Cool Mom Tech supports the people of Christchurch New Zealand
Of all the cool ways we use technology, one of the most significant has to be how tech helps us help others, even in an emergency half a world away. Right now, we can make a difference, however big or small, to the people of Christchurch New Zealand where a 6.3...
Learn about Presidents on Presidents Day. Go figure!
Around here, President’s Day means a long week (aka Winter Break), no mail service, and very bored children. But it’s also happens to be an important day in our country’s history and a fantastic learning opportunity, no school books required. With...
Im in ur museum, ogling ur artz
I’m up way past my bedtime as I write this because I think the internet has finally produced the perfect marriage of art and tech and I can’t stop ogling. Big surprise–it’s from Google. The new Google Art Project uses Google’s...
Android 3.0 Honeycomb is sweet on tablets
We’re hearing our readers loud and clear: Quite a few of you have PCs with the Android operating system and want to know everything that’s new and hot in the Android world. As luck would have it, yesterday Google released big news on the new Android 3.0...
Doodle 4 Google 4 oodles of cash
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 contest put on by Google....
Let me Google that…for your bum.
What do Justin Bieber, Glee, iPad, and bankruptcy have in common? They were all the top Google searches between 2005 and 2010. And you can sit on them. Thanks to Etsy store Elasticco, you can now order your own Google pillow showcasing the top Google searches from the...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
We started Cool Mom Tech in 2010 to help make our increasingly digital lives easier, more organized, more meaningful, and more fun, however old your kids may be.
We love that it's grown to become the go-to source for millions of parents who want commonsense info about tech delivered with a smile.
We even have the privilege of sharing our tips + tricks with The TODAY Show, CNN, HLN, GMA, Nightline, newspapers and magazines around the country, and our favorite -- regular parents who stop us at PTA meetings and ask us how old kids need to be to get a smartphone, and whether they really need to panic about Snapchat.
(Answer: It's complicated.)
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