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Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy reading them as much as we did. Aren’t these images of the moon amazing? (via I Freaking Love Science) Facebook adds a major privacy feature to their app and...
Skype WiFi? Finally, there’s an app for that.
You know that you’ve truly made it to A-list status in the tech world, when your company becomes its own verb. Think Google, Facebook and Skype. We all know by now that Skype is an amazing tool that anyone can quickly pick up. Even my less-than-tech savvy...
Skype for Mac
I really haven’t been a big Skype user. I’ve tried it out from a friend’s Mac, and while it definitely worked well, I didn’t find it as user friendly as it could have been in comparison with some other chat services I’ve tried. But now...
Make those midnight new year calls with Skype. On your cell phone. In full video.
For so many of us, it’s a tradition to pick up the phone at midnight on New Year’s–okay, maybe 12:03 after we’ve done our kissing a those with us in person and made fun of Snooki–and wish our loved ones a happy New Year. Obviously Skype...NEW: The podcast that helps you be a savvier digital parent in under 15 minutes a week
Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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.
We love that it's grown to become the go-to source for millions of parents who want commonsense info about tech delivered with a smile.
We even have the privilege of sharing our tips + tricks with The TODAY Show, CNN, HLN, GMA, Nightline, newspapers and magazines around the country, and our favorite -- regular parents who stop us at PTA meetings and ask us how old kids need to be to get a smartphone, and whether they really need to panic about Snapchat.
(Answer: It's complicated.)
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