Web Coolness: Caption editing on Instagram (finally!), new YouTube Music, and good Facebook Privacy news.
Here are our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Is this cookie keyboard too pretty to eat? Depends how long we’ve been working. Important info for parents: Instagram is much more than a photo-sharing...
Instagram photo gifts get tasty with custom cookies
These days there’s no shortage of ways to create your own cool Instagram photo gifts, but custom Instagram photo cookies is definitely a first. Like most of the world, we’re pretty obsessed with Instagram around here (are you following us?), which is why I...
How to make iPhone cookies. Sweet.
You can’t eat your Apple, but you can totally devour some iPhones with this sweet stainless iPhone cookie cutter. Do they make an app for that? I keep pressing the buttons to search, but all I get is a finger covered in frosting. Totally not a problem....
The coolest Minecraft gifts for kids. Besides more time to play Minecraft.
I’m not sure about you, but in my house, Minecraft is pretty much all my kids talk about. They play it on the PC, on the iPad, and yes, even in real life. Hold the real pick axe. If your kids already have tons of Minecraft toys like mine, I’ve rounded up...NEW: The podcast that helps you be a savvier digital parent in under 15 minutes a week
Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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.
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At-Home Learning Help
* 14 very cool virtual summer camps for kids
* 8 of our favorite online educational resources
* 10 awesome online STEM camps for kids this summer
* Homeschooling 101: Tips for newbies
* 8 ideas for homeschool schedules that may work for you
* Creative ways to socialize online
* 5 audiobook apps keep us entertained and learning
* The best ways to clean and disinfect your phones and gadgets
* 15 awesome podcasts to keep kids engaged
“Are you guys okay with Facebook Messenger for your kids to stay in touch with friends?”
Parents have questions, we have answers
So they want to get a smartphone…
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