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What do you do when you and your relatives are just not geographically in sync? I love that tech can allow you to raise your kiddos to have meaningful relationships with their far away relatives Skype certainly helps. But now there is a …

Today on Earth Day many of us are taking this opportunity to talk to our kids about recycling and sustainability and turning off the lights. Or maybe they're talking to us--a group of six year olds informed me yesterday that it takes a j…

If there's anything that drives me crazy, it's an overflowing, disorganized email inbox. I get upwards of 200 emails a day (and that's just the pitches!), but I do a pretty decent job of keeping everything in order, thanks in part to som…

If you're a Google Mail user like us, then you've probably received a few notifications this week about some upcoming changes to Google's Privacy Policy . While you don't necessarily need to take any action when it comes to your privacy …

If you're not a fan of the Google doodles by now...well. We don't know what. The bar is so high that now if you go to the main Google.com site and it's not actively playful or snowing or clickable, you're kind of disappointed. Here's one…

Editor's Note: We've updated this post with new information we received regarding the changes to Picnik. You might have been as surprised as I was to learn the news that Google will be closing down Picnik , the go-to photo editing site f…

Since purchasing my MacBook Pro late last year, I became addicted to the convenience and functionality of Google Docs. Turns out, I'm not the only one. When we asked our readers and Twitter followers how you are using Google Docs, the an…

It's only been in the last year that I've come to understand the true organizational joy that is Google Calendar. But even with how much I use it, I realize that there are probably a bunch of other uses that could make me more productive…

What happens when you merge social media channels, early 20th century propaganda artwork, and the twisted humor of designer Aaron Wood? A series of truly fabulous posters that are going viral as quickly as those LOL cats. I first spotted…

Badges? We don't need no stinking badges! Unless they're for things like Awesomeness, which they are. We hope you'll give this round-up of picks the "You're the Bomb" badge. 1. Google isn't just for finding pics of Ryan Reynolds. Here ar…

I'm a card-carrying member of the Google frequent searchers club, whether it's odd cold symptoms or Ryan Reynolds photos. (Heh.). But little did I know that Google can do a whole lot more than just random searches. Here are four cool Goo…

When the floodgates for invites to Google+ , Google's new social network, briefly opened up last week, I was fortunate enough to snag one from a friend. Since then, I've been playing around with what at first I was thinking was "yet anot…

Are you spending every visit home showing your dad how to turn the computer on... again ? Fielding frantic phone calls from your mother about how her monitor is "broken," when it turns out it's just sleeping? Then you're going to love Go…

I get a little geeky when it comes to jazzing up my browser with themes--it's such an easy way to give your PC a makeover. I find I've been spending more and more time with Google Chrome lately, and poking around the themes page, there a…

I barely carry cash around with me any more, relying solely on my soon to be dubbed George Costanza wallet of credit and debit cards to do the work for me. But it looks as though even those will be obsolete, thanks to a the next release …

One huge redeeming quality I find in people is when they can poke fun at themselves and not take the world too seriously. It's even more fun when a technology company can do the same. If you're a Gmail user and haven't taken advantage of…

I was wondering if Cool Mom Tech has a recommendation for an online calendar system to keep up with everyone's busy schedules in my family? I need something that syncs with my Blackberry, as well as Outlook or Yahoo, and preferably free!…

My kids love to doodle. Pen, pencil, crayon, whatever the writing implement and whatever the paper surface (yes, even mortgage statements). If they were just a tad older, I'd put that doodling talent to good use for the annual doodle con…

I feel pretty lucky to have a couple of daughters who dig STEM -- that's science, technology, engineering and math, in case you've seen the acronym floating around. While there are so many exciting developments in the last few years desi…

I could not have been more delighted to be a part of this week's kickoff for Google's Made With Code , a timely, multi-million dollar initiative to bring more girls into coding and engineering and creating and solving problems via techno…