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Old-school pen pals for 21st century digital girls

by Delilah S. Dawson | Websites Worth a Bookmark

Long ago, the only way to communicate with geeks in a galaxy far, far away was to write a letter, stick a stamp on it, decorate the envelope with unicorns and fairies, and mail it. Then we got email. And Twitter. And Facebook. And tumblr. But here’s a way for...

The best of tech at Disney’s new Fantasyland and EPCOT

by Delilah S. Dawson | Entertainment

Having recently spent three wonderful days in Walt Disney World, let me tell you: the Most Magical Place on Earth is well on the way to being The Most Technologically Advanced Place on Earth. Don’t worry; you can still enjoy your animatronic presidents and your...

The coolest gadgets and games for family fun: Editors Best Tech of 2012

by Cool Mom Staff | Editors' Picks of the Year

This was probably one of the biggest years for kids’ gadgets, but we definitely had our top favorites, and ones that we’d want in our own kids’ hands. Kristen Nabi 2 With so many kids’ tablets on the markets, I’m going to have to pick...

Fun family activities for the holiday season thanks to tech. Yes tech!

by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks

We’re thrilled to be working with our newest sponsor, Plantronics, whose highly rated Bluetooth Headset, the Voyager Legend, helps conversations come together. Plus we get to give one away! With the holiday season officially here, we all feel so lucky to be...

DoubleScoop connects kids and grandparents. (One downside: it has nothing to do with ice cream.)

by Jeana | Lifestyle Apps

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about many different ways to connect kids with their grandparents. While I covered the big ones like Skype, Facetime, Google+ and others, I just discovered a new one that is solely designed for connecting your kids with grandma and grandpa,...

Editors Best Tech of 2011: The coolest family-friendly video games

by Cool Mom Staff | Editors' Picks of the Year

For the last few years on Cool Mom Picks, we’ve ended the year with our Editors’ Picks for best of the year. We’re excited to do the same on Cool Mom Tech this year, starting with the best video games that the whole family will love. ABBA You Can...

8 hot new Kinect games for family fun with younger kids

by Liz Gumbinner | Games + Gaming

By now, the Wii, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3 family competitions have become a big part of holiday time rituals. If not, it totally should be. Do you know the photo opps you can grab of one precocious 4 year-old making a go of an Abba Dance game? If you’ve got...

ABBA You Can Dance! And you totally will, despite yourself.

by Liz Gumbinner | Games + Gaming

I’d hardly consider myself a video gamer, but give me a dance game and you’ll have to rip that Wii remote out of my hand. So when I discovered that the makers of my all-time favorite game Just Dance released a new one dedicated to the best band ever well,...

Itinerus: Group travel without the hassle

by Cool Mom Staff | Travel Apps

The idea of trips with the girlfriends or big family vacations sound amazing until you actually have to plan and organize them. Then, let’s just say the magic disappears pretty quickly. That’s why I’m super excited about a new site that is aiming to...

The Proust Questionnaire – Now for your own family

by Cool Mom Staff | Helpful Services

“The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” One of my favorite quotes by Marcel Proust. So the name Proust seems appropriate for a new website designed to help people share their stories with family and close friends...

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.)

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