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The coolest new gadgets for kids: Editors’ Best Tech of 2013

by Cool Mom Staff | Babies, Editors' Picks of the Year

Tracking down the coolest new gadgets for kids is one of our great joys as both parents and picky consumers. Each year sees a ton of launches, but not all of them make it to the next. Here, our very favorite launches of 2013 which both kids and parents can feel good...

The coolest features of the new Xbox One

by Jeana | Games + Gaming

Gamers everywhere have been eagerly anticipating today’s big Xbox announcement from Microsoft – especially because it has been almost eight years since the original Xbox 360 console was launched, and close to three since the introduction of Xbox 360 with...

Cool features of the new Windows Phone

by Jeana | Gear + Hardware

There’s been a lot of chatter about the brand new Windows Phone 8, Microsoft’s latest offering. It features a very sleek design and layout, including the new Windows 8 operating system, but still has to compete against a huge contingent of existing iOS and...

The Arc Touch Mouse actually makes me excited about a mouse. That might be a first.

by Cool Mom Staff | Travel

While it’s been around for a little bit, I finally got to check out Microsoft’s Arc Touch mouse in person and uh…is it strange to be coveting a mouse? The Arc Touch Mouse now makes pretty much any mouse you’ve ever used in your life look like...

5 Reasons to consider the Samsung Focus Flash

by Molly | Gear + Hardware

I was hesitant to trade in my iPhone for a few weeks to test out the Samsung Focus Flash with the all new Windows 7.5. But after giving it a social and photographic workout, and quizzing my Windows Phone-lovin’ friends, here are 5 reasons...

Gaming in the dark

by Cool Mom Staff | Tech Toys

I happen to know a few people–not naming any names here–who could easily play Xbox 360 well into the wee hours of the night. For them, I found this super cool controller that would make an amazing holiday gift. With apologies to their parents. Or uh,...

The phone news we’re excited for that isn’t the iPhone 5: the new Windows 7.5 Mango Phones

by Cool Mom Staff | Gear + Hardware

As much as we’re excited about the upcoming iPhone 5 release, we’re equally as geeked out over the amazing new Microsoft Windows 7.5 Phone OS, aka Mango, that was just released this week. Here’s why we think with Mango, Microsoft is finally going to...

MSN Offers (was Bing Deals) puts money in your teacher’s pocket

by Molly | Websites We Love

It never failed when I was an elementary school teacher, that I dropped my whole first paycheck on classroom supplies. Not only was the classroom budget never quite enough, but it was often necessary to lean on the wallets of parents to pick up the slack as...

6 reasons Microsoft’s Bing app makes Apple’s iPad even more delicious

by Christina Refford | Tips and Tricks

In just a few short months, my iPad has become my handy little sidekick for checking everything from the weather, to the news headlines, to the latest movie reviews, wherever I am. And while I’ve found handy apps for all of these things, I am loving how Bing is...

Cool computing with these designer mice

by Jeana | Gear + Hardware

If you’re a regular reader of Cool Mom Tech, you know that we love when form mixes with function in our gadgetry. Yes, cool tech has officially become the new black–there are designer laptops, designer laptop bags, designer iPad cases, and now thanks to...