Are you frustrated that your mom can’t easily exchange e-mails, photos and videos with you and your kids?
Then you might want to use this Mother’s Day to help her stay better connected to your family by hooking her up with the ConnectMyFolks iPad app.
The free app makes it easier for less tech-savvy relatives to receive e-mails, text messages, photos and videos on their iPads. These messages are automatically sorted into three categories — mail, pictures and movies — accessible via big buttons on the app’s home screen.
You can set up the app for your relative using an administrative website that’s accessible from any Internet-connected device. There, you can enter your contact info and those of other people you want to be able to communicate with your relative in the ConnectMyFolks address book. Only people in the address book can send messages to your relative. All messages have to be sent to your relative’s app address, which is usually firstname.lastname@connectmyfolks.com, but they can come from any e-mail address or phone number, as long as both are listed in the app’s address book. Videos, however, have to come from a YouTube account.
The app is currently available only for the iPad, but versions for other devices could be released in the future.