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3 best laptop bags for teens that will last longer than a single semester | Back to School Tech 2017

by Kate Etue | Back to School Tech, Laptop + Tablet Cases

Since more and more upper and middle schools are requiring laptops or iPads in the classroom, we wanted to take a look at the best laptop bags for kids. Our requirements: They have to offer good support for our kids backs with all that heavy tech in there, and enough...

Manga madness! The outrageous new animé laptop sleeves from Tokidoki and Ju-Ju-Be

by Kate Etue | Laptop + Tablet Cases

As moms who sometimes want options beyond floral designs or mod prints on our baby gear, we loved the awesome anime-inspired diaper bag collaboration between Ju-Ju-Be and Tokidoki. So when we found out that they’re launching a new collection of tech bags —...

Web Coolness: Pizza delivery by drones, the Toasteroid, and tattoos that are actually wearable controllers

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. These tattoos are actually wearable controllers. Hello, future. Pizza delivery by drones! Do you read Terms of Service contracts? You’ve got to...

4 laptop backpacks from Speck, just in time for back to school

by Kristen Chase | Back to School Tech

I’m all for getting a jump on back to school shopping even though my kids don’t start back for another month or so. And with one kid entering middle school (eep!), I’m thinking a laptop backpack might be the way to go. We’re big fans of Speck...

The backpack that will make you a backpack lover, if you’re not already.

by Kristen Chase | Laptop + Tablet Cases

I admit that I was never really a backback as a handbag kind of person, even after having kids which tends to convert a lot of people. But then I moved into this cute little town where I could walk everywhere and needed a backpack. Lucky me, I was introduced to...

6 super cool Star Wars Rey laptop sleeves. For May the 4th or any day

by Liz Gumbinner | Laptop + Tablet Cases

If you’re using Star Wars day as an excuse to snag a little something fun, be sure to check out all the awesome Star Wars themed fan art on Society 6. Because my girls are begging for more Rey merch — and frankly, a lot of their boy classmates too —...

Floral tech accessories for Mother’s Day combine 2 of our favorite things.

by Liz Gumbinner | Gear, Mother's Day Gifts

Moms have gone from the people who needs help getting the VCR to stop flashing 12:00 (remember that chestnut?) to those digital mavens who can help you get your phone to stop making keyboard clicks every time you check Facebook. We’re mobile, we’re...

6 simple tech tips for travel with kids that save us every time.

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

If your family is anything like mine, a vacation means loading up all the tech gadgets to keep the troops entertained for the long trip ahead. With spring break right around the corner, and summer vacation on the horizon, here are 6 simple tech tips for travel with...

#ShopSmall with some of our favorite stylish, small tech accessory companies.

by Liz Gumbinner | Cell Phone Accessories, Laptop + Tablet Cases

Since we’ve always loved supporting indie makers and small brands, the entire Small Business Saturday effort, and cool tech…well, how awesome that it all comes together today! If you’re supporting the #ShopSmall effort, here are some of our favorite...

7 fun laptop cases for college students. No drinking jokes.

by Liz Gumbinner | Laptop + Tablet Cases

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...

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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.

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