by Kristen Chase | Social Media
If you suddenly see someone trying to call you from Instagram, don’t freak out. It’s the new Instagram video chat feature that just launched. Related: How to post photos from your Instagram Feed to your Instagram Story To make a call, you’ll click...
by Kristen Chase | Internet Safety
The good news: most teens know that sexting is a crime. The bad news: older teens are less likely to think sexting will have negative consequences. All this from a new study about teens and sexting, conducted by researchers at Boston University and the University of...
by Kristen Chase | Tech Toys
Turn that summer screen time into learning time at your local Apple Store thanks to their annual free summer camps. We’ve been lucky enough to snag a spot for our own kids in previous years and they’ve loved it. The catch: the spots go quickly so you need...
by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks
I’ve become extremely diligent about using a moisturizer with an SPF that I slather all over my face and hands on a daily basis, but I had absolutely no idea that staring into my phone and computer could be causing skin damage. Well, that’s what...
by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps
No judgments, parents — we too have admitted (often) that it can be hard to manage kids’ screen time, especially when our kids get older and we’re not attached at the hip. Well Apple gets it too, and in today’s big iOS 12 announcement,...
by Kristen Chase | Best Apps
I am not going to say “I told you so!” when it comes to Snapchat, but it’s mighty tempting after the recent launch of Cosmopolitan’s new Cosmo After Dark stories that go live every Friday at 6pm EDT. And hey, I even wrote a book about sex for...
by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks
We declutter our closets, and rotate our kids’ toys, but what about all those apps on your phone right now? Or the notifications pinging you every few minutes? Do I even need to bring up how many photos you have on your phone? Related: 6 ways to simplify your...
by Kristen Chase | Life and Home
Over the years, we’ve tried myriad tech gadgets here over on Cool Mom Tech, and there are a good handful (maybe two) that we continue to use over and over again because they make our lives a whole lot easier. And cooler. Or at least we think so. If you’re...
by Kristen Chase | Entertainment
We’ve been fans of the YouTube Kids app ever since it launched a few years ago, but as more and more publishers are creating content on YouTube, it’s not surprising that there have been some issues in terms of what ends up showing up as kid-appropriate....
