Here’s how to keep Facebook’s On This Day feature from rehashing your worst memories

by Nicole Blades | Tips and Tricks

For so many of us, Facebook is like a having your own personal time machine and their On This Day feature can definitely make for a fun throwback, plus let you re-share those important digital memories. But there’s a flip side to skipping down memory lane for...

Torch: A smart WiFi router that’s made for parents

by Jeana | Uncategorized

When you think about cool, must-have gadgets, a router probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind (ahem, iPhone 6S, Santa). But if you’re a parent of Internet-surfing kids (hello, Minecraft lovers), then this new router called Torch might be worth a...

Cool printable WiFi password signs. DIY alternatives to answering the question, What’s your password again?

by Kate Etue | Life and Home

When friends or family (or babysitters or playdate parents) visit, it’s not long before someone asks what your Wi-Fi password is. These cool printable WiFi password signs an an easier alternative to having to remember a password like mine–a super long...

Today’s Halloween Witch Google Doodle is a fun way to avoid work for 3 more minutes.

by Liz Gumbinner | Websites We Love

This has been a great month for Google Doodles (maybe those free lattes are keeping everyone inspired?) and today’s Halloween Witch is a perfect example.  Skip the auto-search in your address bar for one day and instead...

Where can I find the best WiFi? How about in your cuff links.

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

Just when I was wondering whether cufflinks were starting to disappear, I found these brilliant ones that are way more than just a style statement. Way. These WiFi Hotspot Cuff Links from Red Envelope are unlike anything I’ve ever seen. All do is install the...

American Express and Twitter turn hashtags into purchase: A good reason to stay off Twitter when you’re hitting the wine.

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

I’ve been impressed with how innovative American Express has been with Twitter, going back to when they first introduced their Card Sync technology over the holidays that gave cardmembers automatic discounts credit to their account just for using hashtags. (Liz...

Finally use public Wi-Fi hotspots safely, thanks to Private WiFi. (That’s not a contradiction, promise.)

by Jeana | Uncategorized

Having worked with a security company for years on the PR side, I’m super vigilant about what information I put out there, and more importantly, what networks I use to access information. (Those cybercriminals are more sophisticated than you can ever imagine.) I...

The moment we’ve been waiting for. Instagram comes to the web!

by Jeana | Best Apps

If you’ve been hearing the buzz about Instagram web profiles, we’ve got the scoop. As you know, there are a plethora of amazing things we have seen done with Instagram, aside from the awesomeness of its photo app, of course. We’ve featured turning...

5 of the coolest techie Pinterest pins this week

by Cool Mom Team | Gear + Hardware, Websites We Love

Obsessed with Pinterest like we are? Follow us and check out our 5 favorite techy pins from this week that we just had to share. 1. A gorgeous bag that safely carries your DSLR and your iPad, except you’d never know from looking at it. 2....

How can you tell if a website is down? Aha!

by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks

I have been told by various people that various planets are in retrograde, which evidently explains why all of my favorite sites have been going down this week. Including Twitter. Of course without Twitter, how the heck was I going to go on Twitter to ask, “Hey...