by Cool Mom Staff | Back to School Tech
We know the one thing integral to keeping your sanity during back to school time is organization. Whether you volunteered to be the classroom mom and need to help wrangling 26 families or you’re just trying to keep track of your own, we’ve rounded up 9 of...
by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks
With Hurricane Irene’s impending arrival, many of us are filling up the bathtubs, battening down the hatches, and digging out the candles. If you’re going to be affected by the storm (though not in an evacuation zone of course), don’t forget about...
by Cool Mom Staff | Games + Gaming
Around our place, slapstick will always have a happy home. We fondly refer to America’s Funniest Videos as The Bonk Show (because of all the people who get bonked, of course) and when Wipeout first aired, we started calling it the Super Bonk Show. My...
by Cool Mom Staff | Laptop + Tablet Cases
As much as I love the feel of a crisp paperback book and the smell of a new magazine, I definitely get the appeal of an e-reader. And now there’s a cover that lets you show off your affection for David Sedaris, or help you start up a conversation about your...
by Cool Mom Staff | Sales, Whoo!
If you’ve been holding out on a big tech purchase or just want to stock up on a few early holiday gifts, now might be the time with this big sale from one of our go-to online tech retailers. Tonight at midnight EST (9pm PST), you can score all sorts of discounts...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment
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...
by Cool Mom Staff | Laptop + Tablet Cases
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...
by Cool Mom Staff | Social Media
I recently read some astounding facts about the amount of content on the web. Each day, something like 60,000 new websites are created and 1.5 billion items are uploaded to Facebook alone. Yikes! How to sort through it all? Well for you iPad readers, there’s a...
by Cool Mom Staff | Laptop + Tablet Cases
If you frequent Cool Mom Picks (of course you do!), then you know how much we looooove Orla Kiely. So it’s no surprise that I’ve got my eye on her laptop bag, now at a very cool price. Her signature bright bold patterns will encase your precious laptop...