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Web Coolness: Video game ban rejected, hands free driving, and 4th of July tech sales

Here are some things we’ve liked around the web. We hope you will too. We’re raising money for our favorite charity Baby Buggy thanks to Yahoo! Can you spare a quick click to help this great cause? We love Japanese food, but maybe not this much. If...

Distracted driving becomes less so with Jabra Freeway

by aimee | Travel Essentials

When I started to work at home this year, my husband was ready to outfit my car with a full Bluetooth system to put the kibosh on distracted driving. He wanted some way for me to be able to talk in our hands-free state. I wanted my hands-free phone solution to be...

PhotoRocket: Photo sharing doesn’t get any easier than this

by Jeana | Photo Apps

Maybe I’m just getting older, or maybe it’s the fact that I’m a busy working mom with two kids. But lately, my mantra has been keep it simple. It’s probably the reason we’ve been having one too many breakfast-for-dinner meals lately....

E3 Expo update: 7 gaming announcements parents will be excited about

by Beth | Games + Gaming

Let’s just say that smartphone and tablet games we love are nothing compared with what’s coming out soon–console games are alive and motion kicking in the most amazing ways. Last week, nearly 50,000 people in attendance at the 2011 E3 conference, or...

Wii U – the next generation Nintendo Wii.

by Beth | Games + Gaming

If you are a Nintendo Wii fan (and really, who isn’t?) then yesterday’s announcement from Nintendo is one you won’t want to miss. The next generation Wii gaming system has been announced and it is called (drumroll) Wii U. Think everything cool about...

Piquing Our Geek: Google Wallet

by Cool Mom Staff | Helpful Services

I barely carry cash around with me any more, relying solely on my soon to be dubbed George Costanza wallet of credit and debit cards to do the work for me. But it looks as though even those will be obsolete, thanks to a the next release from Google that might just...

5 ways you’ll be wowed by technology at Universal Orlando

by Kristen Chase | Entertainment

My family and I were beyond thrilled to be invited to experience Universal Orlando for a week, and were nothing short of amazed at how cutting-edge technology is such an integral part of both Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios Florida. It’s no surprise...

Piquing Our Geek: Ron Howard + Canon = Photographic magic

by Cool Mom Staff | Entertainment

If you’ve ever wanted to star in a Ron Howard film, you might just have your chance now, thanks to his exciting new collaboration “Long Live Imagination” with Canon. This exciting project and “Project Imagin8ion” photography contest is...

Orb music player is music to your ears

by Jeana | Lifestyle Apps

Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of time and money adding music to my digital collection, and making playlists for every event imaginable. With warmer weather just around the corner, I’d like to think that my “BBQ Music,” “Summer...

Cisco Umi: Bringing families together like never ever before

by Cool Mom Staff | Video

Our closest family is over 2000 miles away. This means other than a few annual visits, our together time is relegated to phone calls and computer conferencing, both of which can be tough with four squirmy kids under six like I have. But recently, Cisco offered to...

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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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