5 top Apps to help you plan the perfect Valentine’s Day treat!

Valentine’s Day is almost here……are you ready??!

If not, fear not, Mama Loves Tech is here to help you out! Here is our Valentine’s Day Count-down to romance boys!

1. +2 days before – announce your romantic date and tell her to get her Louboutins dusted down for a night on the town, using Red Stamp!

Create personalised cards from your iphone, ipod or ipad and get them delivered ahead of the big day. ” Darling, please be ready for 7pm on {       } for a romantic night out. Wear your highest heels and your lovely smile!”

Use Red Stamp to text her a personalised reminder!

2. +1  day before – run her a bubble bath and let her soak in the bath listening to her favourite music to match her mood using Moodagent

Remember the bubble bath. a bath is just not much fun without some foam. “Honey, I’ve run a lovely bubble bath for you. Come and relax for a while before our big night out tomorrow!”

Use Moodagent to set the scene!

3. The morning of the big day, shower her with red roses using this florist app – Florist App

“I love you” – red roses say it all!

4. Take her out for a romantic meal and get the low-down on the way there on the best food on the menu using Food Spotting

“Let’s have a lovely romantic meal together”.

5. Head home and play Truth or Dare!

Have a great Valentine’s Day!

Coolest App of The Week – Scribble Press

Scribble Press

Rated: 4+

Price: £2.49

Compatible with: iPad

Developer: Scribble Press Inc.

Scribble Press is a virtual book shop  in which kids draw, write and animate their own ebooks.

                      

Scribble Press features hundreds of great drawing and writing tools with dozens of templates and also features a store where kids can buy story packs for 99p to help them get started.

                                             

Once they’ve finished  Scribble Press includes an option to let them share their creations in the public gallery for people to read, download and rate. They can also order a printed copy of their book which is available to most addresses around the world.

                                             

This is why Mama Loves Tech!

To find out more about this app click here.

Follow Scribble Press on Facebook and Twitter.

Coolest App of The Week – Maily

Maily

Rated: 4+

Price: Free

Compatible with: iPad

Developer: Goodnews.is

Maily is a child friendly App which teaches children as young as four . This App allows children to take photos of themselves, write and paint then email their creations to their friends and family.

                              

Maily hosts a range of ways to customise there creations such as text tools, background templates and paint brushes.

                  

Theres also no need for parents to worry about what their kids are sending or who there talking to because Maily features a ‘Parents Dashboard’ which let’s them supervise emails and manage contacts.

                   

This is why Mama Loves Tech!

To find out more about this app click here.

Follow Maily on Facebook and Twitter.

Empowering Women in Tech – Learn to Code

Learning to Code

Having launched Mama Loves Tech social media marketing business, I am one of many women learning to code, therefore I was very interested to hear about Girls Who Code, as referenced in this excellent article by Inman News.

Girls Who Code was founded by New York lawyer, Reshma Saujani because she wants more women to break into tech and entrepreneurship. Girls Who Code runs an 8 week course for girls aged 13 to 17 to teach them to code and the basics of robotics and webdesign. As a woman learning to code with a daughter, it makes me want to move to NY!  Reshma is making a keynote speech, “Women Hold Up Half the Sky” at Real Estate Connect New York City, which takes place Jan. 16-18 at the Grand Hyatt New York. In the US they also have the excellent Women 2.0 which has recently launched its Founder Fridays in London.

The Code Academy can take you from novice to building your own website by learning to code online for FREE! We also have Women in Tech run by Maggie Berry here in the UK @womenintech. Maybe we need a Girls Who Code here in the UK. If there is one, let me know!!

Technology developments

Mama Loves Tech has built a social media aggregator for Mama Tea, Keep Calm Tea and Mama Loves Tech and we have other developments up our sleeve….we also have amazing women like Amanda Boyle, Founder and CEO from Bloom VC and Bonnie Lawson Brown Founder and CEO from Silver Imp

My advice to women and girls of the UK – LEARN TO CODE!

Coolest App of The Week – Faces iMake

Faces iMake

Rated: 4+

Price: £1.49

Compatible with: iPad

Developer: iMagine Machine in conjunction with artist Hanoch Piven

Faces iMake is a new creative App for kids which let’s them create their own unique characters using every day objects including buttons, string and food.

                                 

Faces iMake includes an interesting feature called Faceworld which let’s the user create a face and then upload it so anyone else in the world can download it, customise it and it will appear next to yours when they upload it, encouraging interaction between users.

                                              

This App also offers a unique soundtrack while creating your character so theres never any chance of getting bored. This is a great App for children who like to play with their food but without the mess.

                                        

This is why Mama Loves Tech!

To find out more about this app click here.

Follow Faces iMake on Facebook and Twitter.