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5 practical Father’s Day tech gifts you can still get before Sunday.

For the practical dad in your life, tech is a smart go-to gift. Luckily, you can snag all of these gifts well before Father’s Day on Sunday. So happy shopping, and while you wait for your order to be delivered, have your kids make a handmade card, to pair with...

Web coolness: The iPhone Basic, kids on social media, and Father’s Day!

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are a few cool tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. The ultimate product to curb mobile phone addiction. Father’s Day is coming up! Be sure to get him a present that truly represents his age. Heh. Meanwhile teens are...

Celebrate Father’s Day like it’s 1996

by Kristen Chase | Cameras

If the dad in your life likes to reminisce about phone books, floppy disks, and cassette tapes, we have found the ultimate Father’s day gift: this new funky Polaroid 600 96 cam that’s ready to snap some instant pics. Related: 9 creative kid portraits that...

Web coolness: Summer science fun, Alexa is spying on you, and freaking awesome cardboard TETRIS

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are a few cool tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Father’s Day is coming up! Check out our Father’s Day Gift Guide, with fun ideas like the personalized iPhone case shown above. (And don’t miss these cool...

These Nintendo water bottles are S’well. Literally.

by Kristen Chase | Father's Day Gifts

Aren’t these water bottles such a clever collaboration from our friends at Nintendo and S’well? We love S’well bottles, and we love Nintendo, so it’s no surprise we’re loving these new bottles. Sure, they’re fun for Father’s...

Web Coolness: Apps for dads, brain hacking, and the perfect emoji

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. Do your uber-tech-savvy kids know what a vinyl record is? This little girl can’t understand why her dad would want a record for Father’s Day, and we...

Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Now with AI. And a sense of humor.

by Kristen Chase | Tech Toys and Random Fun

We’re big fans of Sphero, as you might guess considering we’ve featured lots of their cool tech toys here on Cool Mom Tech (BB-8 anyone?), so it’s no surprise we’re intrigued by their newest launch, Spider-Man. But unlike their other toys that...

Cool last-minute Father’s Day gifts you can make online.

by Cool Mom Staff | Father's Day Gifts

We realize that you still have a few days to score a Father’s Day gift for the cool dad in your life, and we have lots of cool ideas, from DIY gifts from the kids to tasty food gifts, that you have plenty of time to get (or make). But we also have a bunch of...

Wear your Apple Watch on your sleeve.

by Kristen Chase | Fitness + Health

So many people are using their Apple Watch as a fitness tracker (and music player), but not everyone wants to wear it on their wrist. If that sounds like you, or perhaps the dad in your life, the ActionSleeve from TwelveSouth is what you’ve been looking for. And...

Web Coolness: a cardboard snowspeeder, how QR codes impact China + more

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. This father went above and beyond, with this Star Wars snowspeeder he made for his daughter to take to school. Top Photo by John Stoddard. Whatever issues Uber has...

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