Baby: Not entirely perfected yet
I love the motto that forward-thinking tech companies seem to be using with great frequency these days: Always in beta. However even if your company is your "baby" it's not exactly your baby. Which is who really, truly is in beta. The Beta baby tee is the most awesome...
Kids’ music download of the week: Sunday Afternoon
Lazy Sundays in the early summer are just about our favorite days ever, especially when there are both sunshine and ice cream in the forecast. And now these days have their own background music with this song by CMP favorites, Sugar Free Allstars. With their signature...
How can you tell if a website is down? Aha!
I have been told by various people that various planets are in retrograde, which evidently explains why all of my favorite sites have been going down this week. Including Twitter. Of course without Twitter, how the heck was I going to go on Twitter to ask, "Hey...
Cases for the Kindle Fire – go floral and fashionable
I think it's pretty well-established at this point that I'm a fan of fashionable tech, and the same goes for cases for the popular new Kindle Fire. I use any excuse possible to accessorize my gadgets with beauties like this Van Gogh iPhone case or linen laptop...
Free desktop wallpapers for fans of modern design
Since I work off a five-year-old laptop that looks like a Commodore 64 next to some of the newer laptops on the market, I'm always looking for ways to spruce it up. I frequently update my desktop wallpaper with kids' photos and change the design of my Google homepage...
Cheeky monkey!
I got such a giggle out of this Case-Mate collection of phone cases from one of my favorite design teams. Besides...monkeys? Hard to go wrong. Designers Irene Chen and Matthew Grenby of iomoi are best known for their stationery and paper goods, but I think the iomoi...
Math in the summer? No, you haven’t lost your marbles.
It's time for those lazy days of summer, when our kids just want to swim, eat ice cream, and make sand castles. . .and not spend one moment thinking about math facts. But, when there are a couple of apps that sneak math practice into a really fun---and sometimes...
A galaxy of glitter for your glittery Galaxy
Glitter is so fabulous in theory and often so wretched in reality. It sloughs off eyelids yet refuses to budge from fingernails. That handmade card in the school bag leaves your car looking like a fairy murder scene. And yet... it's so shiny. So pretty!And now, thanks...
SurfacePad for MacBook Air: A gift for your wrists
Ever since the big Apple announcement last week, I've been contemplating taking the plunge on a MacBook Air. As excited as I am for this possibility, I'm probably more excited about all the fun ways to accessorize the Air--like this gorgeous leather envelope case or...
Putting other hula hoops to sad, dark, dismal shame
File this one under "for the kid who has everything" -- unbelievably, outrageously, way super cool LED hula hoops. If it weren't for the splurgey price, I'd snatch up a few of these rechargeable LED hula hoops immediately. Should you need a little justification, the...
Wrap your iPhone in gorgeous
One probably wouldn't have guessed that a one-eared Dutch post-impressionist painter from the 1880s would still be making an impact in our tech-obsessed world of today, but Van Gogh seems to be popping up all over our digital devices, whether through the Bridgeman Art...
Microsoft’s new Surface tablet – is it a game changer for iPad?
Last week's big Apple WWDC announcement about major updates to iOS and MacBooks, along with yesterday's Microsoft tablet announcement...well, you can imagine I'm pretty much in tech heaven right now. Even though I'm a loyal iPad user, I have always paid attention to...
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Twig makes charger cables ultra-portable (and bendy)
The place where I charge my iPhone is on the desk in our kitchen, where mail, bills, kids' artwork and trinkets always seem to get placed. And every day or so when I need to juice my phone, I always find myself maneuvering the cable around the papers and pens its...
One more reason to go Spotify: Radio on the go
We're already serious Spotify evangelists around here--this streaming, social music service is changing the way so many of us find and listen to new music. And the finding part is important, especially post-parenthood when I realized that sadly, seeking out new...
“Mommy, is that a mermaid?”
This weekend, my daughter took a dip in a pool wearing her cousin's goggles. She emerged giggly, delighted with the newfound discovery of how cool it is to see underwater. So when I found this swim mask that does even more than help you see, I thought...ooh. Must...
Apple Free App of the Week – sweet!
Usually we hear our Android-owning friends bemoaning the unfair ratio of cool apps available to them versus iPhone users. But they always had one awesome advantage: The free Android app of the week. Now it looks like the Apple app store has finally caught up with...
A gorgeous laptop case in linen. Yes, linen.
I'm picky when it comes to laptop cases, because I tote mine around pretty much daily. I kind of hate when I end up at an after-work cocktail party knowing I have to tote a big, padded ugly thing over my shoulder the whole time. (Upper class problems, I know, I know!)...
How do people make those collages on their Instagram photos?
I've been eyeing up the adorable photo collages on my Instagram feed, wondering how my fellow iPhoneographers were making them. Well, it definitely can't hurt to ask, because I got the scoop on the coolest collage app that's super easy to use. PicFrame offers you a...
Kids’ music download of the week: Daddy-O
The dog ate my husband's Father's Day gift, but I'm sure that more than gifts, he will be thrilled with their homemade cards and too-tight hugs around his neck. And since I'm pretty sure our dog can't eat my laptop, we'll be playing this sweet song from Frances...
Happy Father’s Day, cool dads!
We wish you all an amazing day today with your families. And hey, for those of you who forgot to hook a dad (or grandfather or stepdad up?) Hey, that's what someecards is for. In fact, this one might be our very favorite.-Liz, Kristen and the Cool Mom Tech team
Vincent van Gogh. Now in HD.
Missing ear. Posthumously famous. Misunderstood misanthrope. Obviously I'm talking about Vincent van Gogh (and hopefully no one you actually know). If you want to bring the brilliant painter to life (you know, again) I've found a wonderful interactive, biographical...
A last minute Father’s Day printable for a tech dad
If you've got a gadget-loving dad, we imagine he'll appreciate this clever printable Father's Day card that you can DIY with not all that much effort. No hot glue guns, promise! The very creative iDad card just requires printing and cutting lots of little "icon"...
Disguising your wireless router with something far more pretty
This month I received several ominous warnings from my ISP, popping up to interrupt my web pages as I was browsing - We are replacing your wireless router! Order now or your service will be interrupted! You have T minus 14 days...13 days...12 days...All I can say is I...
Golf + gadgetry could equal an awesome gift for dad
If you're still looking for a last minute Father's Day gift for a gadget-loving dad in your life, this insanely cool golf glove could be that very thing. Well, provided he's a gadget-loving, golf-playing dad. Who doesn't already own one. The SensoGlove is a golf glove...