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Web Coolness: Free Minecraft coding tutorials, Twitter cracks down on harassment, and an app to teach kids empathy

Here are some of our favorite links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. 10 fantastic online resources for curious kids, all of them free! Even cooler stuff you can do with Tripit: rate your flight right from their mobile app! Fun: Free...

Facebook Safety Center: Resources to help make Facebook a safer place

by Kristen Chase | Internet Safety

As much as I love social media, I’m also aware of how scary of a place it can be, whether it’s dealing with annoying comment trolls or full-blown cyberbullying. That’s why I’m really pleased that Facebook has listened to the concerns...

Web Coolness: Goodbye Galaxy Note 7, hello Google Home, and do smart leggings really work?

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. The coolest toothbrushing apps for kids. Because Halloween is coming. Here’s why Samsung is abandoning their Galaxy Note 7. TL;DR = It blows up. A new video...

How to preserve friendships (and your own well-being) online during a hostile election

by Liz Gumbinner | Social Media, Tips and Tricks

I won’t pull punches here; I am horrified, it not entirely shocked by the vast number of women in particular who have confessed how traumatic this election season has been for them, thanks in no small part to abuse on social media from those in their networks....

Web Coolness: Teach kids coding with Legos, smart air conditioners, and email tracking is here

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from this week. We hope you enjoy them too. 16 essential skill kids learn from playing with Legos. Offline Netflix, coming soon! What happened when this person disconnected from social media for a month. The end of an age:...

Web Coolness: Free 4th of July iPhone wallpapers, free Amazon credit, and big changes to Instagram feed

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We love a little geek humor in the New Yorker. Adobe Flash! Update it! Have you? Do it! Now! Ooh, love these fun, festive 4th of July iPhone wallpapers. Plus, they’re free! If you’re...

Web Coolness: Geeky Father’s Day cards, game developer Barbie, and the best food podcasts for families

by Cool Mom Staff | Baby Tech, Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them too! These funny Father’s Day cards, like this one from Wit and Whistle, are cracking us up. Here’s what to do if you spill liquids on your MacBook. Don’t panic! How...

Web Coolness: New diverse Facebook emojis, the Google cell phone plan, and a math test no one can figure out

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them too. We’re very happy about Facebook’s new diverse emoji. How to write emails so they get read. (via Pop Sugar Tech) Here comes the Google cell phone plan. Will you switch?...

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.

(Answer: It's complicated.)

We're so glad you're here! And we hope we can help you too.