Blackberry owners need cool case love too
If you ever tried to customize any kind of product, you probably came across Zazzle.com. We've always loved their mobile phone cases, but now ever more so that Case-Mate's durable cases are available for customization--and not just for iPhone owners either. Having...
Angry Pumpkins!
Want to have the coolest pumpkins on the block? We think we've got you covered this year. Grab this free Angry Birds printable pumpkin templates courtesy of Brenda Ponnay at Alpha Mom, and just trace them onto your pumpkins to create a whole flock including the red...
Kids’ music download of the week: These Are My Friends
My son has adopted everything from a mixing spoon to a couple of russet potatoes as his friends, so I know a thing or two about kids and the oddball company they keep. That's why I love this seriously catchy song about friendship from Massachusetts musician Alastair...
Finding Fair Trade? There’s a map for that!
There's a sea of shopping apps out there to make you a more streamlined, savvy consumer. Coupon generators, barcode scanners, deal finders, list makers, price checkers, parking finders....But there's a great little app out there that enables you to be the most...
The Very Hungry Caterpillar goes digital
Just when I thought it wasn't possible for my kids to love Eric Carle even more, CMP fave Night & Day Studios turns their all-time fave book into a cool iPad counting app that they just can't put down. The Very Hungry Caterpillar app features five levels of...
Turn every kid into the superhero they are with Smilebox
I currently have over 600 photos on my iPhone -- and those are just the shots I love enough to keep. Like so many moms, I've stopped carrying my real camera because I snap the kids doing something totally cute on my phone, then send it off in an email or text message...
Throw your hands up in the air for Just Dance 3
I'm hardly the video gaming type, but after I was introduced to Ubisoft's Just Dance 2 last year, I've been known to pop it in and shake my butt to Ke$ha even when no one's around. So when I heard that they launched Just Dance 3, well, you can bet I was anxious to...
Back in my day, we had to get up from the couch to change the channel!
I definitely have a thing for gadget cases with a bit of old school irony to them. Like the turntable pouch, or the digital camera cases that look like like an old manual. And now there's a fabulous iPhone case I'm adding to my covet list. The felt color TV gadget...
The FitBit Ultra: Now with more fit. Or so we hope.
We raved about the FitBit last year as the perfect holiday tech gift for fitness-obsessed family members, so I was thrilled to learn that they just launched a new, juiced up version this week. Especially with the holiday or what I call "eating" season upon us. The new...
Bam! Wham! Pow! Goes the cell phone case.
I do my best to try to avoid covering my kids and well, myself, in licensed characters as much as possible, but even I have to admit that these vintage cell phone cases are pretty darn cool. The PDP line of Collector's Edition Marvel iPhone cases are just fantastic,...
Ciara wants to give your kids a wakeup call
My kids ask me each and every morning, without fail: "Is it the weekend?" Oh, how they wish and will for perpetual Saturdays and Sundays. But luckily, my kids are about to be woken up in style. By a celebrity. Hit the educational advocacy website Get Schooled and...
Ditch your cord nest with WrapWrap
I'm really not averse to plastic gadgets if they help make my life easier, but I'm always on the lookout for more eco-friendly options. And that's exactly what I found with this handy tool that will help you keep your headphone and earbud cords knot free. Enter...
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Piquing our geek – OpenBucks
Gift cards tend to get a bad rap because they seem like an afterthought. I'm still of the school that it's the thought that counts, whether it comes after or not. And now, with this new website, gift cards just got a whole lot cooler, especially for you video gaming...
The VTech Innotab Learning Tablet. You know. For kids.
Every parent with an iPad (and that's a lot of us) has at some point asked the same question--something along the lines of man, why can't they make one that's just for kids that doesn't cost a fortune and isn't destined to be broken in the four seconds that I turn my...
Time for a new phone or camera? Well, maybe…or maybe not.
It's become something of a joke around my house that--as kind of the anti-early-adopter--when I finally cave and buy myself a new tech toy, that's the sign to the industry that it's time to come out with something better. I am forever buying a new computer just days...
Breaking news: Netflix cans Qwikster
Just when I had figured out how to spell Netflix's new DVD service Qwikster, Reed Hastings announced today on the Netflix blog that they're going back to their original service after all. In the post, Hastings explained that two websites would be much too confusing...
Revisiting Harold on the iPad, purple crayon optional.
Admit it. When you read those Harold and The Purple Crayon books as a child, you longed to have a magical purple crayon just like his. Though the ideas I'd draw today (a clean house! a remodeled kitchen! a pair of Camper boots in size 10!) are much different than what...
Kids’ music download of the week: I’m a Vampire
I still need to buy the candy, figure out costumes, and drag any spooky decorations up from the basement, but I've already found our anthem for the season. It's from one of our favorite newer kindie-rock voices, Roy Handy and The Moonshot, and I have a feeling this...
The digital baby book for those of us with no time for a baby book
If you find yourself in front of your computer or smart phone more than you are in front of a baby book, you may love how easy it is to record all your pregnancy thoughts onto this brand new digital storybook site, courtesy of the UK mega baby brand Tommee Tippee. And...
Ceci n’est pas une video game
As a fan of both modern art and video games, I had to laugh when I saw this geeky cool print that mashes up Magritte with, of all things, Mario. This geeky cool Ceci n'est pas une pipe print, from an original painting by Arizona artist Laura Best, is a hilarious...
An educational app that may turn on your kids’ love for science
Between our membership to the Boston Museum of Science and frequent viewings of Here Comes Science, my kids are growing up thinking that science is the coolest subject out there. It's a far cry from how I felt about it in high school myself. And now we have Bobo: A...
The Pitch In Card is a new way to give group gadget gifts
So, not to scare you or anything, but I went to my local drugstore today and there was a Christmas display up. Santa Clauses, lights, snowglobes. Oh, how I wish I were kidding about this. But! There's good news--especially if you have a tech-lover in your life. I'm...
Brave Rooney to the iBook rescue!
iPad digital books are so common, my kids have become quite the critics. So I know that we had a hit on our hands when all three of my boys are fighting over one. We are definitely digging Brave Rooney which is absolute fun. Why? This story from Emmy-nominated kids TV...
Goodbye, Steve
This morning we all woke up to a world without Steve Jobs in it. And if our social media feeds were any indication, you don't have to be a techy to be profoundly moved by this loss. Both Kristen and I and so many of our writers are feeling it deep in our souls today....