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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

Cool tech gifts for men and women under $25: 2015 Tech Gift Guide

by Cool Mom Staff | Holiday Tech Gifts

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...

Cool gifts for photographers: 2015 Tech Gift Guide

by Cool Mom Staff | Holiday Tech Gifts

Next up in our 2015 Holiday Tech Gift Guide series, we’ve put together some of the coolest, gotta-have gifts for photographers. We’re talking cameras, gadgets, accessories — everything a photog would be happy to snap up. (Ha!) Even a few surprises. Whether...

7 cool things you can do with MiniDrones. You know, beyond flying them into trees.

by Cool Mom Staff | Tech Toys and Random Fun

We’re seeing drones at the top of a lot of tween and teen holiday wish lists this year. And really, we’re not surprised. It’s pretty amazing what you can do with these super cool gadgets. Let’s just say these are not the remote control planes...

Web Coolness: Why your kids love Snapchat, Gmail auto reply, and a complete guide to the new emojis

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them too. We’re loving The Monster Project, where kids draw monsters and artists around the world recreate them to help teach kids the importance of creativity and...

The new Polaroid CUBE+ is super cool, wifi-ready, and still cute as a button

by Nicole Blades | Cameras

As you may have guessed, we’re officially smitten with the new Polaroid CUBE+. It all started last year, when we first laid eyes on the 1.0 version of this bite-sized, lifestyle action camera. Back then, we were totally impressed with the 6 megapixels pics and...

First camera recommendations for kids? Reader Q+A

by Jeana | Cameras, Tips and Tricks

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...

The Fujifilm Instax Mini Hello Kitty camera. One word: Want.

by Kristen Chase | Cameras

Should I be embarrassed that I, a 30-something mother of four, saw this Fujifilm Instax Mini Hello Kitty camera and let out a tween-level squeal? Possibly. But heck, who cares? This is freaking awesome. I’ve had a long standing luv-affair (yes, luv) with Hello...

Capture the action of summer with the new VTech Kidizoom Action Cam for kids

by Christina Refford | Tech Toys and Random Fun

Ever since my husband showed the kids the GoPro videos he took while mountain biking, they’ve wanted to take the same kind of cool action videos, even if all they’re doing is riding a scooter down the driveway. And since we’re not so keen on handing...

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