It just got 50% more affordable to drive responsibly.
Recently, I wrote about the Motorola Roadster, a great Bluetooth device that keeps you and your passengers safe while driving, and still lets you talk on the phone hands-free. Well now we found a way for you to grab it for 50% off. In honor of Safe Driving Month...
Trade in your old tech at Amazon (so you can buy new tech!)
Listen, you’ve been able to trade in your unwanted video games at Amazon for, I don’t know, forever, but they’ve just changed the game: now you can use Amazon Trade-In to swap your books, media, cell phones, and other assorted tech with relatively...
How to Cook Everything, right from your iPad
These days, I’ve pretty much shelved my cookbooks and rely solely on my iPad to help walk me through my kitchen masterpieces. Or attempts at them, anyway. So when I heard that one of my favorite food writers and New York Times bestselling cookbook author’s...
New shopping spree enabler! Call a support group!
I always used to look forward to catalogs appearing in my mailbox. Now that I am more eco-conscious (and busy), catalogs are like paper spam, or at best, something for my kids to cut up for art projects. While I still enjoy the experience of looking through a catalog,...
Bing Travel takes (some of) the guesswork out of booking online
There’s nothing more frustrating than checking out airline fares in the morning, then re-checking in the afternoon and seeing that the cost per ticket has gone up $50. Highway robbery! Doing a desperate search on all the major travel sites to find the original...
A big kid desk for under $100? Totally.
If you’re ready to hook your kids up with their first big-kid desk, it’s definitely worth taking a look at some of IKEA’s latest offerings. The new IKEA Micke Desk is a nice, simple, but very functional desk at a terrific price–just $79. The...
Protect that precious new iPad or tech gadget with a great warranty
Fellow iPad enthusiasts rejoice! This weekend is the official retail release of the iPad 2, prompting hoards of tech enthusiasts and Apple fans to whip out their wallets and shell out some serious cash for this beautiful piece of gadgetry. This is a big investment and...
Star Wars collectibles give new meaning to “must-have Droids.”
As someone who has memorized most of the lines from the original Star Wars movies, I am all about celebrating the original, mint-in-box goodness of those heady Jedi days. And if you’ve got the credits, you can even buy a piece of geek history starting tomorrow...
The iPhone 3GS is $49! WHOO!
If you’ve been holding out for an iPhone, mamas, your patience is about to be rewarded because the iPhone 3GS is now on sale for $49. That might just be the deal of the century! Perhaps in response to the Verizon iPhone (and of course, the fact that the iPhone...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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