The Pop Ups kill it with their new synth pop album Giants of Science.
Brooklyn-based kindie music geniuses The Pop Ups’s new album is out today, and (thanks to a sneak-preview) my kids are already hooked. To be honest, I am too. If you’re new to the kid-music scene, you might recognize The Pop Ups‘s psychedelic...
Carmen Sandiego meets Cooking Mama, in this cool cooking game for kids
News flash: our kids love video games. But they also love to help cook in the kitchen. So when we saw that the new Issa’s Edible Adventures app teaches them to cook virtually and IRL, we knew we had to try it out. It’s part Carmen Sandiego, traveling the...
Emoji: A history book about our kids’ favorite way to communicate. Okay, ours too.
Little history lesson for you: did you know that the emojis designs we use today — and communicate almost exclusively with our tweens in — originated way back in 1999? Like, before we even knew what a smartphone was? Japanese designer Shigetaka Kurita...
Cyborg, wormhole, exterminate…and 97 other first words little geeks need to know.
Geek parent alert: we’ve found the must-have language acquisition book for your offspring. With 100 First Words for Little Geeks, you can skip over the boring words like car and tree, and focus instead on the important additions to your child’s vocabulary....
Is that poison ivy? The new Seek app can tell you that, and a whole lot more.
With the warmer weather finally here, I’m looking forward to getting outdoors with my family. We’re avid campers and hikers, and I have to admit, I enjoy the time we spend away from screens. Turns out, it’s also Screen-Free Week, so how perfect that...
The combo Apple Watch and iPhone charger you need for travel
I’m a recent convert to the Apple Watch, and it’s one of those little things that makes my life as a working-from-home mom easier. So far, my battery has lasted all day without me needing to recharge it, but my newest travel tip is to take along a Belkin...
Molekule: The gorgeous high-tech air purifier that’s touted by MoMA (yes, the art museum)
Spring is nearly here, despite snowy forecasts even down South. But our allergens haven’t gotten the note that we’re not ready for them yet, and my entire family is sneezy, itchy, and cranky. And after my son’s allergies got so bad we ended up in an...
How to figure out (and change) which categories Facebook has assigned to you.
If we didn’t know before, we’ve certainly learned very recently that Facebook knows a whole lot about us. But today I discovered that they’re assigning us to marketing categories, which are chosen based on the data gathered from your Facebook...
Carpooling just got way easier, thanks to the Figure8 carpooling app
Managing my kids activities — and the time it takes me to get them there — is one of the more complicated parts of parenting for me. Carpooling is the solution that not only saves my sanity, but also helps out the environment. We have been impressed by...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.
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.
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* 5 audiobook apps keep us entertained and learning
* The best ways to clean and disinfect your phones and gadgets
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