Piquing our Geek: The Wocket Wallet could be the future of smart wallets

by Kristen Chase | Travel

I’m completely on the wearable tech bandwagon, but I’m definitely still skeptical about the whole smart wallet concept. That doesn’t mean I’ve written it off completely, which why I’m very intrigued reading about the new Wocket Wallet....

The Square Reader + Merchant Case: A faster option for school fundraising

by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized

I remember being wowed when I first saw the PTA parents at my school standing outside the entrance at drop-off, selling tickets to movie night or a school fundraiser, by swiping credit cards right into their iPhones with a Square Reader. Until then, I had thought it...

Great money management apps to kick off the New Year

by Jeana | Best Apps

Resolutions are a dime a dozen this time of year–lots of people make them and lots of people break them, myself included–but one of my ongoing resolutions (or let’s just call them goals), is to be organized with our finances and money management apps...

Piquing our Geek: The DipJar electronic tip jar

by Liz Gumbinner | Random Coolness

It’s a pretty bad feeling when you want to leave a little extra something for that awesome barista who knows your order by heart; or the ice cream guy who just replaced your kid’s fallen cone for free–and realize you’re out of cash....

American Express and Twitter turn hashtags into purchase: A good reason to stay off Twitter when you’re hitting the wine.

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

I’ve been impressed with how innovative American Express has been with Twitter, going back to when they first introduced their Card Sync technology over the holidays that gave cardmembers automatic discounts credit to their account just for using hashtags. (Liz...

Membership now has one more privilege – deals on the brands you “like.”

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

If you’re anything like me, then you love scoring an awesome deal, but sometimes getting it is more complicated than it’s worth. And too many times, I find the discounts only apply to items that I don’t really need. Well a new collaboration between...