The Funny or Die Weather app can make you laugh when the weather makes you want to cry
The weather is so crazy lately that I wouldn't be surprised if the actual forecast was cloudy with a chance of meatballs, or some other spherical meat product. We all need a sense of humor with weather like this, and while we have a great roundup of funny weather...
The Brushstroke app will have you looking for gallery space.
Sometimes the best part of editing a digital photo is messing around with fun filters. And with all of the photo editing apps that we've recommended, filter options are overflowing. So it's always refreshing to find a new photo app that brings something a little...
The best Twitter feeds to follow for Snowstorm 2015 updates. #SNOMG!
One of the reasons I love Twitter is because it really does give you the most up-to-date real time updates, and with the huge impending snowstorm 2015 headed my way, it makes it super helpful to stay on top of the weather. Parent translation: how much bread, milk,...
Trivia Crack vs. QuizUp: 2 great trivia apps for family game night
There's a new obsession in my house: trivia apps. We're battling for bragging rights over questions like, What was the real name of novelist George Orwell? Or, What color is young Anna's nightgown in Frozen?Frankly, I think it's perfectly fair for me to trick my kids...
Seattle kids’ music for Seahawks fans: Kids’ music downloads of the week
I heard a local Boston radio station announce they wouldn't play any Seattle bands until after the Super Bowl which got me thinking. . .maybe there are Seahawks' families who would prefer to listen to their home team's kindie bands in the week leading up to the big...
Vany: This little ring light of mine.
I'm not sure if I should be proud or embarrassed by my selfie technique, which involves doing a 360 degree turn to find the best light. But with Vany, (yes, as in "vain") which is a new ring light for smartphones, I just might be able to nail selfie perfection every...
Here’s how to follow Cool Mom Tech! Because we are where you are.
If you hadn't guessed, we love social media, which is where you'll find us every day, passing on great content from our site and around the web. Take a second and make sure you're following us, for links to cool articles, breaking news, tech tips and tricks, or...
How to tell if you have bad breath: There’s an app (and gadget) for that!
If you're like me, then you've done the lick-your-hand or breathe-into-your-hand or whatever other weird, gross things to figure out if you have bad breath. But now instead of popping some gum in your mouth, or you know, brushing your teeth, you can use Mint. This new...
One really creative way to print Instagram photos? On your arm, with Picattoo
We get asked how to print Instagram photos all the time here on Cool Mom Tech, but of all the ideas we've featured before, you've never been able to apply them to your arm. Or chest. Or...well, you get the idea. Meet Picattoo, a new service from the brains behind...
How to unsend an email: The lifesaving Undo Send feature in Gmail Labs
Ever wonder how to unsend an email, say... you hit send on an email, and then realize you had a typo, sent it a little too soon or included the wrong information? Or worse, wrote something and accidentally sent it to the last person you'd ever want to see it? There is...
Nodus Access: A leather iPhone case you’ll stick with
I've seen a lot of leather iPhone cases, and while I love the look of them, I've been leery about sticking my beautiful iPhone on one. What if it's not sticky enough and my phone crashes to the ground? What if it's so sticky that it gets gunk all over my phone? The...
Lumoid Home Try-On service: Try fitness trackers before you buy one
I have tried a lot of fitness trackers over the past few years. If it can track my steps and my sleep, it’s probably spent some time on my wrist. So I know from experience that while different gadgets may look the same on paper, it’s hard to tell what works best for...
Tech Tips & Tricks to Make Life (Way) Easier
How to keep up with your favorite fan pages on Facebook now
We're so appreciative of our Cool Mom Picks community on Facebook, but thanks to recent major Facebook changes the site has made, we're hearing that a lot of you aren't seeing our updates. We feel for you! We're not seeing a lot of our own favorite page's updates now...
How You’re Using It: Firefox Add-ons
I'm a pretty avid Mozilla Firefox user, but only recently have I entered the amazing world of Add-ons. While we've covered a few that we really love, like PriceBlink (amazing!), this week I asked our Twitter followers for their own favorite Firefox add-ons. Here are...
5 fabulous tools to keep your driving safe
We're happy to be writing this series on behalf of our sponsor Mercedes-Benz, which is committed to keeping families safe through technology. Visit MBUSA.com to learn more. As a busy mom of four, you can imagine how often I'm chauffeuring my brood around town to...
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Sleep Number’s new Sleep IQ Kids Bed could help keep your child in bed. But is it worth it?
At the CES show this month, there was a lot of buzz in my social feeds around a new technology from Sleep Number Bed made just for kids called SleepIQ Kids that launches later in 2015. Looking more closely at the myriad tweets, it seems the company had enlisted the...
Essential tips to help you organize your photos, and the new apps and services that make it easy. (Really!)
New year, new you. Of course, we've all heard (and probably said) this catchy line each time January 1 rolls around. But instead of promising to completely overhaul our lives with major changes, we're starting small and smart with this resolution: Organize our digital...
Lauren Ipsum: A computer science story for kids in the spirit of The Phantom Tollbooth.
We parents hear all the time about the importance of reading for kids. Fortunately there's a huge range of topics in outstanding kids' books to engage kids, from wizardry to classroom adventures to spy novels to fairy tales re-told. But I have to admit that Lauren...
Typo2 keyboard case: Now turning your iPad Air or iPad Mini into a laptop. Well, sort of.
For those of us with slippery fingers, a raised keyboard on our iPhones like the Typo2 keyboard case can be a huge sanity saver. But at CES 2015 earlier this month, they previewed their new iPad Air and iPad Mini keyboard case, which can actually help you be more...
The Counting Kingdom: Like Plants vs. Zombies using addition
It's hard to believe that in many places around the country, we're halfway through the school year. But if your kids are like mine, that also means they've been drilling their math facts for months, and they could probably use a change of pace. The Counting Kingdom is...
MLK Day resources for kids: Crash Course US History videos bring the civil rights movement to life
While my NYC school kids are home today in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I know that sadly, it's still not recognized nationally the way we recognize, say, the mythology of Columbus Day. (I'll refrain from going off on that one.) In several southern states, MLK...
Three great songs about reading by Mister G: Kids’ music downloads of the week
If you love to read, this Saturday's National Readathon Day gives you a perfect excuse to spend the day reading to, and with, the kids. So this week's recommended music downloads are a trio of songs from Latin Grammy-nominated Mister G that celebrate books and...
The BeoPlay H8 noise-cancelling Bluetooth headphones: Love at first listen.
At the 2015 CES show there was one press event that was awfully loud, and to be honest, the last thing I wanted to do at 9pm with East Coast jet lag was try on a pair of headphones and subject my eardrums to the pounding bass of some techno-something track. But my...
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 and the web. Make sure to follow us for links to cool articles, breaking news, tips for last-minute sales and discounts, parent watch-outs, or just stuff to make you...
Project CSGIRLS: A fantastic organization getting more girls excited about STEM.
If 2014 was the year that we really started seeing widespread efforts to get more girls engaged in STEM interests, 2015 could be the year that it becomes so common, we can take it for granted. But...not yet. So we continue to be excited to share organizations like...
Wood you like a new iPhone 6 case?
I feel like everyone around me has the new iPhone 6, while I'm stuck using my little iPhone 5S. Man, it seems so small! If you're like what seems like all of my friends and are sporting a fancy new phone (lucky you!), here are some cool new handmade iPhone 6 cases I...
1+2=3 app: A fun, free brain teaser app that’s not as easy as it sounds.
When I spotted the free 1+2=3 app in the App Store and it asked me if I was smarter than a first grader, my interest was definitely piqued. And well, after playing pretty much non-stop for the past couple of days, I see why it gets such great reviews. First of all,...