by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups
Here are some things we’ve liked reading around the web this week, to round out 2010. We hope you will too. The Angry Birds GingerbreadHouse by gaming blogger and brand new dad–congrats!– Zero-Lives ( will blow you away, right down to the green apple...
by Cool Mom Staff | Audio
While there are some awesome kindie rock bands out there that we’ve featured both here and on Cool Mom Picks, there are plenty of awesome “adult” tunes out there that work just as well for our kids. Now that the Beatles are on iTunes (whoo!),...
by Cool Mom Staff | Holiday Tech Gifts
If you were lucky enough to score a Best Buy gift card from Santa, or just want to get a jump start on your New Year’s resolutions, our co-founder Kristen, along with a Best Buy Geek Squad agent, can help you out. Check out this video in which she reveals all...
by Cool Mom Staff | Helpful Services
This morning we read about the new bad gift exchange system patented by Amazon, and we had to ask ourselves: Best idea ever? Or the end of graciousness as we know it? CNN described it as “the nuclear option for gifts” – a kind of system that would...
by Cool Mom Staff | Holiday Tech Gifts
Best Buy Wish List is a sponsored series in which we feature the things we’re coveting at Best Buy–and then give away gift cards so you can buy them yourself. Whee! Computers are pretty important gadgets to us bloggers. Imagine that. It’s a sickness...
by Cool Mom Staff | Educational Apps For Kids
If you woke up to snowmageddon this morning like we did (or more like a typical winter snowfall with a new 24 hour news cycle-friendly, alarmist name), your kids are probably begging you to get out there with them as soon as humanly possible. If they haven’t...
by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups
Here are some things we’ve liked reading around the web this week. We hope you will too. Our Co-Founder Liz Gumbinner offers up car travel tips for families on the CBS Early Show including a smart story app and some great kids CDs for download. Looking for a...
by Cool Mom Staff | Holiday Picks
From Liz, Kristen, Beth, Christina, and everyone at Cool Mom Tech, we wish you a peaceful, happy, wonderful day, filled with good family, good food, and hopefully not too many plastic clamshell packs to have to pry open. And thanks to all of you for helping to make...
by Cool Mom Staff | Games + Gaming
Before the kids go to bed and Santa’s elves get busy wrapping gifts, we spend Christmas Eve drinking egg nog, playing games, and watching movies with the kids. But now that we have the iPad, we’ll probably add a round or two of a digital board game into...