social media Archives | Page 10 of 45

Worried about your tween or teen’s mental wellbeing? Avoid this popular app.

In a recent survey of 1500 young people aged 14-24, researchers discovered that Instagram was cited as the most damaging to a young person, followed closely by Snapchat, and then Facebook. In fact, YouTube was the only of the 5 networks (which included Twitter, as...

How to use the fun new Instagram 3-D facial filters. Wheeeee! Snapchatty

by Liz Gumbinner | Social Media, Tips and Tricks

As someone who’s not on Snapchat (what? I’m old!) I admit I’m excited about the novelty of the new Instagram 3D facial filters, as anyone who follows our @CoolMomPicks Instagram Stories can tell today. I put together the quick, Cliff’s Notes...

Web coolness: Last minute tech gifts for Mom, the airline laptop ban, phishing hits the White House and more

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some tech links we’ve been reading around the web this week. Hope you like them too. CMP is an rstyle affiliate This is your weekend, mamas! We love this #mom tote from Amalia Lopez of Latte Design on Etsy. Maybe a little gift for yourself…?...

Got internet trolls? Troll Cakes kill them with sweetness.

by Liz Gumbinner | Random Coolness

I can’t stop laughing at this concept: It’s called Troll Cakes and yes, it’s real. The premise is that you send Brooklyn baker Kat Thek any hateful message you’ve received — Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat — and they will...

New study says teens are taking social media breaks. So, why aren’t we?

by Kristen Chase | Social Media

Maybe we need to be worrying more about our own social media addiction more than our teen’s, at least, that’s according to a new survey conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. They discovered that teens are actually...

Web Coolness: Mario Karts at Target, is Unroll.me safe, and teens are taking social media breaks.

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. You can now use Mario Karts at Target. Watch out for this Apple phishing site. Is Unroll.me safe to use? A closer look at their privacy policy. Cool events for...

The Echo Look: Now you can ask Alexa if your butt looks good in those jeans

by Kristen Chase | Smart Appliances

Well, well, Amazon’s Echo (aka Alexa) is now your own personal Anna Wintour thanks to the newly launched Echo Look. Think Alexa, now with eyeballs and a fashion sense. With this new gadget, you can actually take full-length photos of yourself (even video) so you...

Web Coolness: Social media icon Easter eggs, the Facebook color updates, and kids and social media. Ahhhhh!

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Social media icon Easter eggs! The horrifying amount of time people will spend on social media over their lifetime. Important new study about toddler screen time...

Big (real) news! Fake news gets easier to spot with the new Google Fact Check

by Liz Gumbinner | Helpful Services

It seems like an April Fool’s joke (and yes, I double checked the date on the post) but at long last, Google is taking moves to quash fake news with a new Fact Check feature in Google Search and Google News, worldwide. So basically, Google Fact Check is not...

Pocket: The Pinterest alternative to help save all those articles, recipes, tweets and more.

by Liz Gumbinner | Productivity Apps

If you’ve become more of a news junkie over the past year like I have, you’ve probably realized that your standard browser bookmark bar isn’t necessarily your best best for saving articles you want to come back to. Let alone recipes you want to...