by Liz Gumbinner | Tips and Tricks
With the concern about the COVID-19 Coronavirus right now, it seems like a good time to bring back the talk about the best ways to clean your phone, or disinfect it entirely. Also, your kids’ phones (ahem). Because while it’s important to know the best way...
by Jeana | iPads + Tablets
Hi Cool Mom Picks, I’m looking to purchase the best kids’ tablet for a 3-year-old, and maybe one for an 8-year-old. What do you suggest? – Reader, via Facebook. Oh, to be a kid on Christmas morning opening up a brand new tablet to play with! Lucky....
by Nicole Blades | Photography, Tips and Tricks
Hi Cool Mom Tech, Have you written about a tech solution that gathers photos from all the family computers and phones into one place for backup purposes? – James We’ve been exactly where you are, James: looking at all the options and scratching our heads,...
by Jeana | Cameras, Tips and Tricks
My daughter is turning 6 and I’d like to get her a camera. We gave her an old Canon point-and-shoot for Christmas and she is so responsible with it – she’s ready for a new one of her own. I love the Fujifilm Instax Mini (especially Hello Kitty), but...
by Nicole Blades | Productivity Apps
We are a house divided. My husband is an Android user (but I love him anyway), and I am an iPhone user. We need a calendar app that works with both, allows for the importing of Google calendar an iCal and automatically refreshes it. Is this a possibility?...
by Jeana | Family Safety Apps
I’m looking for a child tracking app to secretly put on my 17-year-old’s iPhone to track his whereabouts. My wife’s “spidey senses” are telling her that he’s going places and doing things without permission. I know I could Google...
by Jeana | Tips and Tricks
I‘d like to create separate Apple IDs for my kids, but does this mean I can’t download apps I’ve already purchased on my own iPad onto their used iPads? Do separate Apple IDs mean separate iTunes accounts and that I have to repurchase all the same...
by Liz Gumbinner | Baby Tech, Home Security
For the last year or so, erroneous reports of “hacked” baby monitor systems that are WiFi enabled have been perpetuated by the media–and trickled down to our readers, who understandably email us to ask about the potential of danger with WiFi baby...
by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks
When my 11-year old son got stranded in the terrible snowstorm we had here in Atlanta a few weeks ago, I decided that he might need an emergency cell phone for kids. While he does have an iPod Touch, I think he needs something else. Any suggestions? -Laurie As a...