Can this clock give you more hours in your day?
I was compelled right away by the new Today clock by designer Scott Thrift, which is on its way to a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign. Right away you may notice a few things are missing from traditional clocks -- like minute and second hands. The designer's aim...
Nintendo Vans! Our inner gaming geek is freaking out.
I was just in the Vans store last week buying my daughter a new pair for summer, and of course today they launch their new Vans x Nintendo collection. I'm actually afraid to show them to my video-game loving daughter because you guys, these are pretty damn rad....
11 of the coolest audio gifts for Father’s Day, whatever his style
With Father's Day right around the corner, we've started thinking about some cool Father's Day tech gift options -- in addition to the kids' plaster handprints and construction paper ties, of course. The timing of this holiday is perfect because it coincides with the...
Osmo Coding is screen time you can feel good about.
I'm convinced the reason my kids keep going back to play Osmo, one of our favorite educational tools for kids, is its brilliant mashup of digital elements and tangible controls they can actually touch and move around on the table. If you're not familiar with it, read...
4 easy ways to support our troops this memorial day, thanks to tech
With military wives, past and present, among our staff, some of us have experienced the outstanding and essential benefits of military charities firsthand. So while Memorial Day is specifically about honoring our fallen soldiers, we think that finding ways to...
AfterCam video capture app: Free cool app of the week
If you're into taking video, have I got a reco for you! It's AfterCam, a sort of "after-the-fact" video recorder that helps you capture the past 5, 10, or 20 seconds in time without clogging up your phone with tons of extra video data. And, for Memorial Day weekend...
An easy, fast, beautiful new photo book service
Now that so many of us have a zillion photos stored on our laptops or phones, I love creating any gift that takes the best of those photos and puts them onto something we can hold onto So, for some of my favorite people, I've turned recently to Snapbox to make...
The coolest selfie cases and flashes to make you look even more gorgeous, dahling
I never really latched onto the selfie trend, probably because every time I try, I end up partly cut off, at a weird angle or the lighting is awful. But thanks to these five sefie cases and flashes designed just for improving the almighty selfie, I may have a shot of...
3 iPhone tricks for when you’re too busy to answer that phone call. Isn’t that like all parents?
I'm not sure if it's because texting has made me a little phone-call averse or if it always seems like people call at the moment I've got a kid throwing a tantrum, but I have a hard time answering the phone when the calls are coming in. And yes, while you can just...
4 great speakers for outdoor entertaining this summer, from waterproof to washable. (Really!)
The best part of hosting parties in the spring and summer is that everyone can be outside, so you don't have to do a full clean-up of your house the next day. But if you tend to rely on a big indoor sound system, you may not just be able to turn those speakers outward...
KAMI paper-folding puzzle game: Our cool free app of the week
With all the time I spend outside of the house waiting for my kids to finish a class or practice, I'm always trying to find something new to do on my phone. You know, other than continually refreshing my Facebook feed or checking to see if any new kitties have come to...
If you can’t get your kids to brush their teeth, maybe a little help from The Dark Lord is in order.
Leave it to Firefly to come up with a new, high-tech toothbrush that may get even your most reluctant dental hygiene practitioners begging to brush "just one more time." The new Firefly Darth Vader Lightsaber Light-Up Toothbrush is just what you think it is: A combo...
Tech Tips & Tricks to Make Life (Way) Easier
First camera recommendations for kids? Reader Q+A
My daughter is turning 6 and I'd like to get her a camera. We gave her an old Canon point-and-shoot for Christmas and she is so responsible with it - she's ready for a new one of her own. I love the Fujifilm Instax Mini (especially Hello Kitty), but I'm a little...
10 essential tips for protecting your tech gadgets so they last. (Or at least until the next version comes out.)
There's that wonderful moment when you first open up the box of your newest gadget and just smile at it. Some folks even give the new, shiny, and often pricy tech toy its own special name. At no point during this grand unboxing do you envision the gadget in other...
A simple guide to cutting the cable cord: 4 of your best options
For well over a decade, people have been talking -- or more like yelling -- about being hamstrung by cable companies. Some had-it-up-to-here folks have started cutting the cable cord and looking for more manageable, customized ways of watching what they want, when...
Even More Coolness. Enjoy!
How to use the new Gboard app: Get search, emojis, and GIFs on your smart phone keyboard
Like most people, there isn't a day that goes by that I don't Google some information, whether it's five times or 25 times. (Okay, sometimes 25 times an hour.) So you can imagine my excitement when the Gboard app rolled out a couple days ago. This new keyboard app...
The quickest, easiest way to share photos and videos on your iPhone that you aren’t using. Until now.
This situation probably sounds all too familiar to you: You're at your kid's basketball game or a family birthday party and your mom or your brother sitting next to you asks you to send them some iPhone photos and videos you're taking, which you do via text, and then...
The Mover Kit: The first wearable for kids they code and design themselves.
Over the past couple years, it has been incredible to witness all the awesome new ways we have to introduce our kids to STEM. And now we've come across another really cool product called Mover Kit, the first wearable for kids that they can code themselves. Cool!...
Jump Numbers math app for kids: Our cool free app of the week
With the school year ending soon, I know that my kids aren't going to stand for games or apps that feel too much like a school lesson. Nor do I want them to spend their summer days doing nothing but memorizing math facts. But after playing with the skip-counting math...
Your Fitbit just got a whole lot more stylish
One of the reasons I actually stopped wearing my Fitbit was that I would get dressed up to go out and I didn't love how the band looked with my snazzy outfit. So, I'd take it off and then not put it back on. I know, I know, vain and lazy much, Kristen? Well, since...
Baby’s first video game remote that’s perfectly safe for chewing and drooling
Every parent knows that babies just love to chew on all the things that probably shouldn't be chewing on. And always the expensive, important stuff. The keys. The phone. The video game remote. And so, over the years, clever handmade artisans have created some of the...
iPhone 6 case with a sense of humor? Found it thanks to ban.do!
Considering I laughed out loud when I saw this Chill Pills iPhone 6 case, I figured it was good enough to share. Just like my anti-anxiety please stop screaming about wearing pants pills, right parents? Okay, I'm kidding, mostly, but I really do love this hilarious...
Your iPhone flashlight just got a whole new use.
There are times when the brightness of my iPhone flashlight is helpful -- like, when I'm helping my kids look for their forgotten shoes outside in the dark, or I can't read a darn menu in a restaurant. Then, there are times when a little bit of diffused light would be...
7 of the best science museums for kids that you should know about. Yay for hands-on STEM education!
We're huge fans of STEM at Cool Mom Tech (no surprise, there), and in fact we started this site in part to help give parents more resources and opportunities to get their kids excited about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. However, while we love all the...
Bitmap blankets are cozy geek chic.
If you're struggling to find the perfect gift for the tech geek in your life who also happens to love stylish, modern home decor (in other words, they love 8-bit Pac Man but don't need a wall mural of it) then we've got your back. I found these incredibly luxurious...
6 super cool Star Wars Rey laptop sleeves. For May the 4th or any day
If you're using Star Wars day as an excuse to snag a little something fun, be sure to check out all the awesome Star Wars themed fan art on Society 6. Because my girls are begging for more Rey merch -- and frankly, a lot of their boy classmates too -- here are just a...
Floral tech accessories for Mother’s Day combine 2 of our favorite things.
Moms have gone from the people who needs help getting the VCR to stop flashing 12:00 (remember that chestnut?) to those digital mavens who can help you get your phone to stop making keyboard clicks every time you check Facebook. We're mobile, we're connected, and we...