by Liz Gumbinner | Travel, Tips and Tricks
My parents were in the market for a portable car jump starter, (also known as a portable car battery charger), because as city folk, they keep an older model car in the city but don’t drive it much. That means they need to have some kind of reliable car jump...
by Kristen Chase | Travel
If you’ve traveled by plane, you know how much patience you need to have to make it through check-in, security, and finally onto the plane. And that’s not even counting travel with kids. So is the convenience of facial recognition why it’s showing up...
by Cool Mom Team | Gear + Hardware, Internet Safety, Travel
This is a sponsored message from Relay So many parents want their kids to have the safety and security of a phone, especially over the summer when kids have a little more freedom, and a little more run-around-outside time. And yet, those kids aren’t necessarily...
by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks, Travel
As I was prepping for our family vacation to Iceland, I found myself searching for information about cellular signals — not so I can check my email while I’m gone, but so I can use Google Maps. While I found several posts that assured me my service...
by Kristen Chase | Travel
These days, most of us are walking around with at least a charging cable and a pair of earbuds in our bag. Add in a portable battery charger, and a charging block, and you’re got a whole lot of tech rolling around in there. That’s why I’m digging...
by Kristen Chase | Travel
With summer travel season right around the corner, and many families, including ours, planning vacations, we wanted to take a moment to talk about the smart luggage ban that came down earlier this year. While it might only affect a few of you, we think it’s...
by Kristen Chase | Travel
We are loving what Karlie Kloss has done to support girls in technology, with her popular Kode with Klossy coding camp and scholarship program. Well now, she’s launched a luggage collection with the female-run company Away, to help get more girls involve in...
by Kristen Chase | Travel
Putting sunscreen on kids can be a battle, but with the new QSun, you might be able to save yourself some of the heartache. No, sorry, it doesn’t automatically protect your kids from sun exposure, but it does alert you when you’ve reached the maximum...
by Liz Gumbinner | Travel
Among all the hardware, wires, and molded plastic at CES 2018 this year, I admit I made a beeline for the Mighty Purse booth, which featured the most gorgeous floor to (almost) ceiling display of charging purses that would be stunning, even if they didn’t charge...
by Kristen Chase | Travel, Gear + Hardware
I’m packing up my family of six up for our exciting vacation to Hawaii (squee!), and like most parents, I’m making my tech list and checking it twice. Do we really need to bring a laptop (the answer here is NO!)? Inspired by Brian Chen’s piece at the...
