The new WebMD App – The do-everything, find-everything baby app for the new mama
Update: The WebMD app is now available for the Android platform too!Our first baby was born about one week before the first iPhone. The phone was a lifesaver; she was was one of those won't-rest-anywhere-EVER-but-on-your-chest types and I was in need of things I could...
Hot new Monster headphones direct from CES
If you follow the tech industry, you've probably heard (and seen a gazillion tweets) about the Consumer Electronics Show which is going on right now in Vegas. It's the largest consumer electronics show in the world and has literally thousands of products on exhibit...
Charging stations that reduce clutter? Reader Q+A
We have two iPod Touches and two iPhones in our home which results in hanging cords in nearly every outlet in our kitchen. Can you recommend a multiple device docking station that will charge all four devices in one place? - Renee We feel your pain, Renee! An overload...
When are kids ready for cell phones?
Before the holidays, we tackled questions about when kids are ready for e-readers and tablets, as well as handheld gaming devices. But one of the most frequent topics we're asked about is just when kids should get their own cell phone. Of course, with any gadget, you...
Score a Kindle or NOOK for 20% off. Thanks OfficeMax!
If you've been holding out for a post-holiday sale on e-Readers or the Kindle Fire (which by the way, rarely ever happens), now's your chance! Thanks to the Brown Bag sale event at OfficeMax. Now through January 14, anything you can fit into one of their special brown...
How do I get rid of duplicate photos in iPhoto? Reader Q&A
I have duplicate photos in my iPhoto libraries. Is there a program that can help me eliminate the dupes? -@SallyHogshead via Twitter Now this is one question that a lot of us have faced ourselves. Duplicate photos are most definitely an annoyance. As much as we...
A retro-modern media console for a modern age
For those of us who have organization and home decorating heavily on the brain this month (now I know I'm not the only one), I'm totally digging this fabulous media console from CB2. The media console by Mash Design Studio was clearly influenced by the...
Swanky handbags made for tech (don’t tell anyone)
There's nothing like a new purse to kick off the New Year (I have at least a couple more weeks to use the New Year excuse to shop). And when a fantastic deal like these Alicia Klein, a former Burberry designer, comes around, well, I'm really saving money, right? And...
Wake up with a tweet
While a lot of us are now using our smartphones as our alarm clocks, I still like the idea of a dedicated alarm clock on a night table, especially when it's one as pretty as these are. The bird alarm clocks wakes you up with the sound of birds chirping, which sounds a...
Why you need a better router, even if you don’t know it.
Like many families, we could not live without our wireless router. We're streaming movies, playing games, working on computers, all of which require a wireless connection. Now that we've got all sorts of new gadgets from the holidays, we realize we've not only had to...
5 picks you might have missed
Whether you're keeping resolutions or already forgetting them, we've got some hot tech picks you might have missed from the last week. 1. We keep reading that our gadgets can be wiggling with more bacteria than a toilet. (A toilet?!?) Here are some easy solutions for...
Kids’ music download of the week: The Ting Tings’ Happy Birthday
Another year of birthdays are ahead and on this day---my first baby's eleventh---I am happily playing one of our favorites from one of the coolest bands that has happened to have made it into Yo Gabba Gabba's great collections of tunes. The Ting Tings' Happy Birthday...
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Out with the old, in with the new
If you were lucky, Santa brought you a brand new shiny gadget for Christmas. You may be donning a super chic iPhone 4S or Samsung Galaxy, but also may be wondering what to do with your old phone. Of everything I use Amazon.com for, one thing I'm really excited about...
One word: Plastics
The other day, I was reading a recipe off my iPad while cooking and while scrolling down, knocked the device from the shallow groove that it was propped on and...anyone have any tips on how to get flour out of an iPad crevice? My iPad case is beautiful yes, but...
DuckyTube: Like YouTube only, you know. With ducks. (Not really.)
My kids have a serious iPhone habit, and yes, I suppose you could call me the ultimate enabler since the kidcentric apps on my devices vastly outnumber the ones meant to help adults make a decent mixed drink (ahem). And then there's YouTube. Both kids have really...
3 funky headphones for your favorite audiophile
If Santa hooked you up with some sweet audio equipment over the holidays like me, then the first thing on your list should be cool headphones. As much as I'd like to think my family wants to hear yet another round of Billy Joel's greatest hits (Piano Man, c'mon!), I...
Go ahead, play with your food.
I'm usually the one on kitchen duty, but today, my kids served up some fried sausages, microwaved pears, boiled carrots, and um, pureed sardines. Good thing I wasn't the one eating any of it. Toca Boca, one of our favorite app designers, is all about playing with your...
5 ways to get fit in 2012 using tech
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that after a month full of sweets, I've got the perennial "Get in Shape" resolution at the top of my list. I've already stocked up on the coolest fitness gear, but now I'm looking to tech to give me a hand in dropping those 10 lbs...
Domo Animato, Mr. Roboto
There's nothing my kids like more than being read to at bedtime. Whether they're dog-eared or digital, calming, whispering affairs that encourage them to catch their forty winks are the usual go-tos, and Robot Blue From Planet 22 is no exception. In clever ebook Robot...
The coolest fridge ever comes with markers
You can't write on the walls. You can't write on the cabinets. You can't write on the appliances.Or wait. Thanks to Amana, actually, now you can. The Amana Jot is possibly the coolest refrigerator ever. It has everything you need in a smaller fridge--adjustable...
4 Storage options for all those great holiday pictures, beyond the cloud
There are always so many great photo-taking opportunities when kids are around, but this month especially presented a bounty of great photo moments. Whether it was baking cookies, lighting the menorah, decorating the tree, or posing in the ugly snowman sweater your...
Ring in the New Year with a new case for your new e-Reader
Word has it, just a few people out there bought some new e-readers for the holidays this year. The NOOK is now Barnes + Noble's best-selling anything ever, and the Kindle Fire just increased the number of Kindles out there to "millions more." If you're one of the...
New Year, clean gadgets
The New Year gives us all the opportunity to start fresh with a clean slate, and to that end, a clean screen. After hearing some horrible statistic about our cell phones having more bacteria than a handle on a public toilet (ew!), I realized that anytime is a good...
Playing house, iPhone style
Now that you've all got those shiny new iPhones and iPod touches for the holidays (or at least a few million of you do), it's time to start loading up on apps for the kids. A good place to start is our editors' picks for best kids' apps of the year, sorted by age. But...