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Web coolness: Geeky Mother’s Day cards, LEGO Solo, and is Facebook going subscription based?

Happy Mother’s Day weekend, cool techie moms! Check out our funny Mother’s Day card round-up, including this one from Row House 14, above. A video not to miss: 3 simple ways to simplify your tech life. Be sure to cast your vote for these children’s...

Web coolness: The new kids FitBit, a Darth Vader tea kettle (what?), and 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. We’ve got to get our hands on this Darth Vader tea kettle! Here are some shows about Stephen Hawking that can help kids understand how Hawking’s...

You can now visit Disney from the comfort of your home. Thanks, Google!

by Kristen Chase | Helpful Services

It finally happened! You can now check out all of Disney’s 11 parks with Google Street View. So if you’re getting ready for your trip and want to get the lay of the land, or just want to spend the afternoon at The Magic Kingdom while still sitting on your...

Web coolness: The super blue blood moon, Zelda beer, Star Wars names, and 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. Don’t forget that the super blue blood moon is coming January 31st! [Photo by Noah Silliman on Unsplash] Plus here are some meteor showers to look out for in...

Your Google Home can now read your kids bedtime stories. Not that you would ever have it do that.

by Kristen Chase | Helpful Services

Our Google Home can do all sorts of helpful things, and now it can read to us. That’s because Google launched audiobooks, which you can use on iOS, Android, the web, and yes, your Google Home. Related: This app lets you borrow library books on your tablet. For...

Web coolness: Star Wars and Louis Vuitton together, Nintendo goes low-tech, and the popular app we all can’t stop playing.

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. Star Wars and Louis Vuitton together? Yes, please! We found your next family trip: Check out this real-life Mario Kart. Nintendo goes low-tech with high-tech...

Is the Google Clips camera just a new way for parents to spy on their kids?

by Kristen Chase | Cameras

My kids were all a little too old when the video baby monitor hit peak popularity. And way too old for this trend of parents chasing their kids around with a video camera to catch their every move. So, when I saw Google had launched their new Clips camera, an AI...

The new hi-tech paper planner that’s blowing our minds

by Kate Etue | Productivity Apps

Even though I’ve become a strictly digital planner kind of person, but I do find myself missing paper planners. Well, Moleskine, who’s my long-time personal favorite source for old-school paper journals, has a brilliant new solution that’s exciting...

This app lets you check out library books on your tablet. Free. From home. Yes!

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

I love the feeling of being surrounded by stacks and stacks of actual old-fashioned books at my local library. But, I also love that they’re embracing all the amazing new technology that has huge benefits for busy parents like me, who are still emphatic that our...

Big (real) news! Fake news gets easier to spot with the new Google Fact Check

by Liz Gumbinner | Helpful Services

It seems like an April Fool’s joke (and yes, I double checked the date on the post) but at long last, Google is taking moves to quash fake news with a new Fact Check feature in Google Search and Google News, worldwide. So basically, Google Fact Check is not...

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