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Need recommendations for great books for kids? Bookmark these 5 great websites.

by Kate Etue | Websites Worth a Bookmark

Some of our kids are really picky when it comes to books — not too long, not too short, with just the right plot points and character types. Then there are the ones who go through books so quickly that we can barely keep up with suggestions for what they...

4 cool apps and websites to help your kids learn more about the moon on National Moon Day

by Liz Gumbinner | Educational Apps For Kids

Seeing as how we live in an age where everything from Nutella to x has its own national day, I should not be surprised that today is National Moon Day. At least it celebrates something totally real and inspirational, and if it’s marketing anything, it’s...

The New Spotify changes: 3 awesome reasons to become a Spotify Premium member right now

by Kristen Chase | Entertainment

We’re huge Spotify fans in my home and on the go (in case you were still wondering whether moms actually know how to use Spotify), and now with the big New Spotify announcement yesterday, I’ve suddenly got a few more reasons to love this popular streaming...

A laptop that’s closed on weekends. We can dream, right?

by Kristen Chase | Laptop + Tablet Cases

If you spend your work life on your computer or know someone who does, this clever Closed Weekends laptop case is the perfect gift especially since Father’s Day is only about a month away. (Yeah, we can’t believe it either). Or hey, maybe putting it on...

Web Coolness: Cool online camps for kids, a new Facebook feature (again), and roasting coffee with your smart phone

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. The Death Star gets a Lego Friends makeover. Whoa. The Tonight Show’s XBOX With My Mom contest is cracking us up. Ever wonder how to add a location...

Rebrickable helps breathe new life into your kids’ old LEGO sets.

by Christina Refford | Tech Toys and Random Fun

I’m usually hesitant about buying a big, expensive LEGO kit because, after my kids put it together once, then what? Sometimes kids keep playing with it, sometimes it ends up dissembled with random bricks I discover all over the house months later. Which is why...

The cool site that makes your kids realize they have it pretty good. Or, maybe they don’t.

by Kate Etue | Websites Worth a Bookmark

Lately I’ve gotten sucked into a new website called If It Were My Home, which compares countries around the world to your own hometown, or any other location you designate in their search engine. You’ll get a quick snapshot of all kinds of comparable stats...

Designing and printing your own custom 3D jewelry. Without buying a 3D printer.

by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion + Accessories

Just in time for Mother’s Day, I was absolutely thrilled to discover Zazzy, a new platform that allows you to design 3D jewelry, only they take out all the time-consuming stuff…like downloading sometimes complicated software, figuring out how to use it,...

Oscars online resources: Live backstage feeds, red carpet interviews, celebrities on Twitter, and more.

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment

Not all of us will be able to focus on every moment of the red carpet entrances (kids needing dinner), the Oscars monologue (kid needs to use the bathroom), or even the one award you’ve been waiting for all night (kids have to go to bed) but you can get a ton...

Where to see all the Super Bowl ads. Because sometimes that’s the best part

by Nicole Blades | Entertainment

Football fans or not, millions of viewers flock to the Super Bowl for the commercials. Pretty much everyone wants to see the ads that will have everyone buzzing the next day — or in real time on Twitter. But if you want a pre-game sneak peek at the Super Bowl...

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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.

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