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A travel charger you’ll never lose because it’s attached to your keys. Oh wait.

I’ve seen a many a travel charger, but none of them have been as handy–or stylish–as the tassel charging cable keychain I spotted at Cool Mom Tech fave Photojojo. Don’t they look like something you’d find at Coach in the...

Eat It and Like It! family brunch event with Cool Mom Picks and LiveHealth Online

by Cool Mom Staff | Family Safety Apps

Recently, we were introduced to LiveHealth Online, a smart new Internet-based service and mobile app from WellPoint that allows you to choose from a list of board-certified doctors and get medical care and advice right from your home. Seriously, you can show a doctor...

Artkive Concierge: Like a personal assistant for storing your kid’s artwork digitally.

by Kristen Chase | Productivity Apps

The Artkive app has been one of my back-to-school lifesavers ever since it launched a couple of years ago. And even if you don’t have four kids like I do, you’re probably swimming in artwork that is oh so painful to toss. The ability to store it digitally...

15 IFTTT recipes for parents to make life easier. A lot easier.

by Nicole Blades | Productivity Apps

There are three things you need to know about the productivity app IFTTT: 1) It’s an acronym that stands for If This, Then That. 2) It’s pronounced like the ‘ift’ in the word gift. 3) It’s out here saving lives. Okay, that’s a...

10 of the best organizational apps for parents: Back to School Tech Guide 2014

by Nicole Blades | Back to School Tech

There’s excitement and anxiousness in the air at back to school time, but for many parents, this time of year can also bring about a little dread. As in: Ugh. Here comes the deluge of To-Do lists and classroom paperwork and lunch-packing and scheduling and on...

Piquing Our Geek: The Sproutling Wearable Baby Monitor

by Esther Chen | Baby Tech, Gear

With products like Jawbone and Fitbit and dozens more that are ushering us into a new era of wearable tech, it seems only natural that wearable tech for babies is next, right? But a wearable baby monitor that can sense, learn and predict your baby’s behavior?...

Findster GPS tracking system helps you track something more valuable than your keys. Like your kids.

by Julie | Helpful Services

We’ve covered many cool tracking systems and devices that can help you find your stuff, or make sure you don’t leave it behind in the first place. But the new Findster GPS tracking system is actually designed to keep track of something more important than...

Kid Lid laptop keyboard cover: Why didn’t we think of this?

by Kristen Chase | Laptop + Tablet Cases

When I saw the brilliance that is Kid Lid, I couldn’t help but wish I’d had one of these brilliant laptop keyboard covers when my kids were little. And that I had thought of an idea like this myself. Darn. Like dad Matt Mogol, founder of Kid Lid, I’d...

99 texting acronyms and phrases that every parent should know

by Liz Gumbinner | Tips and Tricks

By now, texting acronyms like LOL and OMG are pretty pervasive in pop culture; my daughter knew them in preschool, you hear them from the least hip anchors on TV morning shows, and heck, your own parents probably have texted you an LOL at some point. But when...

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