Web Coolness: Moms love Snapchat, Star Wars planes, and a must-see Harry Potter themed classroom
Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them! The phone-brella is genius. (via swiss miss) Looks like Snapchat has a new user base: Moms! Interesting piece on why they love it. And psst: We’re on it too,...
7 fun laptop cases for college students. No drinking jokes.
Whether you’ve got a kid heading off to college with a shiny new laptop, or the old family hand-me-down, a fun new laptop cases for college can be a perfect, affordable gift. Here are a few from Society 6 that I’m loving. None of which include any quotes...
Web Coolness: #PlutoFlyBy, Camp Google, and is your private Instagram account really private?
Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you like them too. We’re pretty impressed with Camp Google. Bonus: It’s free! Awesome way to keep kids busy this summer. Why this mom became a SnapChat convert....
Training for a marathon? Why yes. On Netflix.
I will never have the 26. 2 sticker on my car, because let’s be honest here, the only marathon I’ll ever be training for is right on my television. That is why I need this hilarious shirt in my life. I always find myself cracking up at pretty much...
The Instagram fashion hashtag t-shirt. Is it ironic? Or a convenient cheat sheet.
We all know by now that a long list of hashtagged words and acronyms means only one thing: Please look at my Instagram photos. Hey, no judgments. We do it too. So how could we not #LOL #LMAO #smile at this Instagram fashion hashtag tee? Or as they call it, #tshirt....
Sending your mom a real card for Mother’s Day: What a novel idea!
With all the digital ways you can say “Happy Mother’s Day” to the special mom in your life this Sunday, sending an actual paper card is an extra special treat. And that’s why this card made me laugh. Yes, I love texting and Facetiming as much...
6 outstanding YouTube videos featuring children’s animation from around the world
Before I had kids, I mostly visited YouTube to watch random music videos and the occasional hair tutorial. Now, in addition to curling iron how-tos, I find myself searching for family-friendly shows and videos to hold my son’s attention when I can’t fully...
The photo series guaranteed to make you smile from Francois Dourlen
This seems like the kind of weekend after which we all need to smile a little. And I’ve found just the thing. The series of ironically placed iPhone photos over real environments by clever French photographer, professor, and cool dad Francois Dourlen are so...
The Geek Baby Book: A memory journal to fill out beside the warm glow of the TARDIS nightlight.
There are any number of baby books and memory journals out there for new parents, but none I couldn’t put down, before it was even filled in. Until I saw The Geek Baby Book by Tim Mucci. Right from the first chapter, in which the author offers a list of possible...NEW: The podcast that helps you be a savvier digital parent in under 15 minutes a week
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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* Creative ways to socialize online
* 5 audiobook apps keep us entertained and learning
* The best ways to clean and disinfect your phones and gadgets
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