by Cool Mom Staff | Games + Gaming
With kids asking for all sorts of gadgets, it can be hard to know when they’re ready. Sometimes just playing the family gaming device or using your tablet is all them need. But in other cases, it might be time to get them their very own. So we’re putting...
by Jeana | Tech Toys and Random Fun
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...
by Cool Mom Staff | iPads + Tablets
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...
by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks
Holy Cabbage Patch 1983 redux, parents! When we named the Leapfrog LeapPad Explorer Learning Tablet to our 10 hot holiday gifts of 2011 list, we knew it would be hot, but we had no idea how many parents would be emailing us in a panic, trying to track one down for...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Games + Gaming
If you grew up playing Tetris on your Game Boy during family road trips, these adorkable gift tags are probably making your thumbs twitch right now. Just look at those juicy red buttons. And how fun and awesomely ironic would it be to tie one onto the box of a...
by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups
Here are some cool links we found on the web this week. We hope you like them, too! ‘Tis the season for giving, which is what our friends at Unplggd are doing with their series of awesome holiday giveaways. Go enter! This weekend NASA is launching the Mars...
by Cool Mom Staff | Sales, Whoo!
Holiday shopping is a great time to stock up on technology for the family as gifts. There are so many Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals this year, it’s hard to keep track! We’ll be tweeting them as they come in from our @coolmomtech and @coolmompicks...
by Cool Mom Staff | Travel Essentials
With holiday car travel hitting its peak this week (oh lord, I’m fearing I-95 on Wednesday), we know that the iPad has become the new DVD player–a good way to keep the kids occupied, happy, and of course, quiet. Here, just a few of the cool gadgets...