The VTech InnoTab MAX: The popular kids’ tablet grows up a bit
Holiday season is just around the corner (hold me) and we're starting to see lots of great kids' electronic gifts popping up. We have covered VTech's InnoTab kids' tablets for years, harking all the way back to the original InnoTab when it was released in 2011....
Equil Smartpen 2: The easiest way to digitize those brilliant ideas you scribble down
Longtime pen enthusiast here. I consider it a key tool of my trade -- well, next to my MacBook, that is. And having such an old school but truly integral instrument linked to my tech gadgetry only deepens my fondness of it. However, some smartpens I've come across...
Explaining US elections to kids with a little help
As longtime fans of BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr., I always turn to the sites for solid, clear, kid-friendly explanations of everything from the first Thanksgiving to 9/11. So I'm turning to the BrainPOP Jr. site (best for kids up to third grade or so) and their...
STEM education: 7 awesome ways to get girls excited, from apps to clubs to cool websites
I feel pretty lucky to have a couple of daughters who dig STEM -- that's science, technology, engineering and math, in case you've seen the acronym floating around. While there are so many exciting developments in the last few years designed to get girls eager to...
Here’s how to follow Cool Mom Tech! Because we are where you are.
Whichever social media site you prefer, we're probably there, passing on great content from our site, the web and beyond. (Wait, is there anything beyond the web? Well, if there is, we'll let you know. Follow us for links to cool articles, breaking news, tips for...
Twelve a Dozen math app: Possibly more fun than those other apps on your iPad
I'm super picky where it comes to educational math apps, and I rely on my kids' opinions . They'll try anything, but it takes an extra special app to hold their interest. Twelve a Dozen is one of those exceptional math apps for iPad that earns an A+. Twelve a Dozen...
Armando Armadillo by Key Wilde and Mr. Clarke: Kids’ music download of the week
With that extra hour of sleep for Daylight Saving Time, you may find you need one more story to get the kids settled in tonight, so our kids' music download this week tells the story of one brave little armadillo named Armando. Performed by two of our favorites, Key...
FurnishUp: Design your dream room right from your computer
There are quite a few virtual decorating online resources that allow you to place your virtual furniture in your virtual home to get a sense of what it will look like. We've liked SketchUp, NousDecor, and even the awesome augmented reality decorating app from IKEA....
Happy Halloween from Ghoul Mom Tech
Having now been undead for a bit then back again, we can tell you being alive is much more fun. We'll take Mini Reeses over brains any day. Or wait, maybe both? (Hey, you got peanut butter in my cerebellum...) If you want to have fun with your photos or your kids'...
The Glympse Track-n-Treat child tracking app helps keep your trick-or-treaters safe
One of the scariest things I may see this Halloween is my 13-year-old disappearing down the street with her big group of friends to go on her first trick-or-treating trek without me. And while it's hard to believe the years of us trick-or-treating together are history...
6 of the most fun Halloween apps for kids to get them excited about something other than chocolate.
So of course Halloween has crept up on us seemingly faster than ever before. I'm going to avoid thinking about what happens after Friday (holiday shopping, eek!), and focus on getting those costumes ready and devising a strategy to not eat every peanut M&M in the...
The new Marc Jacobs headphones for Urban Ears: Swanky. Affordable. Washable?
If you love designer labels or know someone who does, then you know your favorite items often fall into the never-fulfilled wish list. So it's nice to see affordable headphone makers, Urban Ears, and their collaboration with one of today's fashion greats in their new...
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Halloween projections: The easiest way to have the creepiest Halloween house on the block
If you're still figuring out how to make your house the coolest on the block--after all, you do not want any leftover Halloween candy on Saturday morning, trust me--then ooh, I have a treat for you. Check out AtmosFEARfx which is doing nifty things with Halloween...
The Nike+ Running app helps turn your miles into life savers.
I'm a runner. I hit that road year round, no matter the weather. And I live in New England. Trust me when I say I've heard every version of "you're nuts" about this, especially come wintertime. Hey, some frozen mornings, I question my sanity, too. One thing that gets...
Tinybeans app: A smart, simple, free baby book app to keep you from annoying everyone on Facebook
If you have a baby, you've probably said it's all going by so fast 20 times just this week alone--and then felt guilty at least four times for forgetting to record all those sweet moments in a baby book somewhere. We get it! We look for the best apps for new moms and...
About the Apple Pay shutout, and why it should concern you
Considering all the major security breaches of the last year at all kinds of major retailers, online and off, I've been pretty surprised to read the news over the past couple of days that tons of major retailers are trying to circumvent the brand new, game-changing...
A DIY light up Halloween bucket: Because you need both hands free to scoop up all that candy.
With all the things that can go bump in the night, I just hope none of them run into one of my kids while they are out trick-or-treating in the dark streets of our neighborhood. So, along with this easy DIY Pumpkin light necklace tutorial we recently found, I love...
Halloween Every Night by Mista Cookie Jar | Halloween music download of the week
They might not agree on their favorite candy or even who has the best costume, but my kids would be in total agreement with Mista Cookie Jar that Halloween Every Night might be the best idea ever. With a spooky-cool surf guitar setting the mood, kindie's Mista Cookie...
Reader Q+A: Should I secretly spy on my teen using a child tracking app?
I'm looking for a child tracking app to secretly put on my 17-year-old's iPhone to track his whereabouts. My wife's "spidey senses" are telling her that he's going places and doing things without permission. I know I could Google but I'd rather ask you guys what you...
RosterBot: A sports team management app that does everything but laundry and carpool. Sold!
With all my kids very actively involved in sports (hello fellow swim moms!), I'm so glad to find a sports team management app like the RosterBot app and website, which I think is a great resource for coaches, managers, and team parents, like me. And even better, it's...
Dyson Mist: Making us covet a humidifier. Who knew that was possible?
I think it's fair to say that you know you're a parent when you're excited about Dyson news, even more when it's something you need to survive the winter with kids, which is why we're counting down the days until we can get our hands on the Dyson Mist. Update: The...
Flic app makes iPhone camera roll management super easy. You only have to lift a finger.
We're always on the lookout for new, fun ways to help you finally do something productive with all those photos you have pilling up on your iPhone. You can print your photos. Make them into darling photo books, Turn them into magnetic photo artwork. Well, here's a new...
Scare up some fun before Halloween with Toca Boca’s new Toca Boo
If Halloween's scary side has your kids jumping at every bump in the night, you'll want to check out Toca Boo, a brand-new app for iOS by Cool Mom Tech favorite Toca Boca that lets your child be the scary one---and not just when they miss their nap. Toca Boo is an...
Ozobot: A smart robot that gets your kids more intelligent too
The concept of intelligent robots taking over the planet used to be something you'd only see in sci-fi movies but I'm starting to wonder whether a robotic takeover may not be so far-off. Okay, maybe not in our immediate future, but highly-programmable smart robots...