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5 tips for picking an e-reader that’s right for you

From the rumors we’re hearing, it might not be long before our kids are toting a single e-reader to school in lieu of all those heavy textbooks. e-readers are changing the world, so it’s not surprising that we get a ton of mail from Cool Mom Tech readers...

Best iPhone apps for a 4 year-old girl? Reader Q&A

by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks

A little birdie tells me that you might be a good person to ask for educational and child-friendly apps. I’m helping my boss sort out his iPhone and he has a four year old girl. I have a list that includes Cookie Doodle, Cut the Rope, Drawing Pad, Bloom and...

Tech resolutions for the New Year

by Jeana | Tips and Tricks

We’re still in the throes of New Year excitement, at the beginning of January when resolve is still strong, gyms are packed and old habits haven’t reared their ugly heads. Yet. Although certain resolutions may lose their luster, we’ve got a few tech...

The Apple app store is open! Yippee!

by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks

Judging from comments on the posts here, and pithy reports from our Facebook fans, I’m not the only Mac fan that frequents these here pages. And this week, at last, you’ve finally got a central spot to download all those excellent apps in the brand new...

5 cool ways that tech can get you organized for 2011

by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks

Since so many of us add “get organized” to those (sometimes pointless) New Year’s Resolution lists, we’ve found a few great tools and apps to help you out. On our weekly column on Momformation, the Babycenter blog, this week Kristen has rounded...

Best Buy Wish List Video – Last Minute Shopping Tips

by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks

Here’s the next fun installment as part of our Best Buy Wish List video series featuring our co-founder Kristen. This time she’s getting a few last minute shopping tips from a friendly Blue Shirt who’s got the inside scoop on things like the last...

Here’s how to get to inbox zero. You can do it!

by Liz Gumbinner | Tips and Tricks

I have more problems managing my inbox flow than you can imagine. Seriously, you don’t want to know how old some of the emails in my inbox are. (Okay, 4 years. Just in Gmail. My other account goes back to 2002.) So after much urging by kindred spirits on...

Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz

Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks

We started Cool Mom Tech in 2010 to help make our increasingly digital lives easier, more organized, more meaningful, and more fun, however old your kids may be.

We love that it's grown to become the go-to source for millions of parents who want commonsense info about tech delivered with a smile.

We even have the privilege of sharing our tips + tricks with The TODAY Show, CNN, HLN, GMA, Nightline, newspapers and magazines around the country, and our favorite -- regular parents who stop us at PTA meetings and ask us how old kids need to be to get a smartphone, and whether they really need to panic about Snapchat.

(Answer: It's complicated.)

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