The new Polaroid Snap Touch with LCD: Is this insta-digital hybrid camera worth it?
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!
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
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
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.
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
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...
DxO One connected camera: The tiny device that turns your iPhone into a pro DSLR camera.
I’ve taken hundreds of photos of my kids just in the last couple months. And almost every single one was taken with my phone. Even though I have a nice DSLR camera, it’s so heavy, it’s just not practical to lug it with me everywhere. Especially...
Sponsored Message: 3 holiday tech gifts from TomTom for the fitness lovers in your life
This is a sponsored message on behalf of TomTom Whether you find your loved ones on the golf course, in the gym, or outside burning off calories through any sport at all, TomTom has all active people on your list covered with three tech gadgets that will make them...
Cool tech gifts for men and women under $25: 2015 Tech Gift Guide
For our final installment of our 2015 Tech Gift Guide, we’ve got lots and lots of cool tech gifts for men and women under $25. Yes, you read that correctly. And no, we’re not talking about stocking stuffers, folks. These are awesome gifts that would be...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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