Raise your ‘Droid coolness quotient with these Galaxy phone cases
As a ‘Droid user, I’ll admit it, I’ve had my moments when I’ve wished to etch a tiny apple on the back of my phone for some small measure of coolness. The good news is that there are a number of designers who have heard my virtual sighs...
When are kids ready for an email account? Now, if you’re using Maily.
It’s hard to know when kids are old enough for an email account. As soon as my tween opened her own, my youngest son has been begging for one and I’ve been stalling about it ever since. But now we’ve found a brand new and very cool iPad app that...
TuneIn to 70,000 radio stations and 2 million podcasts. Hopefully not all at once.
Once in a while, my husband and I have been known to make wise family decisions and this was one of our best: we took the TV sets out of the entire first floor of our house, wanting to spend a bit more time in conversation (remember that?) with our kids and a bit more...
Reading Rainbow is back as an app. Is it worth your $9.99?
When I was a kid, I loved Reading Rainbow. The show promoted reading, and was right up there on my list of faves with Mister Rogers and Sesame Street. If you’re not old enough to recognize two out of those three titles, please don’t tell me. However I...
Need kids app recommendations? Try Cool Mom Tech. Also, YogiPlay.
Finding great apps for kids on iTunes or Google Play can sometimes feel like the search for the Holy Grail. Meandering through the thousands of apps to find the good ones can take a lot of time–as if we have so much of it to spare. Of course we’re...
Emails from the Underbelly.
You know those emails that we all get hooked on when we are pregnant? The ones from Baby Center that say thinks like “right now your baby is the size of a peanut?” I loved having those come into my inbox because it made my pregnancy feel so...
How does Google Drive stack up against other cloud storage services?
If you access your Google Docs account in the coming days and see changes, it’s because Google Drive has launched. Google Drive has nothing to do with smart cars or Google-enabled dashboards (though that may not be too far off), but rather, it’s a cloud...
Understanding the Google Privacy Policy Changes
If you’re a Google Mail user like us, then you’ve probably received a few notifications this week about some upcoming changes to Google’s Privacy Policy. While you don’t necessarily need to take any action when it comes to your privacy...
The Joos Orange Portable solar charger: Not just for Al Gore
After we proudly figured out how to compost scraps from our kitchen without decorating the room with fruit flies, I’ve been looking for other ways to get more eco-friendly. And as a true tech mama, it seems that decreasing my family’s dependence on the...Creating Secure Passwords: The Easy, Step-by-Step Guide
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