How to unsend an email: The lifesaving Undo Send feature in Gmail Labs
Ever wonder how to unsend an email, say… you hit send on an email, and then realize you had a typo, sent it a little too soon or included the wrong information? Or worse, wrote something and accidentally sent it to the last person you’d ever want to see...
Nodus Access: A leather iPhone case you’ll stick with
I’ve seen a lot of leather iPhone cases, and while I love the look of them, I’ve been leery about sticking my beautiful iPhone on one. What if it’s not sticky enough and my phone crashes to the ground? What if it’s so sticky that it gets gunk...
Lumoid Home Try-On service: Try fitness trackers before you buy one
I have tried a lot of fitness trackers over the past few years. If it can track my steps and my sleep, it’s probably spent some time on my wrist. So I know from experience that while different gadgets may look the same on paper, it’s hard to tell what works best for...
Lauren Ipsum: A computer science story for kids in the spirit of The Phantom Tollbooth.
We parents hear all the time about the importance of reading for kids. Fortunately there’s a huge range of topics in outstanding kids’ books to engage kids, from wizardry to classroom adventures to spy novels to fairy tales re-told. But I have to admit...
The Counting Kingdom: Like Plants vs. Zombies using addition
It’s hard to believe that in many places around the country, we’re halfway through the school year. But if your kids are like mine, that also means they’ve been drilling their math facts for months, and they could probably use a change of pace. The...
The newest watch-out for parents: Phone numbers posted on Instagram
Remember when we had to buy magazines like Tiger Beat to get the scoop on our teen crushes? These days, tweens can get up-to-the-minute details on their favorite Instagram and Vine stars, right on their smartphones. (Niall, Harry, Liam, squeal!) But parents should be...
The EDGE wireless headset by Red Fox: Turn that fitness resolution into reality
Fitness resolutions are the most popular of all New Year’s resolutions, but they can be pretty hard to keep. That’s why we keep making them year after year, unfortunately. But this cool and comfortable wireless headset, designed especially for athletics,...
Where in the world is Santa? The Google Santa Tracker knows.
It’s here, it’s here! One of our favorite modern Christmas Eve traditions, the Google Santa Tracker. That’s right, you’d better watch out and better not cry, because Santa is in the air and on his way. Check in right here on Cool Mom Tech to...
Last minute holiday shipping deadlines, because there’s always one last thing
You might think that we’d have all of our shopping finished, but even we keep running out of hours in the day. So we’ve gathered all the details on holiday shipping deadlines from a bunch of our favorite online retailers — some techie, and some...Creating Secure Passwords: The Easy, Step-by-Step Guide
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