15 new iOS 15 features that parents will get (very!) excited about: FaceTime, ScreenShare, Focus, Health, and more
Each time there’s a live streaming Apple Event to announce the new products and updates, we watch diligently to see what’s new for parents and families, or which advances and improvements will actually make our lives a little easier, more organized or more...
My favorite new iPhone trick to help me fall asleep — and stay asleep
Over the past year, I have been so grateful for the sleep stories on Calm and some of the Apple Music playlists to help me fall asleep. The one issue: I was sometimes waking up in the middle of the night, my AirPods still in my ears…my music still playing. Then,...
The new Apple Watch Pride edition bands are out and they’re gorgeous!
Welcome to May, the month in which top brands lets everyone in the press in on all their new products supporting and celebrating June’s Pride Month. Some of these products…well, it feels like pandering TBH, but in the case of Apple, they’ve been a...
We’ll be waiting at the mailbox for these USPS x CASETIFY phone accessories
We’ve been fan of CASETIFY’s fun iPhone case mash-ups for a while now, and so I was so happy to see them announce their new collection with — yep, you guessed it — the United States Postal Service. This new USPS collection celebrates the folks...
11 cool features we’re looking forward to in the new iOS 14
Apple’s all set to release the new iOS 14 sometime this fall. And since an operating system update is the only way I’m marking time these quarantine days (Kidding! Mostly.) I was pretty stoked to explore the new features in their preview. And wow,...
This Baby Yoda speaker is giving us the little spark of joy we needed today.
Did we mention that we have the coolest readers? Eric (aka EricSketch on Twitter) has been reading our site for quite some time now, so when we spotted this Baby Yoda Bluetooth speaker in his Twitter feed we were like “HOLY MANDALORIAN!” Let’s just...
The top 10 Cool Mom Tech posts of 2019
We’re going into our 10th year of Cool Mom Tech and our 2nd year of our Out Tech Your Kids Facebook group that’s almost at 4500 members! We know, we can’t believe it either. Every year, we share our 10 most visited posts on Cool Mom Tech. From tech...
12 practical tech gifts that are still pretty darn awesome | Holiday Gift Guide 2019
There are some folks on our lists who love tech gifts, but prefer the more practical tech gifts to the gaming systems or the entertainment consoles. Or hey, maybe they love both but just have some specific needs this year. If that’s the case, I’ve got you...
12 tech gifts you should probably just buy for yourself already | Holiday Tech Guide 2019
We’ve got lots of cool tech gifts for big kids and teens, not to mention some awesome STEM holiday gifts for kids as part of our Holiday Tech Guide, but what about us? We love tech too! Except sometimes, the tech gadgets we want aren’t super gifty. But...
10 of the coolest tech toys and gifts for tweens and big kids | Holiday Tech Guide 2019
Next up in our Holiday Tech Guide 2019, we’re sharing the coolest tech toys and gifts for tweens and big kids. We know that they can be tricky to shop for, so we’ve done the research for you (not to mention asked our own tweens and big kids their honest...
Apple Event 2019: Here’s the quick and dirty on the iPhone 11 Pro, Apple Arcade, and everything else they announced
On Tuesday, Apple hosted their big Apple Event 2019 and announced some pretty exciting new products and services. If you had time to watch it live, this time streaming on YouTube (whoa), then you’ve probably heard all of this before. But if you’re like me...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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