If Tim Burton created an app, Sir Benfro’s Brilliant Balloon would be it.

by Pilar | Best Apps

While Tim Burton has yet to get into app development, I’m pretty sure if he did it would be this one. Light Emitting Daves, Timorous Fizzles, mustachioed Brackle McSturdys, and Eggbutt Snaffles sound like things sprung from a beautifully eccentric mind, and...

Subscribing to Cool Mom Tech is more fun than a box of monsters

by Delilah S. Dawson | Games + Gaming

This month, one super-lucky Cool Mom Tech subscriber will win a limited edition “Once Upon a Monster” XBox Kinect bundle–over a $325 value!Of course you’ll also get weekly tech tips, a great monthly newsletter, and special discounts that you...

CES 2012: 5 tech trends that parents should know about

by Beth | Uncategorized

This year at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, it was no small task narrowing down more than 20,000 new products to just the stuff I think parents will love. (As in, not a pair of $2000 designer 3-D glasses). Here, five tech trends that I see for 2012 that should be...

Sit. Stay. Read.

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

After my kids had mastered mama and dada, the next thing they started saying is When are we getting a dog? Since my three kids are so obsessed with friendly canines, it was a no-brainer that we’d check out a new app that stars man’s (and kid’s)...

Word W.E.L.D.E.R. and Scramble With Friends. Word game addicts, beware

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

All last year I read about the addictive awesomeness that is the Word W.E.L.D.E.R. app. And I resisted. Oh, did I resist. I am someone enamored of word game apps like Words with Friends and Scrabble, so I knew I’d love it. But it wasn’t until Zynga went...

Go ahead, play with your food.

by Pilar | Best Apps

I’m usually the one on kitchen duty, but today, my kids served up some fried sausages, microwaved pears, boiled carrots, and um, pureed sardines. Good thing I wasn’t the one eating any of it. Toca Boca, one of our favorite app designers, is all about...

Editors Best Tech of 2011: The coolest gadgets for kids

by Cool Mom Team | Editors' Picks of the Year

Even though our kids somehow get their hands on our own smart phones and tablets, these cool gadgets are made just for them. And guess what? They love them so much they actually leave ours alone. LeapPad ExplorerLiz: First there was Cabbage Patch Kids, then...

Editors Best Tech of 2011: The coolest apps for tweens and big kids

by Cool Mom Team | Editors' Picks of the Year

Those tweens and big kids can be a tough crowd when it comes to technology, but these apps have passed the test. And why we’re always wondering where our iPhones and iPads are. BrainPOPLiz: Our post headline says it all: Brain Pop Jr answers kids’...

Editors Best Tech of 2011: The coolest apps for grade schoolers

by Cool Mom Team | Editors' Picks of the Year

These top kids’ apps of 2011 are the perfect combination of education and entertainment, which is why our editors–and our grade schoolers–think they’re cool. Don’t Let the Pigeon Run This AppLiz: While Mo Willems’ debut app is...

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,...