coffee Archives | Cool Mom Tech

Mother’s Day Tech Guide: 10 tech gifts that will make quarantine a little easier

Ah yes, Mother’s Day in quarantine, which we think means making it extra special. The mom in your life doesn’t necessarily have to be a techie to appreciate a tech gift. We’re pretty sure all of these would make any mom we know – tech savvy or...

Happy Father’s Day, Dad. Here’s a cup of coffee that never gets cold!

by Kristen Chase | Kitchen Tech

We were big fans of Ember when they first launched their smart mug that keeps your coffee at the perfect temperature (with pre-sets, people. Pre-sets!), and so, we just had to share this clever Father’s Day edition. Because really, there might not be anything...

The future is here and it’s an alarm clock that brews coffee

by Kristen Chase | Kitchen Tech

Forget the hoverboards and watches that talk. The future is here and it is the Barisieur Coffee Brewing Alarm Clock. Yes, it makes pour over coffee (or loose leaf tea) when your alarm goes off. And it even has a refrigerated compartment for your milk. Seriously. If...

Hot coffee? Yes please! The Ember smart coffee mug is every parent’s dream.

by Kate Etue | Kitchen Tech

This year, I’ve become a full-on coffee addict. Welcome to life with four kids. Or, any kids…right? But between cooking breakfasts and getting lunch boxes into backpacks and driving the kids to school (no bus for us, bummer), it’s rare to actually...

Web Coolness: STEM Halloween costume ideas, a new Instagram feature that could help save lives, and lots more

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them too. Need some Halloween costume ideas? How about cool women in STEM! A crib that puts the baby to sleep? We’re intrigued. This new Instagram feature could help save lives. A very...

Amazon Dash Replenishment Service means you’ll never run out of coffee again

by Kristen Chase | Smart Appliances

The Amazon Dash service has come a long way since we first featured it two years ago when it was just a cool gadget that connected you to your Amazon shopping cart via WIFI. Since then, Amazon added Dash Button, which are little gadgets that live on your washing...

Web Coolness: Star Wars as Little Golden Books, apps that scam you, and how to #regram responsibly on Instagram

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. So this is cool: Random House is releasing the first 6 Star Wars movies as Little Golden Books! 5 things I would rather do than take away my kid’s...

Web Coolness: Sending money with Facebook, Starbucks delivery, and kids read mean tweets

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. 21 ways you can upcycle Legos, like this pretty cool gadget charging station. You can now send money with Facebook. But is it safe? If you want to catch a glimpse of...

Piquing our Geek: The GE Cafe Series refrigerator now with a built-in Keurig brewer.

by Stacie Billis | Kitchen Tech

Even people who don’t love to cook seem to get excited about high-tech kitchen appliances. Combine that with people who love coffee, and I’m pretty sure that covers nearly the entire population. Or at least all of us geeks here. If you count yourself among us,...

As if you haven’t dissected Star Wars enough already

by Liz Gumbinner | Art + Decor

Seeing as how our friends at Think Geek are having a big sale right now, I was poking around for what must-have (I use that term loosely) I’ll come across, and wouldn’t you know it? I found a contender in this set of stackable Star Wars mugs that made me...

NEW: The podcast that helps you be a savvier digital parent in under 15 minutes a week

Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz

Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks

We started Cool Mom Tech in 2010 to help make our increasingly digital lives easier, more organized, more meaningful, and more fun, however old your kids may be.

We love that it's grown to become the go-to source for millions of parents who want commonsense info about tech delivered with a smile.

We even have the privilege of sharing our tips + tricks with The TODAY Show, CNN, HLN, GMA, Nightline, newspapers and magazines around the country, and our favorite -- regular parents who stop us at PTA meetings and ask us how old kids need to be to get a smartphone, and whether they really need to panic about Snapchat.

(Answer: It's complicated.)

We're so glad you're here! And we hope we can help you too.