Sales and discounts: 9 of our best tips for saving money when you shop online
If you plan on hitting up the Labor Day sales this weekend — or sales any day, honestly — our best advice: Do it online! While there are always some great deals in store, if you’d rather chill with the family, or do basically anything besides...
Web Coolness: Fortnite tutors, headphones that block snoring, and more!
Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you find them interesting and helpful. Keep an eye out for this iOS phishing scam that connects you with Apple Care. Yes, it’s true. Parents are hiring Fortnite coaches. Our Out Tech Your...
Get your Amazon Prime Day tech deals right here: The best of the best, with updates!
It’s Amazon Prime Day, a shopping extravaganza for Prime members that starts today at 3 p.m. EST/12 p.m. PST and runs a full 36 hours this year. So we’re updating all day (and night and day) with our favorite of the Amazon Prime Day tech deals as we find...
Is MoviePass good for families? We tried it! | Damn you, Facebook Ads series
Editor’s note: Please scroll to the very bottom for some important updates on our Movie Pass experience. When I first heard about MoviePass on Facebook, I thought it sounded a little too good to be true. All the movies you could possibly see, for just $9 each...
We found 10 of the best Amazon tech deals right now. Hurry!
Like so many of you, I’m like, whoops — 9 days til Christmas and my list is not done at all! So I just clicked over to Amazon and whoa. Deals galore. Here are 10 I think are awesome that you might want to check out too. Just know some of the “last...
The very best online Black Friday tech deals of 2017! Stay home and shop in PJs!
If you’re looking for the very best Black Friday 2017 shopping deals and discounts around the web, we’ve got you covered! And by best, we mean…best. Like, no junky stuff, no “buy one, get one 6% off.” Just the best deals for the shops we love,...
How to use the Amazon app to get the best Black Friday deals
The biggest shopping day of the year is almost here, and if you’re like us, you’ve bought a thing or 20 from Amazon, or at least tried too. The Lightning Deals move so quickly that often times we’ve missed out on items we really wanted. Well this...
Our smart tech tip for finding designer shoes at a great price
As a mom of four kids, my budget for designer shoes is…not as robust as some. But, I recently discovered a new site called Purcado, which is like Kayak for shoes, that might change that. You can enter the designer or brand you’re looking for, and it will...
A fantastic deal on a smart plug. But hurry!
If you’ve wanted to give home automation a try but aren’t yet ready to make a huge investment, these awesome deals on the TP-Link Smart Plug ($18) and Mini Model ($25) might just be the perfect gateway. Both of these smart plugs work with Amazon Echo and...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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