HeyTell turns smart phones into walkie talkies
As savvy as my husband is with his smart phone, he's a bit challenged in the texting department. (It's true, honey.) But now that we've both got this handy new app installed, we can exchange free voice messages instantly--no fancy thumb work required. HeyTell is a...
Pillows that give your couch a geeky reboot
I've been on the lookout for some fun pillows for adorning my couches for when I have actual real life adult guests over. So as a self-proclaimed geek and newly converted Mac girl, these pillows immediately caught my eye. The I'm a Mac three pillow set from...
Good alternatives to a more expensive Netflix
Now that Netflix has gone and raised their rates by 60% (oh joy!), I'm going to venture a guess that some of you are now open to other movie streaming and download alternatives. Which makes this a good opportunity to point you to some of our past posts that just might...
Is there a way to get free ebooks on my iPad? Reader Q & A
I recently got an iPad 2, but I am having a hard time justifying paying for ebooks. I have been searching for a website that allows me to rent current bestsellers for free and I found one called My Pad Media that claims for a one-time lifetime fee of $49.95 you can...
Spotify is here!
When I heard about the launch of Spotify in the US today, I wasn't sure it was for me; I'm pretty comfortable with all things tech, though I'm still admittedly old school when it comes to my music I prefer CD's to MP3's, and haven't jumped on the streaming-audio...
Designer desktops that deliver inspiration
Back in 2010 the talented Jaime Derringer of the super design blog Design Milk began an open ended project. Acknowledging how much time we all spend staring at our computer screens (like you are doing right now), Jaime took it upon herself to offer us all a little...
Yo Gabba Gabba takes over your smart phone
It's no secret that we love Yo Gabba Gabba as much as (if not slightly more than) our kids. One quick search on Cool Mom Picks will result in a slew of YGG inspired toys, shoes, yes, even finger puppets. So it's only natural that we'd be unreasonably excited to find...
Crayola goes high tech with ColorStudio HD
One of my kids' favorite things to do with the iPad is draw. Actually, one of their favorite things to do anywhere is draw. So I am always looking for fun coloring apps that can keep the artistry flowing, and that I find easier to justify than video games. And now,...
Ready-made online mixtapes for your lazy listening pleasure
I find one of the things I don't have time to do much anymore as a busy parent is find new music. Of course that doesn't entirely explain why my playlist seems to have stopped growing around 1998, but we'll just stick with it. This neato site however, seems to offer...
4 cool HTC smartphones for Android fans
I have a 2 year old smartphone. That's easily middle age in phone years and with the contract ending in August I've starting the research for my next phone adventure. While the logical first step in a mom's smartphone comparison is the upcoming iPhone 5, I'm leaning...
Cover your e-reader in the classics
If there's anything to miss about real, live books when you're using your e-reader, it's the flip of the pages, the weight of the hardcover book in your hands, and the cool covers. So while I haven't yet found anything to help with the first two, I've definitely more...
Postcardly turns emails into actual postcards.
My kids have wonderful grandparents in Florida, but they have one major flaw: None of them will make my life easier by joining Facebook or even using email to communicate. That means I have to make sure to send hand-written letters and take the time to actually print...
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5 picks you might have missed this week
Here are five picks you might have missed from last week. 1. Google+ is poised to take over the social media world. Here are five reasons you might want to hop onboard the G+ train. 2. We're totally smitten with this free app for iPad that customizes your interests...
The Proust Questionnaire – Now for your own family
"The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." One of my favorite quotes by Marcel Proust. So the name Proust seems appropriate for a new website designed to help people share their stories with family and close friends and to learn...
Quick tech tip: Filtering out unwanted tweets with Tweetdeck
I am on Twitter a lot. A lot. And while I really do adore all the feeds that I follow, every so often there's an event or a "Twitter party" of some sort that's cluttering up my stream and I want to filter it out. Fortunately, TweetDeck offers a simple way to get it...
Kids’ music download of the week: Be Part of the Band
I'm sure I'm not the only one who has grabbed a hairbrush and sang the haunting lyrics of The Verve Pipe's The Freshmen into it. But you may be surprised to learn that this rock band from Michigan has a more playful side, as evidenced in their most excellent A Family...
Cool Mom Tech is the #1 Tech and Gadgets shopping site on Babble.com. Yeah!
Imagine our surprise when we learned that Cool Mom Tech had been chosen as the #1 best tech and gadgets site on Babble.com. Even more awesome to see that we're ranked #4 out of the 50 fantastic shopping sites, including our own Cool Mom Picks. What an amazing honor to...
Operation: Star Wars
Operation, Shmoperation. Forget that old naked guy and his lame Charlie Horse; I've found a version that's much, much cooler for the entire family. Because it's R2D2 Yes, I'm one of those people for whom anything can be improved with the addition of Star Wars. Thus,...
To infinity and beyond. Or at least to 4+6.
During these long, unscheduled, fun-in-the-sun summer months, I've been on the lookout for some smart apps that keep my kids' brains thinking and not turning into soft serve. That's a big reason why I am so excited about this math app which we all think is out of this...
Turning your iPhone into a Leica. (At least on the outside.)
While it's clear that the smartphone is the new camera (and GPS and address book and pretty much everything else), I kind of love that someone has walked right into it with vinyl iPhone skins that look like actual cameras. At istickercool on Etsy, you can find a Leica...
An iPad 2 case from Hammerhead that finally got me to use protection
Though I knew it was risky, for the first couple of months of owning a shiny new iPad 2, I didn't use protection. Oh sure, I worried that it'd get scratched, dinged or (gulp) dropped, I was just overwhelmed with the number of cases out there: did I want a front cover,...
Jawbone Jambox – A little speaker with big sound
I have several iPhone speakers around my house, all of which either take up way too much space or require me to remove my case every time I need to use it. Well, since finding this amazing new gadget, I'm listening to my music through a tiny little box that packs a...
5 reasons why we already like Google+
When the floodgates for invites to Google+, Google's new social network, briefly opened up last week, I was fortunate enough to snag one from a friend. Since then, I've been playing around with what at first I was thinking was "yet another time suck." But after a few...
Cool computing with these designer mice
If you're a regular reader of Cool Mom Tech, you know that we love when form mixes with function in our gadgetry. Yes, cool tech has officially become the new black--there are designer laptops, designer laptop bags, designer iPad cases, and now thanks to Microsoft,...