Disguising your wireless router with something far more pretty
This month I received several ominous warnings from my ISP, popping up to interrupt my web pages as I was browsing – We are replacing your wireless router! Order now or your service will be interrupted! You have T minus 14 days…13 days…12...
Father’s day gift dilemma – Kindle Fire or NOOK Tablet?
My husband and I have been using our Kindle Fire and NOOK Tablets respectively for the last six months, and over that time, we’ve definitely developed strong opinions about these two new tablets. Let’s just say one of them is getting a lot more use than...
Would you let your 9 year old on Facebook?
Just this week, Facebook leaked that they are considering allowing kids under 13 onto the site, albeit it with parental supervision. There’s been lots of speculation as to why (stocks down, need new readers for page views), so it makes sense to target the group...
5 ways to get more out of Instagram
With Instagram finally available to Android users and now getting snatched up for 1 billion dollars by Facebook (whoa!), it seems like soon everyone will be on our beloved photo sharing app–aw Instagram, we can say we knew you when. So I’ve rounded up five...
The ins and outs of Google Play
You’ve probably been hearing a lot about Google Play lately, especially if you’re an Android user. What exactly is it? Well, in a nutshell, Google Play is the company’s attempt at re-branding the formerly-named Android Marketplace–going...
The CMT/Motorola Productivity Guide for Working Parents Series: Making mobile work for you, not against you
For so many working parents in this world of technology, the office isn’t just in your house or a building. It’s wherever you happen to have a cell connection–the subway, your kid’s lacrosse game, the coffee shop, movie theater. (But just...
Spring cleaning your tech: The best tips and tricks for cleaning your gadgets
No matter how much I try to follow the “clean hands = clean gadgets” rule, I’m also dealing with four kids who seem to get their smudgy hands on them any chance the get. Now’s the perfect time to get in the habit of cleaning your gadgets, from...
Spring cleaning your tech – Tackling your email inbox
If there’s anything that drives me crazy, it’s an overflowing, disorganized email inbox. I get upwards of 200 emails a day (and that’s just the pitches!), but I do a pretty decent job of keeping everything in order, thanks in part to some of the...
10 simple tips for taking great pictures of your kids
It doesn’t even phase my kids anymore that my camera is always in front of my face like an extra appendage growing out from my nose. And while I give them the occasional photographic direction, “Can you please zip up your zipper before I take some more...
The CMT/Motorola Productivity Guide for Working Parents Series: 5 great productivity tips
We are so excited that Cool Mom Tech is partnering with Motorola this month, makers of the new Motorola Elite Sliver Bluetooth Headset, to provide tips to help make the lives easier for all you busy working parents.Now that we’ve tackled home office...
The CMT/Motorola Productivity Guide for Working Parents Series: Part 1 Home office organization
We are so excited that Cool Mom Tech is partnering with Motorola this month to bring you this series that provides tips to help make the lives easier of busy working parents.One of the things we really like about Motorola as a company is how much they genuinely care...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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