Kristen Chase, Author at Cool Mom Tech

Penultimate brings paper and pen into the 21st Century

As much as I love my iPad, I still use good old paper and pen to jot down notes to myself and make to-do lists, because it’s just way faster than me clicking away on a tablet keyboard. But all that has changed since I started using Penultimate, which just so...

3 cool tech gadgets and apps for the Tinkerbell half marathon (cheer me on!)

by Kristen Chase | Fitness + Health

As part of our fitness resolutions, Julie Marsh (our awesome VP of Operations) and I have been training for a series of races this year. So imagine how excited we were when Disney Sports invited us to participate in the newest race: The Tinkerbell Half Marathon. Along...

Lesson learned from the Zappos hackers: Make strong passwords!

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

Many of you, like us, received an email from Zappos yesterday asking you to reset your password due to a security breach. And after determining that the email wasn’t phishing spam (thanks, Twitter!), I headed to the Zappos site, clicked the “reset...

Belkin Mini Surge: The ultimate travel charger

by Kristen Chase | Travel Essentials

If you’ve done any sort of traveling, then you know how tough it can be to find enough outlets to charge all your gadgets in the airport and in your hotel room. I’ll have my laptop plugged in at the desk, then my phone and tablet in the bathroom, which...

Join the circus

by Kristen Chase | Fun Apps for Kids

In my experience with iPad apps over the last couple of years, I’ve learned that sometimes the simplest apps are the most entertaining and educational. And that’s exactly how I’d describe this adorable new parent-created app for preschoolers and...

5 ways you’ll be wowed by technology at Universal Orlando

by Kristen Chase | Entertainment

My family and I were beyond thrilled to be invited to experience Universal Orlando for a week, and were nothing short of amazed at how cutting-edge technology is such an integral part of both Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios Florida. It’s no surprise...

Pump up the volume with a teeny tiny speaker

by Kristen Chase | Audio

I’m not afraid to admit how excited I get when I find a cool little gadget that makes life better without blowing my budget. And that’s just what this teeny speaker (yes, that’s a speaker!) did. The X-Mini capsule speaker packs a huge punch, making...

The Belkin Rockstar means no more headphone fights

by Kristen Chase | Audio

When you’ve got kids, a headphone splitter is your best friend, particularly when you’re traveling and you’re using your smart phone or tablet to entertain them. But sometimes two isn’t enough, and that’s when the Belkin Rockstar multi...

Sing your baby to sleep with your smart phone

by Kristen Chase | Lifestyle Apps

Even though I’m the one with a few music degrees, it just so happens that my husband is the bedtime songbird around our house. Only problem is that he travels much of the month, leaving me to try to recreate his original lullabies for each of the kids. And then...

Cocoon Grid-it: Transforming you into an organizational butterfly

by Kristen Chase | Home Office

I’m one of those moms who could reallllly use one of those purse organizers and would get one then never actually use it; mostly because they contain a set number of pockets of specific sizes, which just doesn’t fly for this free spirit. (That’s code...

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.)

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