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Samsung Galaxy Cases with a handy rotary dial

by Cool Mom Staff | Cell Phone Accessories

No, the Samsung Galaxy isn’t walking away from the 21st century touch screen. At least, not on the screen. How great are these Samsung Galaxy rotary phone cases? Available at photographer Kim DeGooyer’s Semi Sweet Studios shop on Etsy, I love that...

The 21st century answer to the mix tape

by Eva Glettner | Tech Toys and Random Fun

I love mix tapes. When I was younger, I owned one of those super cool boom boxes with two cassette decks for optimum recording prowess. I would painstakingly plan out each song based on theme, and then make sure that there was just enough time between songs. It took...

A laptop case from the past

by Delilah S. Dawson | Laptop + Tablet Cases

You know where you should put the fastest, fanciest, lightest modern laptop ever invented? In an two-dimensional envelope that looks like it popped out of the original Donkey Kong. Just for the irony. Whether you’re a fan of the perfect-for-moms MacBook Air or...

Web Coolness: Martha Stewart Crafts, annoying tech habits, and Kindle Fire price cut

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are a few cool links we’ve enjoyed this week. We hope you like them too! Not how to get girls into science. #fail Reflections on mix tapes from Aimee at Greeblemonkey. Make sure you download the new Martha Stewart Crafts app while it’s free. Price...

Your iPhone now has a B side

by Delilah S. Dawson | Cell Phone Accessories

I’m as addicted to Spotify, Pandora, and iTunes as everyone else, but the teenage girl in me still gets all swoony over the thought of a mix tape. Remember what it was like, holding that plastic rectangle of dreams for the first time and decoding every message...

Web Coolness: Chocolate Google+, Facebook IPO, and Google’s Project Glass

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some cool tech links we found on the web this week. We hope you like them, too. Guess who turned their Google+ page into chocolate? Are smart TVs maybe too smart? Techlicious has the slightly freaky scoop. Why Facebook’s IPO matters to women....

Sesame Street is kickin’ it, old school style

by Delilah S. Dawson | Entertainment

Remember when Grover was groovy and Oscar was orange? I don’t. I didn’t start watching until 1979 or so, but I was definitely on the Street before that Elmo fellow showed up. Now you can share those classic episodes of Sesame Street with your kids–...