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Portable North Pole app is back with new, better-than-ever features. It’s magical.

The Portable North Pole app and website is hands-down our favorite way for kids to get a chance to talk with Santa. And this year, it’s back with new features that make it better than ever. For kids who are clever, curious (and maybe a little doubtful) the...

The new Hot Wheels game for Osmo. Now for boys and girls. Well, officially, that is.

by Kate Etue | Tech Toys and Random Fun

Hot Wheels is getting a big tech upgrade, thanks to their newest partnership with a longtime Cool Mom Tech favorite, Osmo. You’ll be able to recapture your living room floors from miles of winding plastic track, but still let your kids have the fun of their race...

The TBH app: What parents should know about this hot new app for kids

by Liz Gumbinner | Fun Apps for Kids, Tips and Tricks

The TBH app has been blowing up over the past few weeks and just hit #1 in the App Store for iOS following the announcement that Facebook has purchased it. I’ve seen multiple articles referring to it a “kindness app” or an “anonymous compliment...

A first look at the new Star Wars drones from Propel. Get ready for the holiday tech gift of the year.

by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys and Random Fun

Each year, there’s one tech gift that we see and go…yup. That’s going to be the one everyone wants. And this year it’s the new Collector’s Edition Propel Star Wars Drones that I got to check out at a top secret press preview event this...

17 of the very best reading apps for kids, from ABCs to SATs | Back to School Tech Guide 2017

by Lexi Petronis | Back to School Tech, Educational Apps For Kids

We’re kicking off our 2017 Back to School Tech Guide with some of the very best reading apps for kids and whether your kids are just beginning to string together letters to make words or they’re tearing their way through Harry Potter for the eighth time,...

Web Coolness: Last-minute eclipse fun, app-controlled sneakers, the best political podcasts and more

by Cool Mom Staff | Baby Tech, Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. We are so excited for the solar eclipse! Here are some activities to get pumped up before the eclipse. NASA plans to run experiments with old bomber planes during...

Awesome, easy emoji activities and gear you need right now, because The Emoji Movie!

by Kate Etue | Entertainment

Are your kids as smiling-face-with-hands excited to see The Emoji Movie as ours are? We’ve already bought our tickets for opening day tomorrow, but that doesn’t mean we have to wait to start celebrating our love for everything emoji, right? While...

How to make cool social media stickers from your own selfies

by Kate Etue | Fun Apps

If you’re on Instagram Stories, Snapchat, and now Facebook Story, you know that stickers are THE hottest thing right now. All caps required. Well, we found a fun new free app for you to try that let’s you turn your selfies into stickers. Yaaaaasss! Sticky...

Why yes, you do need this app for free last minute Mother’s Day ecards

by Liz Gumbinner | Mother's Day Gifts, Photo Apps

I’m a big fan of ecards for holidays, and I have yet to find a better, easier resource for last-minute ecards than the Red Stamp app. With Mother’s Day just a day away, get on it! Surely there’s someone you’ve forgotten — a mom, stepmom,...

Stack app: The mesmerizing, beautiful free app game we can’t put down

by Kate Etue | Fun Apps

I like to keep at least one totally mindless, just-for-fun app on my iPad for some winding-down entertainment at the end of the day. Of course, Candy Crush and 1010 have dominated recently, but I’ve just discovered the Stack app (iOS and Android). And now...

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