Mother’s Day tech: 4 gadgets that make life easier and better for busy parents
Happy Mother’s Day, cool techie moms! We celebrated today with fellow mom Becky Quick on CNBC’s On The Money, sharing four of our favorite tech gadgets that help make our lives easier and better. We hope you love them as much as we do. Tile I can’t...
These funny Mother’s Day cards are so 2018.
I always say that when it comes to parenting, if I wasn’t laughing, I’d be crying. Maybe that’s why I love these funny Mother’s Day cards that you still might be able to grab before Sunday if you hurry, or in a couple of cases, download them....
A cool Mother’s Day gift for your favorite mobile mama.
No, sorry! It’s not an iPhone case with your kids’ photos all over it. Though, look, we love those too. But for the tech-savvy mobile mom who’s happy to show you photos of her kids from her iPhone gallery, she needs this fun, glittery Hey Mama iPhone...
What’s as easy as a Mother’s Day card but so much cooler? These photo gift boxes.
You know what’s just as easy as buying and send a a card but packs a whole lot more punch? Greetabl, a cool photo gift box that we’re so glad to have discovered, because sending a plain card for a big occasion like Mother’s Day can sometimes feel a...
Why yes, you do need this app for free last minute Mother’s Day ecards
I’m a big fan of ecards for holidays, and I have yet to find a better, easier resource for last-minute ecards than the Red Stamp app. With Mother’s Day just a day away, get on it! Surely there’s someone you’ve forgotten — a mom, stepmom,...
9 cool Instagram photo gifts for the Instagram-loving mom. Isn’t that all of us?
As a new mom, I’d adore a Mother’s Day gift that takes my favorite Instagram shots and transforms them into an awesome keepsake so that I don’t have to. After all, I can hardly find time to back up the several billion pictures I’ve taken of my...
Mother’s Day tech gift idea: The gorgeous Wisewear activity tracker, with a special feature to help keep mom safer.
There are no shortage of stylish activity trackers on the market today, all of which we think would make a very cool Mother’s Day gift for the right kind of mom. (Raises hand!). But this one from Wisewear isn’t just a pretty face. It can actually help keep...
10 cool Mother’s Day tech gifts for your favorite mobile mom.
As much as we love flowers and chocolate for Mother’s Day (seriously, bring it on) we’d never say no to a an awesome Mother’s Day tech gift. Especially one that recognizes we are basically insane on-the-go multi-taskers who manage our entire lives...
Flowers for Mother’s Day, right on her iPhone
We love to get fresh flowers for Mother’s Day, but when they’re on a new phone case, they’ll last all year long, not just a few days. So, we found 8 pretty floral phone cases, from sweet bouquets to geeky chic designs, that any mom would love....
Why the new Beoplay P2 portable speakers just rose to the top of our tech gift wishlists.
We love our portable Bluetooth speakers around here, especially as the warm weather creeps in and we aim to take our favorite music (and ahem, favorite podcasts) outside. That’s why we’re smitten with the brand new Beoplay P2 Speaker — and right in...
A tech organizer that’s smart and sophisticated
We’ve featured plenty of tech organizers here on Cool Mom Tech, and as much as I dig them, I have to say that they skew a little on the masculine side. Which hey, nothing wrong with that, but sometimes I just want something that’s high on practicality and...NEW: The podcast that helps you be a savvier digital parent in under 15 minutes a week
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