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How to hide YouTube comments. Because too many of them make you lose faith in humanity.

Around here, we’re all starting to wonder whether TV will continue to be relevant to our kids who are growing up in the age of online media. In fact, next to playing Minecraft, my tweens’ favorite way to spend their screen time is watching videos of their...

The best Twitter feeds to follow for Snowstorm 2015 updates. #SNOMG!

by Kristen Chase | Social Media

One of the reasons I love Twitter is because it really does give you the most up-to-date real time updates, and with the huge impending snowstorm 2015 headed my way, it makes it super helpful to stay on top of the weather. Parent translation: how much bread, milk,...

One really creative way to print Instagram photos? On your arm, with Picattoo

by Kristen Chase | Photo Gifts

We get asked how to print Instagram photos all the time here on Cool Mom Tech, but of all the ideas we’ve featured before, you’ve never been able to apply them to your arm. Or chest. Or…well, you get the idea. Meet Picattoo, a new service from the...

Sending online thank you notes: It’s never too late!

by Liz Gumbinner | Lifestyle Apps

I’m patting myself on the back for finally sitting down this weekend and sending out the thank you notes for holiday gifts that, yeah, I probably should have sent a bit earlier. But then, it was the holidays! I’m a busy working parent! In other words, I am...

Need a mani-pedi, a piano lesson, and an oil change this week? The MyTime app is on it.

by Nicole Blades | Productivity Apps

Let me guess: If you add one more item to your to-do list, it’s going to burst into flames and take you with it, right? I know. I’m right there with you. That’s why I’m loving the MyTime app and website. MyTime takes a help me help you approach...

The most helpful tech tips of the year: Editors’ Best Tech of 2014

by Cool Mom Staff | Editors' Picks of the Year

Over the course of this year, we’ve put together lots of helpful tech tips and tricks, so many of them from your own questions to us. (We love answering reader questions!) Here, 11 of our very favorite tech tips of the year (including lots just for parents or...

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...

Sending holiday ecards: 7 of the best resources for last minute thoughts that still count

by Jeana | Helpful Services

I still have some gifts to buy and cards to send, but it’s nice to know that I can take care of some of those greetings to friends and families with a few clicks on my phone or computer. Here are seven of the best websites and apps that let you send pretty...

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...

Let EverMinder be a reminder to you

by Julie | Helpful Services

I can keep amazing amounts of information in my poor, overtaxed brain, including practice schedules, appointment times, my wedding anniversary and my own kids’ birthdays. But for anything beyond that, I need help. Fortunately EverMinder reminder website is here...

Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz

Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks

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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