“Mommy, is that a mermaid?”

by Cool Mom Team | Travel

This weekend, my daughter took a dip in a pool wearing her cousin’s goggles. She emerged giggly, delighted with the newfound discovery of how cool it is to see underwater. So when I found this swim mask that does even more than help you see, I thought…ooh....

Music at the beach. Hold the sand.

by Cool Mom Team | Travel

As much as my kids love the beach and the pool, my husband and I tend to forgo any sort of technology for fear that our precious iPhones and music players will end up filled with sand. But after discovering these handy beach-ready speakers, we’re ready to crank...

Parrot MINIKIT+ is like a personal secretary in your car

by Molly | Travel

Edited to add: Don’t miss a chance to win your own! Details belowThank goodness there are Bluetooth devices like the Parrot MINIKIT+ for my car, because toting around four girls means I have become a multi-tasking master of question-answering,...

The coolest kids apps for your family road trips

by Cool Mom Team | Travel

With so many of our friends and family hitting the road for summer weekends now, we thought it might be fun to round-up our Cool Mom Tech staff’s favorite kids’ apps. So charge your iPad or smart phone and get downloading. Here’s to a safe trip, with...

Piquing Our Geek: Would you buy a plane ticket on Twitter?

by Delilah S. Dawson | Travel

Not quite today, but very soon, you’ll be able to book cheap flights on Twitter with one click and three keystrokes. Is that something you’d ever be willing to do? TweetAFlight is leading the pack in bringing e-commerce directly to Twitter and cutting out...

Passport pictures from the comfort of home. Thank you Passportica!

by Jeana | Travel

Getting passport photos taken is arguably one of the least fun aspects of trip preparation (besides actually waiting on line for the passport). The last time I had to get passport pictures taken, I unfortunately chose an extraordinarily busy time at the local...

3 reasons the MacBook Air is perfect for moms

by Cool Mom Team | Travel

After lugging my gigantic MacBook Pro around with me around town for work, and then on a few business trips, I decided that it might be time to look at something smaller. I own several netbooks, but unless I’m just checking email or doing light word processing,...

5 smart tech tips for traveling with kids

by Cool Mom Team | Travel

If your family is anything like mine, a vacation means loading up all the tech gadgets to keep the troops entertained for the long trip ahead. With a pilot in the house, we do much more flying than driving, which can make things a little tricky when it comes to...

Take charge!

by Cool Mom Team | Travel

While our tech is getting smaller (brick phones of 1992, anyone?) it seems like my handbag isn’t. I’m now carrying around chargers, wires, converters…gah. I’ve learned that my best bet is to keep it all organized instead of just tossing it...

Two words: Cupcake ATM.

by Jeana | Travel

Imagine it’s late, you’re hungry and all you want is something sweet. Now imagine a fantasy world where you can drive to an ATM that dispenses delectable freshly-made Sprinkles cupcakes. Well hold onto your hats, people, because this fantasy world exists....

Urbanears Headphones. Pretty, pretty headphones.

by Cool Mom Team | Travel

While we’ve been looking at a lot of red tech around here lately, I was so excited to get a preview of the new spring/summer collection from Urbanears, makers of those affordable and stylish headphones for those who like their techcessories beyond black. Cream,...

Paris + affordable + gadget cases. Now that’s a combination I like.

by Cool Mom Team | Travel

I love all the flashy, brightly colored, happy gadget cases we’re seeing lately, but there’s something really elegant about the soothing colors of this line from Cote & Ciel, that just went on sale at Fab.com. The Parisian company makes very pretty,...