by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
My kids don’t know much about marine life. I’m not sure why this is—maybe because we’re landlocked and don’t have regular exposure to the ocean. Or maybe because children’s book illustrators tend to favor more cuddly, furry creatures for...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
With the iPad Air as one of our top tech gifts of the year, if you’ve got one coming your way–or hey, even an iPad 2, iPhone 5S or iPod–we wanted to help you out with some of our very favorite must-have apps to get you started. Here are 8 of the...
by Cool Mom Team | Holiday Tech Gifts
We’re so excited to launch our 2013 Holiday Tech Gift Guide with the very coolest tech gifts for kids. Boy, this was a tough year to pare down our very favorites, but pare down we did, leaving you with 16 tech gifts for kids of all ages that we think...
by Shari | Best Apps, Educational Apps
This mom is a writer, so obviously it makes my heart soar when I see my children reading a good, old-fashioned book (you know, one with pages) or writing their own. But since we live in a time when there are more often tablets in their hands than a pencil,...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Today is International Women’s Day, and we thought it would be cool to highlight some of our very favorite women-owned tech companies that matter to parents–you know, aside from Cool Mom Tech. As much as we need more women in technology fields, the truth...
by Cool Mom Team | Holiday Tech Gifts
Photo gifts are always popular for the holidays and now that we’ve got smartphone photos, photo apps, an Instagram addiction, and services that connect to all of the above, it’s even easier to find some cool–and affordable–photo gifts for...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
As a mom of a child with a learning disability in reading, technology has been a huge help. But most of the reading apps out there are geared toward young children who are learning to read, not 9 year olds. I just stumbled across the Whispersync and Immersion Reading...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
When Barnes and Noble launched their NOOK GlowLight e-reader, I was anxious to see what Amazon would launch in return. Well, wouldn’t you know that just yesterday they launched a brand new Kindle, as well as a new Kindle Fire, that we think are worth...
by Pilar | Best Apps, Educational Apps
When I was a kid, I loved Reading Rainbow. The show promoted reading, and was right up there on my list of faves with Mister Rogers and Sesame Street. If you’re not old enough to recognize two out of those three titles, please don’t tell me. However I...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment, Gear + Hardware, Kids
If you’re a frequent reader, you know that we’re all pretty much smitten with the Sonos wireless speaker system, which we named a top pick of 2011 for both their wonderful technology and amazing customer support. But unlike some companies which create one...
