Samsung Flex Duo Oven – It’s two, two, two ovens in one.
This past week, I got a first look at an absolute game-changer of an oven: The Samsung Flex Duo Oven, which was announced at CES earlier this year. In short, it converts easily from a single oven to two, with just the insertion of a dedicated insulated tray through a...
Trash you’ll want to tote around
You know what they say, one man's trash is another...mom's way to carry her most-treasured iPad. Okay, maybe that's not exactly how it goes, but these cool iPad cases are rescued and salvaged from junk yards and landfills all over America and recycled into a very cool...
Twitter Stories – because sometimes 140 characters is all you need
You just got back from the drugstore? You're feeling tired and need some coffee? You just ate a sandwich? These aren't what I'd call value-added tweets. If you're on Twitter, you know what I'm talking about.If you're looking for some amazing stories that have...
Gaming in the dark
I happen to know a few people--not naming any names here--who could easily play Xbox 360 well into the wee hours of the night. For them, I found this super cool controller that would make an amazing holiday gift. With apologies to their parents. Or uh, wives. The Xbox...
Goodnight to the old lady whispering, thank you Steve Jobs
When my first baby was born, my mom--overcome with nostalgia--wrapped up my old tattered copy of Goodnight Moon, and gave it to my daughter. But with this latest take on the old classic, my favorite childhood read gets a facelift and a shove into the twenty-first...
Oh Appy Day! featuring Tori Spelling
Oh Appy Day! gives you the scoop on the coolest apps from some of the coolest people anywhere. This week, we're so happy to have Tori Spelling share her fave. My favorite app is Cross Process. It takes my photos and makes them look like cross processed film. It gives...
Chores as competitive sport. We love it!
I've tried my fair share of chore charts both low tech and high tech, and I've yet to find something that doesn't involve me always having to remind them to get their jobs done! Well, since trying out this fabulous new app, my kids are the ones asking me to do their...
Old meets new with 3 crafty-cool iPhone cases
Love your fancy iPhone? Got mad crafty skills? Then you'll probably be as geeked out as I am over these cross-stitch iPhone cases from Purl Soho. The blank canvas cross-stitch case fits the iPhone 4 or 4s and comes with a needle, three colors of thread and a booklet...
Kids’ music download of the week: Plays Well Together
Feel a little bad about sneaking half your kids' Halloween candy while they weren't looking this week? Give them a little musical treat today with a download of some sweet tunes, and take their mind off of all the empty wrappers at the bottom of their trick-or-treat...
The Zazoo kids clock. A kinder, gentler alternative to “Go the F to Sleep”
Now that we've turned back the clocks (we did, didn't we?) there's one more reason my kids will be waking up too early. And one more reason I'm glad to have come across a decent learning clock made for kids and their sleep-deprived parents--and isn't that all of us?...
Hickory Dickory Dock, your kids will love this clock
I can't be the only person who didn't know there are twelve verses to the Hickory Dickory Dock rhyme-- I never got any further than one, and honestly am not sure I'd ever want to keep the song going 11 more times. But, as an app, I'm mighty happy with what our friends...
Turn your Instagram into a Casetagram
Instagram loyalists: you may want to sit for this one. If you love Instagram like we do (who doesn't?), you'll be thrilled to know that you can now take the sweetest, finest or coolest photos from your Instagram feed and get them printed on a totally customized iPhone...
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Saving money on Gmail storage, one massive email at a time
While I continue to be terribly lame when it comes to managing my own inbox (it's a frightening, frightening place, I tell you) I am so excited about this one little tool I just discovered that helps free up storage space in your Gmail account. Find Big Mail is an app...
Death to reply all!
If you've ever been stuck on a reply-all email string that keeps going and going and going, then I bet you will love this print as much as I do. The "Nothing Good Comes From Hitting Reply-All" print is actually part of the New Rules of Work poster series at Division...
10 reasons to justify an iPhone 4S (should you need them)
I am a proud new owner of an iPhone 4S. And yet, contrary to what you might think about someone who runs a tech review blog, I am not generally one of those crazy early adopters who need to run out and buy the very first generation everything. In fact, this phone is...
Join the circus
In my experience with iPad apps over the last couple of years, I've learned that sometimes the simplest apps are the most entertaining and educational. And that's exactly how I'd describe this adorable new parent-created app for preschoolers and toddlers. I guess...
A shortcut to fabulous photo filters
It's hard to remember that there was a time that we simply snapped photos and had to be satisfied (gasp) with whatever it was that appeared on the film a few weeks later. No Photoshop? No Instagram filters? The horror! The new website, Picfull, makes it crazy easy to...
A calendar starring you
I'm a little obsessed with the Instagram app, which means I have lots of cool photos and not much to do with them. At least until I discovered this new gift from Keepsy, that will be making many of my family members very happy this holiday season. I was thrilled with...
The AT&T U-verse Wireless Receiver lets you take the TV out of the TV room
Imagine having the freedom to watch any program you want, anywhere in the house. Okay, I'll steer clear of sounding like an AT&T commercial--but I was impressed to hear about a new wireless TV receiver from AT&T U-verse that lets you do just that. If AT&T...
Sprout pregnancy app gives you the play-by-play, day-by-day
It's amazing to me how much information is available for pregnant women now, as opposed to when I was with child more than seven years ago. Yes, we had the Internet back then (it wasn't that long ago), but honestly, my go-to resource was my trusty What to Expect When...
Atari Arcade: Who needs Cut the Rope when you’ve got Asteroids?
Rejoice, all ye children of the 70's and 80's, with memories of lining up quarters along those Centipede, Asteroids, and Super Breakout machines. No global leaderboards, no online cheats. Just you, a pocketful of coins, and the exciting possibility of your three...
Don’t Let the Pigeon Run this App: The original Angry Bird goes digital
You might be thinking, geez, what took him so long? when you first get wind of Mo Willems' delightful new interactive ebook, Don't Let the Pigeon Run this App. But after hearing him preempt that very question at a recent press lunch, I totally understand what took him...
5 photo sharing resources for all those cute kids’ costume pics
It's Halloween! Yay! And that means as parents, the only thing we'll have more of tomorrow morning than slimy, discarded candy wrappers, is digital photos. Because you are of course obligated to send dozens of photos to every relative on your list as a demonstration...
Kids’ music download of the week: Trick or Treat
The candy is bought, the costumes are (almost) finished, and the kids are already bouncing off the walls in anticipation of the night we let them stay up way too late eating sugary treats. If you want to ramp up their excitement a wee bit, just grab a copy of this...