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What you need to know about the VIZIO privacy breach. And how to fix it right now.

If you own an Internet-connected VIZIO smart television, you might have heard that they’ve been collecting data on your viewing habits for years, and surprise, it’s a serious breach of privacy. We took a close look at the reports and the claim on the FTC...

How to opt out of Family Tree Now. Because, yikes!

by Kate Etue | Internet Safety

Online privacy is becoming harder and harder to wrangle. Remember Spokeo? Well, recently there’s been a ton of buzz about a newish site called Family Tree Now. It’s been around for a couple years, but within the last 24 hours I have heard everyone from my...

8 cool gadgets to make your smart homes even smarter | CES 2017

by Jeana | Smart Appliances

We saw a ton of new smart home products launch last year, with offerings from Nest, WeMo, smart doorbells and much more. But wow, after walking the floors at the CES conference last week, it’s clear that 2017 will bring even more integration between products,...

SudoPay is revolutionizing how you can shop safely and privately online | Sponsored Message

by Cool Mom Staff | Family Safety Apps

This is a sponsored message from SudoPay If you love shopping online but don’t love the idea of giving out your credit card number and personal information for every purchase, then SudoPay might just be exactly what you’ve been looking for. This free app...

A change to the Google Privacy Policy that you should know about

by Kristen Chase | Internet Safety

I’m sure I’m not the only one who always finds it a little disconcerting when an item I was shopping for on the web pops up as a Facebook ad. Well, get ready to see more of that on Google, unless you opt-out of their new privacy policy. If you were an...

Web Coolness: Last-minute geeky Halloween costumes, fun Halloween apps for kids, and Twitter kills Vine. What?

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them too. 30 last-minute geeky costumes, like the Pokéstop above from PopSugar, that you can easily put together. One of our favorite to-do apps just got a major upgrade. Nice! Wow,...

The Apple invoice scam email to watch out for, and what to do if you get it

by Kate Etue | Tips and Tricks

This week I got a scam email claiming to be an invoice from my iTunes account on Apple. Luckily, a few things tipped me off that this wasn’t legit, so I contacted Apple about it and saved myself the tremendous hassle of having to change all my credit card...

Easy Internet safety tips for parents from an expert that you can start using right now

by Kristen Chase | Internet Safety, Tips and Tricks

Parents are always asking us how to monitor the safety of their kids online. Combine that with social media, and it can be really overwhelming for parents to know how to educate their kids while still keeping track of their activity. And as someone with a tween in the...

Web Coolness: Apple’s message to customers, how teens are using messaging apps, and Monopoly goes cashless

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 too. Easy, clever ways to clean-up, store, and display Legos. Sock over the vacuum hose?! On creating a computer voice that people will actually like. (Kristen...

Fighting hackers: Expert tips for protecting your webcams, baby monitors, and connected devices

by Jeana | Baby Tech, Home Security, Tips and Tricks

While we laud the continual stream of gadgets that provide us with smart appliances for smarter homes, it gives pause for thought on how all of these connected devices are interacting with each other, what they’re accessing, and most importantly who is accessing...

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