by Nicole Blades | Best Apps
In my book, shopping isn’t really shopping unless you’re getting a deal. Doubly so when it come to the crazy holiday shopping season that officially kicks off this week. There are plenty of apps for holiday shopping, and websites with promo codes all...
by Nicole Blades | Gear + Hardware
With its see-through dome, gentle glow-y light and curved corners, the new Harman Kardon Aura Bluetooth speaker system looks like something out of an art gallery or maybe even a space museum. To be honest, I wasn’t sure at first if the dome was more about...
by Nicole Blades | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Let’s face it: Our kids and these tiny screens are going to be together for the long haul. Might as well teach the ins and outs of all things digital from early on, right? I’m talking about coding for kids: teaching children how to speak programming...
by Nicole Blades | Gear + Hardware
I am looking for a compact Bluetooth speaker for my daughter for the holidays. I don’t want to spend a fortune, but I do want good quality. And she’s 6, so I’d like it to be something she can grow with. – Jennifer It’s a definite...
by Nicole Blades | Uncategorized
The minute I slipped the SurfacePad from our innovative friends at the small company Twelve South onto my iPhone 6, it practically winked at me. All of sudden my trusty phone was not only smart, but now it was fancy, too. Well, fancier. Between the smooth Napa leather...
by Nicole Blades | Best Apps, Educational Apps
We’re always on the lookout for the best math apps for kids that put some fun in the fundamentals, especially for the 3- to 7-year-old crowd. Getting kids excited and interested in math from an early age just makes good sense — good number sense, to be...
by Nicole Blades | Gear + Hardware
These days, you can’t swing a USB cable a foot without knocking over at least 40 different Bluetooth wireless speakers. And that’s just the good ones. Thanks to Cool Mom Tech, I’ve been lucky enough to try out a lot of these same speakers. Oh, the...
by Nicole Blades | Entertainment, Kids
The thing about YouTube is, it can go from super fun to totally overwhelming–not to mention disturbing–on a dime. Sometimes when I’m watching my 5-year-old son watch his YouTube videos on my old iPad, all I can do is hope that we don’t land on...
by Nicole Blades | Uncategorized
Whichever case you’re currently using to cover your smart phone–even one you bought yesterday–well, I think you might just need a new one. (Sorry about that.) Because I just found Getincased, a premium custom case and accessories company out of the...
by Nicole Blades | Best Apps
Just last week, I sat next to a young woman on an airplane. She was on a mad scroll on her iPhone, just thumbs moving across the slick screen super fast. She was on Tinder, and I was low-key amazed at her swiping skills. It was something to see, a person’s mind...
