Cool Mom Staff, Author at Cool Mom Tech

Science Activities for Grade Schoolers (Part 1): The Cool Mom Tech Science Guide for Kids

by Cool Mom Staff | Science Guide for Kids

While kids are born to love science, every kid at every age has different abilities, inclinations, passions and skills. We started Cool Mom Tech in part to help parents foster that love of STEM in their kids, which is why we couldn’t be more thrilled to bring...

Web cool: Game controllers for users with disabilities, a gold Royal Wedding iPhone X, and the smart luggage ban

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them too! Some of our favorite tweets about the Royal Wedding. Yeah, we’re capitalizing it. Speaking of which: got Royal Wedding fever? Check out this gold iPhone X to commemorate...

These 3 tips can help you simplify your tech life. Try them!

by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks

We declutter our closets, and rotate our kids’ toys, but what about all those apps on your phone right now? Or the notifications pinging you every few minutes? Do I even need to bring up how many photos you have on your phone? Related: 6 ways to simplify your...

Mother’s Day tech: 4 gadgets that make life easier and better for busy parents

by Cool Mom Staff | Mother's Day Gifts

Happy Mother’s Day, cool techie moms! We celebrated today with fellow mom Becky Quick on CNBC’s On The Money, sharing four of our favorite tech gadgets that help make our lives easier and better. We hope you love them as much as we do. Tile I can’t...

Web coolness: Geeky Mother’s Day cards, LEGO Solo, and is Facebook going subscription based?

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Happy Mother’s Day weekend, cool techie moms! Check out our funny Mother’s Day card round-up, including this one from Row House 14, above. A video not to miss: 3 simple ways to simplify your tech life. Be sure to cast your vote for these children’s...

Web coolness: A digital swear jar, the Twitter password breach, and tech Mother’s Day gifts!

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite links from around the web. We hope you love them too! Turns out Siri can swear. Plus, the swear jar goes digital! (top) Pokemon designers finally come clean about the inspiration behind Pikachu. We love this cooking app for kids....

Web coolness: Stranger Things Season 3, Mother’s Day tech gifts, why you’re getting privacy policy updates, and more.

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

We’re excited that one of our favorite Netflix shows, Stranger Things, is gearing up for its third season. Stricter policy regulations means you’ll be reviewing a lot of privacy policy updates from your favorite apps. And yes, you should talk to your kids...

Web Coolness: The iPhone recycling robot, cryptocurrency for kids, and how Black Panther is encouraging young black women to go into tech

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them too! This amazing iPhone recycling robot safely extracts parts from old phones that can be reused. Meanwhile, this robot is an expert at assembling IKEA furniture. A cool new luggage...

Web coolness: How to use Alexa to donate to charity, the latest Twitter war, and how to customize your phone’s app icons

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. A fun look at past video conferencing concepts. You’ve heard of red light cameras, now prepare for cameras that capture drivers using their cellphones. A very cool...

Web coolness: Facebook is monitoring your conversations, data breaches you need to know about, and more!

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them too. Think you really know about virtual reality? Here’s some advice on this impressive technology from a trusted source. [photo via] Pokemon Go is celebrating Earth...

Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz

Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks

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.

We love that it's grown to become the go-to source for millions of parents who want commonsense info about tech delivered with a smile.

We even have the privilege of sharing our tips + tricks with The TODAY Show, CNN, HLN, GMA, Nightline, newspapers and magazines around the country, and our favorite -- regular parents who stop us at PTA meetings and ask us how old kids need to be to get a smartphone, and whether they really need to panic about Snapchat.

(Answer: It's complicated.)

We're so glad you're here! And we hope we can help you too.