by Kate Etue | Tips and Tricks
If you’re like us, you’re deep into back-to-school shopping, but there’s probably one purchase you might not have thought of yet: children’s blue-light filtering glasses. Blue light from our computers, iPads, and every other device we have...
by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks
With some of us still in summer vacation mode, and others of us heading back to school, the one thing we all have in common is that we’re taking a crapload of photos of our kids. I realize we do this every day out of the year, but vacation and school time seem...
by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks
There is a chance that you’ve seen your iPhone ask you to turn on Low Power Mode when it gets to 20% battery life, but what you might not have known is that you can toggle it on and off manually when you’re out and about to help you save battery. This way,...
by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks
If you spend any time on Instagram, then you’ve probably seen feed photos popping up in Instagram Stories. And no, I’m not talking about screenshots! Finally, you can post clickable photos from public feeds (either yours or someone else’s if you want...
by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks
I’ve become extremely diligent about using a moisturizer with an SPF that I slather all over my face and hands on a daily basis, but I had absolutely no idea that staring into my phone and computer could be causing skin damage. Well, that’s what...
by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks
Thanks to comedian Chelsea Peretti, Netflix is about to get a whole lot of movie and TV requests. She recently discovered a link on the Netflix site that allows you to submit your suggestions for what you’d like to see offered. Related: These secret Netflix...
by Kate Etue | Tips and Tricks
So, we were all a little freaked out about the story that an Amazon Echo had recorded a private conversation in a user’s home, then sent that conversation to someone else. Because, oof. Beyond embarrassing, this is a major privacy breakdown on Alexa’s...
by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks
Back a couple of years ago, Liz and I addressed our email pet peeves in one of our first Spawned podcast episodes. It was actually Episode 4, to be exact. Aw. Sniffle! Well, apparently, the debate about how to sign-off on your emails is back, except now, with actual...
by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks
We declutter our closets, and rotate our kids’ toys, but what about all those apps on your phone right now? Or the notifications pinging you every few minutes? Do I even need to bring up how many photos you have on your phone? Related: 6 ways to simplify your...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tips and Tricks, Internet Safety
As Twitter has just informed all 330,000,000 of its users in an apologetic but so far underreported post, you should really change your Twitter password right now, this very second. Not to be alarmist — but out of an abundance of precaution. Evidently, a bug...
by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks
I recently upgraded from an iPhone 7 to an iPhone 8+, and as much as I love the bigger screen, it does take a bit of time to get used to. If you’re like me and have gone up an iPhone size, you’ll want to use Reachability Mode to help make things a little...
by Kate Etue | Tips and Tricks
If we didn’t know before, we’ve certainly learned very recently that Facebook knows a whole lot about us. But today I discovered that they’re assigning us to marketing categories, which are chosen based on the data gathered from your Facebook...
