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Last-minute tech gift ideas you can still get. But you know, hurry!

So what if it’s the day before Christmas Eve? That’s plenty of time to grab a fabulous gift for anyone still left on your list. (Or, maybe everyone if you’re just starting). We put together a bunch of solid last-minute tech gift ideas you can still...

28 seriously cool tech stocking stuffers for everyone on your list | Holiday Tech Guide 2016

by Liz Gumbinner | Holiday Tech Gifts

Now for one of our favorite posts in our 2016 Cool Mom Tech Holiday Tech Gift Guide, we’re sharing the coolest tech stocking stuffers that won’t cost you a fortune. Okay so some are a little spendier than others but let’s be honest, often, the...

3 of the best gift card apps for last minute holiday gifts

by Jeana | Shopping Apps

While gift cards won’t necessarily elicit tears of joy, they actually can make a lot of sense. Gift cards are a great choice for people you want to recognize, but don’t know well enough to choose a personal gift, or for when you have a limited budget. Here...

HipChip makes collecting for a group gift easier, with a lot less nagging

by Christina Refford | Helpful Services

Though I’m sure my kids’ teachers, coaches, and other VIP’s appreciate the effort that goes into collecting money for a group gift at the holidays, I just dread being the poor person in charge of that thankless job. Bugging people for money, no...

The most personal way to send a not-so-personal gift card via email

by Liz Gumbinner | Shopping Apps

I’m all for gift cards as Mother’s Day gifts (or any other gift) when it’s really appreciated and thoughtful. For me: $500 to the shoe department at Saks will do. (There’s a reason it’s in our Mother’s Day gift guide this year, ha.)...

Giving last minute gift cards with Gyft. Could this be any easier? (Spoiler: No, it can’t.)

by Liz Gumbinner | Shopping Apps

When I discovered the Gyft app for Android and iOS earlier this year, it fast became one of those apps I was always showing my friends as one they need to download. I adore that I can save all my gift cards right there, protecting my poor leather wallet from the...

5 of our favorite Pinterest pins this week

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us! Then check out these 5 favorite Pinterest pins from this week. 1. A wonderful iPad app that our kids can’t stop playing. Educational, too! 2. What a smart way to protect your open USB cables. 3. Send gift cards right...

The Gyft app makes gift cards totally mobile. And easy. For real, this time

by Cool Mom Staff | Shopping Apps

I admit I’ve been reluctant to jump on the gift card app bandwagon. I tend to just cram my gift cards into my wallet or stack them on my night table–but then I evidently realize oh hey…I’m at Target spending $90 and shoot, I have a $100 gift...

Piquing our geek – OpenBucks

by Cool Mom Staff | Helpful Services

Gift cards tend to get a bad rap because they seem like an afterthought. I’m still of the school that it’s the thought that counts, whether it comes after or not. And now, with this new website, gift cards just got a whole lot cooler, especially for you...

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