Angry Birds break out of the screen. And they’re still angry.
If you made my kids narrow down to the two things they think are really cool about technology, they’d come up with: 1. Making really goofy videos of themselves, and 2. Angry Birds. Yeah, I’d have to agree, though I bet I have more people who will join me...
Piquing Our Geek: Scooba goes where no robot vacuum has fit before
When I find myself doing the really icky chores around the house, like scrubbing the floor under my kids’ breakfast chairs, or getting on my hands and knees around the toilet, I think: In this enlightened age, shouldn’t there be a button I can push to take...
Piquing Our Geek: PadPivot lends a hand to your tablet
As cool as our Samsung Galaxy tablet is, I can’t help but wish I had an extra hand to prop it up when I’m trying to follow a recipe off a website or scrolling Twitter while we watch a movie together. Hey, I like two hands for popcorn, thankyouverymuch....
Protect your new e-reader with an old book
I have been a book junkie since I first sounded out Dick and Jane but have so far resisted the siren song of the e-reader–despite all the cool things I’ve heard about them. I’m no luddite, I just like the way a book feels in my hands when I read and...
Limited-edition robot pouches are adorably useful too
Back when I was a Jetsons-loving adolescent, I used to think how cool it’d be in the year 2000 when we’d all have our own robots who followed us around and carried our stuff for us. So, it’s 2011, and I was wondering where my robot dreams had gone...
Piquing Our Geek: Paperlinks adds QR codes to baby announcements and party invitations
As nice as paper cards can look, do people still pick up the phone to RSVP anymore? Not in my world, which definitely is a downer when I’ve invited 50 people to a big event. Now, there is a company that is figuring out a way to marry the convenience of...
Brain Pop Jr answers kids questions much better than, ask your father
Though I’ve been homeschooling for five years, make no mistake: I am no great educator. I’m just good at finding help for subjects in which I’m a little rusty, like…all of them. Hey, it’s been a long time since I sat behind a classroom...
A little Christmas present for your ears: New family-friendly holiday tunes ready for download
It’s Christmas week, and if you are like me, the ears could use a break from the same old Christmas songs that have been blasting across radio stations and throughout department store PA systems since the day after Halloween. Let’s just say that if...
The Neato robotic vacuum sucks. In a good way.
For the past two Christmases, my mother has given me vacuums, a gift I try not to take as judgment on the state of my house. And while the Dyson was–and still is–great, my little robotic Roomba continues to make me positively giddy as it whirls around my...NEW: The podcast that helps you be a savvier digital parent in under 15 minutes a week
Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
We started Cool Mom Tech in 2010 to help make our increasingly digital lives easier, more organized, more meaningful, and more fun, however old your kids may be.
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