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When are kids ready for handheld gaming devices?

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...

A great LeapFrog gift that isn’t the Explorer Tablet. (Yes, there are others!)

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...

Last minute holiday tech steals at Target

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...

Rejoice media junkies! 3 great streaming media devices you might not know about

by Jeana | Entertainment

The other night, I was flipping through the channels and stumbled upon the very end of one of my absolute holiday movie faves, It’s a Wonderful Life. (You too?) While I’m sure it will be on again soon, many times, I’d like to be able to watch the...

The Leapfrog LeapPad Explorer Learning Tablet–What to do when you can’t find one.

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...

The gift tag that will make your thumbs twitch with longing

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...

Take the subway. Take the bus. Take the stroller?

by Molly | Travel Apps

We already think HopStop is a lifesaver for city-dwellers and city-goers. HopStop helps you navigate 62 major cities using detailed directions that walk you through one public transit system to the next. We even love that their directions conveniently tell how much...

Web Coolness: Holiday giveaways, apps for charity, and Black Friday tech deals

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...

Black Friday Tech Deals – The best of the techy best

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...

4 iPad car mounts. a.k.a. 4 ways to avoid hearing “are we there yet?”

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...

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Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz

Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks

We started Cool Mom Tech in 2010 to help make our increasingly digital lives easier, more organized, more meaningful, and more fun, however old your kids may be.

We love that it's grown to become the go-to source for millions of parents who want commonsense info about tech delivered with a smile.

We even have the privilege of sharing our tips + tricks with The TODAY Show, CNN, HLN, GMA, Nightline, newspapers and magazines around the country, and our favorite -- regular parents who stop us at PTA meetings and ask us how old kids need to be to get a smartphone, and whether they really need to panic about Snapchat.

(Answer: It's complicated.)

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