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Amazon Prime Day tech deals you won’t want to miss!

These days, July 15 and 16 means Amazon Prime Day. (Yes, it’s two days this year.) We’ve been keeping an eye on the tech deals to see if they’re worth the hype, and well, depending on what kind of gadget you’re in the market for, they just...

Snap and edit photos like a pro, no fancy camera equipment required

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

We’ve been longtime friends with Jill Krause, founder of the popular BabyRabies.com parenting website, and recently Happy Loud Life, where she chronicles her RV-living adventures with her family of 6, and longtime admirers of her amazing photos, which it turns...

Celebrate Father’s Day like it’s 1996

by Kristen Chase | Cameras

If the dad in your life likes to reminisce about phone books, floppy disks, and cassette tapes, we have found the ultimate Father’s day gift: this new funky Polaroid 600 96 cam that’s ready to snap some instant pics. Related: 9 creative kid portraits that...

When should I use Portrait Mode on my iPhone camera? A quick, simple tip.

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

Over the holiday break, I took my family on a trip to Sedona, Arizona and the Grand Canyon, and thanks to my fantastic iPhone 8+ camera with Portrait Mode, I’ve got some fantastic photos. But, as I quickly discovered after some trial and error, Portrait Mode...

The new Polaroid Snap Touch with LCD: Is this insta-digital hybrid camera worth it?

by Liz Gumbinner | Cameras

After spending some time playing around with the new Polaroid Snaptouch ($179.99 from our affiliate Amazon) that we were sent for review, I think it’s a fun little camera for a family — especially with road trips, summer camp, and more outdoor time ahead....

Web Coolness: BB-8 Halloween pumpkin, a hot instant camera, and saving drafts on Instagram. Whoo!

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. A BB-8 Halloween pumpkin! These Note7 stories are freaking us out. This one blew up a MacBook. Cool jewelry for geeky kids. Here’s the low down on Allo, the...

Apps parents should know about: Collection feature on VSCO

by Kristen Chase | Lifestyle Apps

Editor: This article has been updated with more current information since publication If you keep tabs on your teen on apps like Instagram and SnapChat, you’re going to want to add another one to your list, parents. VSCO (pronounced vis-ko), which was originally...

Check out these 15 brilliant smartphone camera hacks that will totally simplify your life

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

When I shared 8 ways I use my smartphone camera to make my life easier awhile back, I had no idea how much it would resonate with other parents! But I get it — anything to preserve a few extra brain cells, right? So, we’ve expanded this list of ways to use...

Web Coolness: Facebook emoticons, big Uber delivery news, and a cure for information overload.

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them too. This geeky Valentine’s Day card from Bettie Confetti is cracking us up. Watch out for this annoying prank that can crash your device. Boo. We love what this Apple...

The 15 coolest new tech gadgets of the year: Editors’ Best Tech of 2015

by Cool Mom Staff | Editors' Picks of the Year, Gear

We’re always excited to try out all the new gadgets each year and wow, what a long way we’ve come since Cool Mom Tech launched five years ago. Technology like pressure touch screens, the overwhelming adoption of streaming music and media, the desire for...

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Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks

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