Reach out and (almost) touch someone with these videoconferencing options
If you're like me and have relatives far, far away (can't get much farther than Korea), the holidays are a great time to re-connect. Times have changed a great deal from when we used to call an operator to connect to Seoul and then could only speak through a barely...
Star registries and diamonds? Bah. Immortalize your love with Math.
For the geek who has everything, we've finally found the alpha and omega of custom gifts. Anyone can have a star. Anyone can have a diamond (at least, a little one). But now you can name a unique mathematical theory after your special someone. And math,...
Synkup: For anti-social socialites
Being social takes entirely too much effort since becoming a mom. I don't have time for lengthy phone calls and emails with five different recipients using "reply all" too often. Then again, being social is one of the only ways us moms stay sane, so having time to...
Angry Birds earbuds!
Why are earbuds the perfect holiday gift? They can drown out the noises in the coffee shop or the back seat of the car. You can never have too many of them. They're just the right size to slip into a stocking. They're a great way to make sure you'll never have to hear...
Should car cell phone use be (almost) totally banned?
As a mom with a house full of kids, sometimes the only place that I can actually make a quiet phone call is when I'm in my car, thanks to the help of my hands-free device and OnStar. However, on Tuesday I learned about a proposed cell phone ban in which the National...
Geek holiday card powers: ACTIVATE!
Do you growl through the holiday card aisle, wishing there was a smart card as geeky as your smartphone? Is your holiday card in another castle? Are you missing out on the 011010100110111101111001? (That's joy in binary, BTW.)Geeks rejoice! We've got your geeky...
5 Reasons to consider the Samsung Focus Flash
I was hesitant to trade in my iPhone for a few weeks to test out the Samsung Focus Flash with the all new Windows 7.5. But after giving it a social and photographic workout, and quizzing my Windows Phone-lovin' friends, here are 5 reasons I'd suggest...
Battery drain issues on your iPhone 4? Solved.
If you were like me, you anxiously awaited the iPhone 4S and accompanying iOS 5 announcement. As an iPhone 4 owner, I realized that the "S" didn't have enough new features to warrant me making the upgrade, but I was still pretty stoked about the new software and...
Best camera for preschooler? Reader Q+A
I'm looking into a camera for my 4-year old. Any recommendations? Thank you! JeannineWhen it comes to cameras for a four year-old, the main thing I care about is durability since I know they will drop it at least once a session. But, I also don't want a toy, I...
Playing with Fire
If you're the lucky owner of a new Kindle Fire, you're probably admiring your new e-reader with its bright screen and how easy it is to spend large amounts of money at amazon.com directly from your lap.While you're figuring out all the bells and whistles of this...
Snapseed: making iPhone photos as beautiful as can be
Recently, I was looking at a friend's amazing Instagram stream and I asked how she got her photos looking so gorgeous. She said one word: Rosebud. Then she died. No, just kidding. She said Snapseed. Within moments I had it downloaded. And let me say, this is one...
The most fashionable NOOK cases
If you read Kristen's awesome NOOK vs Kindle Fire review last week and decided that the NOOK is more your style, I bet you're now looking for some advice on fantastic covers. Hey, that's what we're here for. It seems like most existing NOOK Color cases will work...
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Social media, meet wrapping paper
If you're a social media geek like me, you'll understand why I cracked a smile the second I saw the #WhatIWishIGot / #WhatIGot wrapping paper. The outside represents "hope" (or greed, depending on the recipient) in which you can imagine your every dream fulfilled. The...
Intel Ultrabooks – Light as air laptops, only for PC users
If you are a PC user who has been coveting a laptop as light as a MacBook Air - then the wait is over with a new offering from Intel that weighs less than 3 pounds. Intel Ultrabooks are not only lightweight, they're less than 1 inch thick, and I'm so glad to see other...
A great LeapFrog gift that isn’t the Explorer Tablet. (Yes, there are others!)
Everyone knows by this point that the LeapFrog LeapPad has become the must-have tech gift for the holidays this year. We love it so much that we included it as one of our 10 hottest holiday tech gifts in 2011. It's a great toy--but the truth are, so are some other new...
Getting a charge out of PlugBug
Okay, raise your hand if you've ever had to choose between charging your iPad and charging your MacBook? Or uh...fighting with the sigOth in the hotel room about who gets to charge their device in the one outlet available? The PlugBug dual charger from twelvesouth...
Kids’ music download of the week: Dan Zanes’ Christmas in Concord
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here, and it's starting to sound that way too. Consider freshening up that tired holiday playlist with a lovely new collection of classic Christmas carols from none other than Dan Zanes himself. Our family has adored...
Now add waterproof to that list of iPhone features
When my kids kept going on and on about "Daddy's new waterproof phone," I had no idea what they meant. Didn't he just get a brand new iPhone 4S? Then he showed it to me--and indeed, it's a new waterproof phone. Thanks to the case. The Lifeproof iPhone...
Hand warmers go high tech
I remember discovering those little packs of disposable chemical hand warmer packets on a ski slope years ago and thinking aweeeeesome. I also remember wondering just what that stuff was, and what it was doing to the planet. Leave it to some techies to reinvent the...
Last minute holiday tech steals at Target
Starting tomorrow, December 11, Target is trying to make it pretty hard for you to buy your gaming and tech gifts anywhere else. So we went through the press release and the circular pretty thoroughly and while some of the "low prices," especially on games, are...
Dell and Threadless sitting in a tree
I love that buying tech these days doesn't mean you're relegated to a plain silver or black gadget that looks exactly like every other. (Or wow--remember when they were all beige?) Now that there are so many ways to express our personalities through our technologies,I...
Eco-batteries, your savior on Christmas morning
After the mountain of wrapping paper I find myself beneath on Christmas morning, I am usually bombarded by kid requests for one thing - batteries. And of course, of the thousand things I've gotten to prepare for C-Day, batteries are usually the one very important...
Heavy metal for your iPhone: it costs how much??
With a bunch of kids pawing at my iPhone more than I'd like to admit, I'm always on the look out for a case that might stand the test of eight grubby hands that might accidentally drop it. And so, if you're like me, this iPhone case might just give you the protection...
Frosty the Snowman, now on your iPhone
Confession: My handbag addiction has now extended to iPhone cases. And since I don't wear much holiday garb, I figured that a holiday smart phone case might be a better option. So while I was perusing my favorite shop Case-Mate, I stumbled upon Jessica Swift's new...