Have a little bit of Star Wars Day fun, courtesy of your Amazon Echo.
If watching your favorite Star Wars movies on loop isn’t a big enough celebration for your May the 4th, you can tap into your Amazon Echo for a little extra fun. Related: Star Wars slime recipes. Yes, they exist. According to the Daily Dot, Alexa now has a bunch...
These tech gadgets are totally worth the investment.
Over the years, we’ve tried myriad tech gadgets here over on Cool Mom Tech, and there are a good handful (maybe two) that we continue to use over and over again because they make our lives a whole lot easier. And cooler. Or at least we think so. If you’re...
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...
Amazon’s Echo Dot for Kids is here. But there will be no “Alexa, buy me a pony.”
The Echo Dot has been one of Amazon’s most popular speakers, so it’s no surprise that they saw an opportunity to bring all the joy and magic and Orwellian fun of Alexa to kids in the form of the new Echo Dot Kids Edition available exclusively at Amazon....
Welcome Player One!
There are no shortage of fun geeky products for your home these days, case in point this fun Nintendo floor mat from our friends at Think Geek. While you won’t be winning at Super Mario games with it, you will win at cleaner floors (maybe!), which might be even...
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...
This Scrabble keyboard is a triple word SCORE!
If you’re a Scrabble fan like I am, or know someone who is, you’re going to want to get your hands on this amazing Scrabble keyboard, which is a cool, new collaboration between Massdrop and Hasbro. Awesome. (Extra 50 points for using all my letters!)...
A very cool limited edition toothbrush, for a very cool cause.
I’ve been a huge fan of the quip electric toothbrush since I first bought it two years ago, and not just because it’s sleek and pretty (hello, rose gold). I love the 30-second brushing reminders, and the fact that I get a new brush head in the mail every 3...
High tech baby gifts: 4 of the best splurges for your very favorite parents-to-be
If you’re shopping for a baby gift and want to go in on The Big Gift with a group — or maybe all on your own, generous soul, maybe consider high-tech baby gifts. Talking to you, best friends from college, generous boss, first-time aunt-to-be, and amazing...
Bitmap Textiles for geeks or anyone with great taste.
Every year, we look forward to the NY Now show, where we discover some of the coolest new gifts and home decor on the market (or soon to be), like this gorgeous Bitmap Textiles line from Susan Kare. We’re thinking these would make a fabulous addition to any...
Ooh…Cromatica Bluetooth speakers are music for the eyes, too
One look at the Italian Cromatica Bluetooth speakers and…whoa. Think of this lamp-speaker hybrid like a mood ring for your home. You choose the color illumination that suits you, choose your music, then lie back and chill. Or, clean your bathroom. Or, get some...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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