology with much more ease than their grandparents. And what is a toddler's coveted tech toy of choice? Mama's iPhone.

Since tots love iPhones so much, many companies have jumped at the lucrative opportunity to manufacture tech products that cater to both moms and tots - case in point, iPhone cases for toddlers. The Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Apptivity Case ($20), Infantino's HappiTaps Beary Happi Character Cover ($20), and Woogie 2 ($20) also have toddler iPhone apps to go along with the smartphone cases. While the lovable Stitch iPhone case ($20) makes a cute hard cover that protects your phone from the trenches of toddlerhood.

We want to know what you think about this new tech trend. Will you be rushing out to get one, or do you think iPhone cases for toddlers are a waste of money?

iPhone 4S Shown to Guzzle Most Data: Here's How to Check Your iPhone Usage

Kristy Korcz — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:01:06 PST

Bloomberg released a report today detailing how Siri has caused a jump in data usage for iPhone 4S customers. Utilizing Siri's voice recognition abilities to send texts, emails, get directions, and more, iPhone 4S users have been shown to use double the amount of data than that of iPhone 4 owners. AT&T and Verizon customers are familiar with the pain (and cost) of going over data limits, so staying on top of usage has become an important part of owning a smartphone. How can you check your iPhone's data usage? Read below to find out!

There are a few ways to check your usage, one being to head to AT&T's wireless website, log into your account, and create a billing report (under " Bills and Payments," click "Create Billing Report," and "Data Usage Trend"), which gives you a detailed graph on how much data you're using. You can also estimate how much you use with your provider's online data calculator. You can find your usage for Verizon and Sprint by logging into your accounts, but you can also check your data usage right on your phone.

First, head to your iPhone's settings app. Scroll down to "General," then click on "usage." You'll see your minute breakdown, but at the very bottom you'll see your data usage (sending and receiving) over the cellular network. If you've never reset your stats, you'll find that this number will be fairly high. You can reset your statistics today (by hitting the "Reset Statistics" button at the bottom of the screen), and check back in a week to get a rough estimate of just how much bandwidth you're eating up each month.

Best of 2011: The 20 Best Apps For Kids

Kate Stahl — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 07:46:18 PST

Parents with curious young ones quickly realize that what's yours - including your iPhone and iPad - is also theirs. But, hey, sharing is good (right?), especially when you stock your technology with kid-friendly apps guaranteed to keep your tot entertained for hours, or at least wait for the doctor, fold the laundry, or chat with your bestie. Check out our 20 must-have kid apps for 2011, some free, and start downloading now!

5 Fab Gifts For the Smartphone Photographer

Kristy Korcz — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:54:37 PST

These days, more and more photography enthusiasts are ditching their digital cameras in favor of their camera-equipped cell phone. Heck, even photography legend Annie Leibovitz calls the iPhone the "snapshot camera of today." If someone you love uses their smartphone for photography, consider these five gifts that will enhance their everyday shots.

Best of 2011: Apps For Parents and Parents-to-Be

Kate Stahl — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:02:22 PST

Whether you're tracking the days until your lil one arrives, attempting to organize your hectic family life, or trying to capture those adorable smiling faces, there's an app for you. Check out the 20 must-have apps that made our lives easier - and more fun! - this year.

How-To: Check Your iPhone Data Usage

GeekSugar — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:22:01 PST

Wondering just how much data you're pulling down in a given month on your iPhone? There are a few ways to check your usage, one being to head to AT&T's wireless website, log into your account, and create a billing report (under " Bills and Payments," click "Create Billing Report," and "Data Usage Trend"), which gives you a detailed graph on how much data you're using. You can also estimate how much you use with your provider's online data calculator. Find your usage for AT&T, Verizon, or by signing in to your Sprint account.

However, this third way only requires you and your iPhone to see how much data you're devouring. Find out what to do after the break.

How-To: Safely Clean Your Cell Phone

Kristy Korcz — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:10:22 PST

Think about how many surfaces you touch throughout the day - door handles, hand rails, elevator buttons, ATM screens - and then consider how many times you touch your cell phone before washing your hands. Gross, right? So it should come as no surprise (or maybe it will) that a recent study shows 16 percent of cell phones have poop on them. Not only that, but our keyboards are home to 60 times more germs than a toilet seat, which is 150 times over the acceptable limit for bacteria. Dis-gus-ting.

If that doesn't make you want to immediately clean your entire workstation, I don't know what will. While using some disinfectant wipes on your keyboard and desk often will do the trick for keeping your space grime-free, the same cannot be said for cell phones. Get the lowdown on how to clean your sensitive smartphones here.

Thanksgiving Apps For Plugged-In Tots

LilSugar — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:02:36 PST

Plenty of parents will be giving thanks for the iPad this year. Amidst busy holiday preparations culminating in that delightfully long - but not necessarily kid-friendly - feast, the following selection of entertaining apps will get tots into the Thanksgiving spirit, and maybe even occupy them long enough for mom and dad to have seconds.