Pinterest price drop alerts: One more reason to pin the stuff you love.
Pinterest can be many things to many people–an online cookbook, a virtual closet, a life list repository, or a hodgepodge of cool crafts we uh, may never get around to. But one of the most popular ways to use Pinterest is as a shopping list, especially for...
A camera that will outlast even the fastest changing technology
By far, the toys that my kids have gotten the most mileage out of are the ones they use for pretend play. Their active imaginations are ageless, and as you start thinking holiday gifts, consider that it doesn’t necessarily take a real tech toy to engage a young...
Ogre Academy Math app: Educational, free, and worth the iPad space
They say variety is the spice of life, and I’ve definitely found that to be true where it comes to educational kids’ apps. The more awesome kids’ apps I load on the iPad, the more likely it is my own kids will keep exploring and learning, and now...
Apple launches The iPad Air, iPad Mini, Mac Pro Desktop and more. Are they good for families?
Yesterday, Apple announced its newest gadgets, and of course we were watching closely–as anyone who follows Cool Mom Tech on Twitter knows. While there weren’t many big surprises, the news was definitely cool, even if not all of it is exactly right for...
The return of Bill Nye. To the web. Yes!
Without exaggerating, there’s probably hundreds of things I wish were around when my kids were younger, and Bill Nye’s old show is definitely on that list. We’ve made do with science programs geared toward adults (yay Morgan Freeman!), but I’m...
Twyxt: A shared calendar app made for couples who actually want to stay together.
I’m a project manager by trade, and my husband has a Master’s degree in Logistics, so you’d think we’d have our acts together when it comes to our calendars, right? Unfortunately, we still miss dental appointments, forget who was going to take...
The bamboo solar charger takes green tech to a new level
While I think everything we write about here on Cool Mom Tech is…well, cool, every so often we find something that so perfectly fills my wants and needs that I’d swear it was made just for me. The Photojojo bamboo solar charger is one of those perfect...
Safe ways for kids to watch videos: Reader Q+A
Hi Cool Mom Tech! A few months back you recommended an app where parents could save or store specific videos. This was to ensure kids using iPads wouldn’t stumble onto questionable material on YouTube. I feel like “Tube” was the last part of the app...
4 of the very best weather apps, at least if you have a sense of humor
If anyone needs to find great weather apps, it’s me. The weather in Colorado is wonderful, but it’s also really weird; I’ve seen it snow without a cloud in the sky, and I can run comfortably in a tank and shorts on some winter days. So you might say...Creating Secure Passwords: The Easy, Step-by-Step Guide
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