smartphones

I can barely keep track of the TV remote control, let alone the one for the cable box, the Blu-Ray, the ... you get where I'm going, which is why I was pretty enthralled with Pronto at CES 2015, a gadget and app that lets you control all…

Having kids means having a nightlight. These handy little things keep beneath-the-bed monsters at bay and light the way to the bathroom in the middle of the night. So it was only a matter of time before this classic plug-in got an upgrad…

We've shared our favorite cool tech toys and gifts for younger kids, tech toys for big kids , and cool tech gifts for guys under $50 . Now our Holiday Tech Gift guide series continues with these stylish tech gifts for women. Can we have …

With its see-through dome, gentle glow-y light and curved corners, the new Harman Kardon Aura Bluetooth speaker system looks like something out of an art gallery or maybe even a space museum. To be honest, I wasn't sure at first if the d…

The minute I slipped the SurfacePad from our innovative friends at the small company Twelve South onto my iPhone 6, it practically winked at me. All of sudden my trusty phone was not only smart, but now it was fancy, too. Well, fancier .…

Whichever case you're currently using to cover your smart phone--even one you bought yesterday--well, I think you might just need a new one. (Sorry about that.) Because I just found Getincased , a premium custom case and accessories comp…

In addition to fun-sized everything, one of the best parts of Halloween is seeing all of the adorable ( adoraboo ?) photos of people's kids in costume . Some of you are so clever with these costume ideas you dream up for your kids! We wa…

Finding the best screen cleaner is top of the list for us parents, since our gadgets are so irresistible to our kids. Despite having tested, reviewed, and recommended screen cleaners right here on this very website, I always seem to have…

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 bit drama…

We have covered many ways to recycle your tech devices in the past, but if you want to create an amazing new use from an older device, like turning it into a baby monitor, home security system or having a way to see what exactly those ki…

What happens when 14 young designers put their heads together to figure out how to promote IKEA's newest furniture collection? The highly-innovative IKEA PS 2014 , that's what. It's the first fully-functional, interlinked web site on Ins…

It's sleek, lightweight and packing some serious power. Plus, it's been personalized just for me with a photo I took of my favorite tulips. I'm talking about the PowerSound II , a brand new Bluetooth speaker and portable charger in one. …

During the annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, as always, people listen and discuss all the huge new Apple news. (Hence the #WWDC hashtag we saw all day yesterday on Twitter.) Apple didn't disappoint yesterday with Tim Cook's b…

When the number of hands and fingers touching my phone on a daily basis, it's a wonder I can actually see the screen at the end of the day. Which is why I'm digging a new product called Gwee Button that makes cleaning mobile devices poss…

Kids are using cell phones now at younger ages, and the options for parent-approved, kid-safe phones are growing, which is why it's not surprising that Sprint is jumping into the ring with their new WeGo cell phone for kids. While there'…

I'm not a scrapbooker, journaler, or preserver of much beyond Instagram and Facebook, but I love the new Highlights of Your Life baby journal book created by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Sara Gillingham. In my own baby books, my children loo…

If you're anything like the sports lovers in our lives, you've got the game on the big screen and your smartphone in your hand, flipping through Twitter, Facebook, and other cool Android apps for sports fans to help bring the game to lif…

Do I really need a reason to love black and white smartphone cases? I'm hope you're saying no if, like me, you also see your smartphone as another excuse to accessorize. Since I'm definitely ready for a new case for spring, I scoured som…

When we recently moved to Long Island, I was a little overwhelmed with the town names -- places like Setauket, Ronkonkoma, and Hauppauge all led to some pretty comical auto-corrects on my smart phone. If only I had had the Adaptxt keyboa…

Let's talk about juice. Both in the edible and technical senses. In our house, we are either spilling it (in liquid form) or out of it (in battery form). Both problems tend to affect the mobile phones in the house too -- which is why I w…

W hen 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…

I truly cringe whenever I receive my cell phone bill. Usage charges, unlimited data, texting...oof, it adds up. I can see why the search for a good free phone service over WiFi is so important for a lot of people. As for me, my phone is …

We finally decided to give our sixth grader a smart phone. And while I think the good has outweighed the bad so far, I really wasn't prepared for how complicated things would get -- and how quickly it would happen. So I can see why imple…

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 k…