6 of the best affordable headphones for students, from kids to teens.
We spent the past year evaluating the best headphones for students who are remote learning. While this fall, plenty of kids are headed back to school in person, we know that some will still be staying home, some will be doing hybrid learning, and with the pandemic...
These noise-cancelling headphones are so good, I’ve waited a whole year for the Prime Day sale on them
Last Amazon Prime Day, my partner bought an outstanding pair of Sony Noise Cancelling headphones, which are by many accounts the best best noise-cancelling headphones of 2021. He has not stopped raving about them for an entire year, and for an avowed tech geek and...
10 cool Mother’s Day tech gifts for your favorite mobile mom.
As much as we love flowers and chocolate for Mother’s Day (seriously, bring it on) we’d never say no to a an awesome Mother’s Day tech gift. Especially one that recognizes we are basically insane on-the-go multi-taskers who manage our entire lives...
Is this the end of the movie theater? 6 gift ideas for families setting up a home movie theater this year.
Did you all see the huge announcement from Warner Bros. yesterday? For 2021, they’ll be streaming all their new release movies directly to HBO Max the same day they hit theaters. That means Wonder Woman, Dune, The Matrix 4 and every other movie from the studio...
Toniebox, the new screen-free entertainment center for little kids
My son’s just at the age he can start listening to stories on his own, but I’m not in a hurry to hand over my iPhone to keep him entertained. So I was intrigued to read about Toniebox, a new screen-free content box for little kids. The Toniebox works with...
This Baby Yoda speaker is giving us the little spark of joy we needed today.
Did we mention that we have the coolest readers? Eric (aka EricSketch on Twitter) has been reading our site for quite some time now, so when we spotted this Baby Yoda Bluetooth speaker in his Twitter feed we were like “HOLY MANDALORIAN!” Let’s just...
5 of the best audiobook apps to listen to while you scrub the counters. Again.
Anyone else need the escape of audiobooks while we hunker down and wait out the Coronavirus quarantines, school closures, and social distancing? These audiobook apps have proved to be the perfect literary lifeline for me while I’m stuck at home with my young...
Here’s how to clean and disinfect your AirPods, because ew, David.
We’ve already told you how dirty your phone probably is right now. So now, we’re going to gross you out a little more by telling you that your AirPods are probably pretty dirty too. If you’re on a bit of a disinfecting tear, we suggest adding your...
A fun family Valentine’s Day playlist that’s all about celebrating love
As you might have heard on our recent Spawned podcast, Valentine’s Day after kids (at least for us, anyway), has become quite a family affair. Whether it’s lunchbox notes and a special school lunch, little gifts when they wake up, or a family movie (or...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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