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44 cool things you can do with the Amazon Echo: From productive time-savers to just plain fun.

by Kate Etue | Smart Appliances, Tips and Tricks

This post has been updated for 2017 I received an Amazon Echo for Christmas this past year, and I have to admit at first I was a little skeptical. What is all the buzz about anyway and what can I actually do with an Amazon Echo? I wasn’t sure it could really do...

An interactive storybook app for iPad with all the animals, none of the crowds

by Kate Etue | Fun Apps

My kids ask me if they can download new apps to my iPad every day, and I almost always say no. I hate to give up my precious memory space for the junky, ad-filled apps that appeal to them, but that I’d really rather they not play in the first place. So when I...

Metamorphabet spells a good time for kids

by Nicole Blades | Educational Apps For Kids

I’ve always been partial to kids’ apps that play around with words and letters. They just feel like good, clean fun. And after trying out the new Metamorphabet app, I have just three words, ten letters: So. Much. Fun. The idea is simple, but super cute and...

Web Coolness: Emoji we want to see, thoughts on social media, and divorce selfies

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Have you ever found yourself wishing for the perfect emoji? Check out this fun fun list of emoji that we would love to see. Hello Kitty isn’t a...

Web Coolness: Tom Hanks’ new app, ice bucket challenge, and more

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. A custom Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle NES. So cool. Will these solar-powered chargers (now being tested in Bryant Park) be coming to a park near you?...

Enter the magical world of Pandora ebooks, where kids become storytellers too

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

When I started working in children’s publishing over a decade ago, I would never have imagined that children’s authors would be able to create an interactive book experience for kids like what Hullabalu, creators of the über-successful ebook series Pandora...

Millie and Dogs and Dinos mean an adorable new ebook for kids

by Christina Refford | Fun Apps for Kids

Don’t tell our beloved, drooly Black Lab, but my kids have been spending an awful lot of time with another adorable pooch. This one has been sneaking into their hearts with a series of totally cute iPad stories that combine funny storytelling, adorable doggie...

Fun with technology: The new Jonathan Adler interactive online catalog

by Liz Gumbinner | Websites Worth a Bookmark

I always love seeing the way companies are using technology to bring their online catalogs to life and one of my favorite design brands is jumping into the fray with some serous awesomeness for fall. Both technologically and otherwise. The Jonathan Adler Fall...

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