by Cool Mom Team | Gear + Hardware
If you’re looking for a cool but practical tech gift for your favorite grad, we’ve got you covered. Better yet — all online! (Hey, we’re busy!) Whether you’re shopping for your own first-time freshman, or a lucky niece, nephew or...
by Kristen Chase | Gear + Hardware
Did we mention that we have the coolest readers? Eric (aka EricSketch on Twitter) has been reading our site for quite some time now, so when we spotted this Baby Yoda Bluetooth speaker in his Twitter feed we were like “HOLY MANDALORIAN!” Let’s just...
by Kristen Chase | Back to School Tech, Gear + Hardware
These audio backpacks I spotted at Spencer’s definitely have the cool factor, with everything you need in a back-to-school backpack and something extra: a speaker! Related: The coolest backpacks for preschoolers and little kids I admit that whether they’re...
by Liz Gumbinner | Gear + Hardware, Life and Home
One look at the Italian Cromatica Bluetooth speakers and…whoa. Think of this lamp-speaker hybrid like a mood ring for your home. You choose the color illumination that suits you, choose your music, then lie back and chill. Or, clean your bathroom. Or, get some...
by Kristen Chase | Gear + Hardware
While I was getting my new shiny iPhone 8 + this weekend, I spotted these adorable My Audio Pet Bluetooth speakers at the T-Mobile store, under a big “One of Oprah’s Favorite Things!” Now, I love me some Oprah, but I tend to be pretty skeptical about...
by Kristen Chase | Travel, Gear + Hardware
I’m packing up my family of six up for our exciting vacation to Hawaii (squee!), and like most parents, I’m making my tech list and checking it twice. Do we really need to bring a laptop (the answer here is NO!)? Inspired by Brian Chen’s piece at the...
by Liz Gumbinner | Father's Day Gifts, Gear + Hardware
We love excuses to shop for cool new tech, and we love excuses to shop for the cool dads in our lives. Put them together…and we’ve got some really creative, fun ideas for cool tech gifts for Father’s Day. Whether he’s a traveler, an adventurer,...
by Liz Gumbinner | Gear + Hardware, Mother's Day Gifts
We love our portable Bluetooth speakers around here, especially as the warm weather creeps in and we aim to take our favorite music (and ahem, favorite podcasts) outside. That’s why we’re smitten with the brand new Beoplay P2 Speaker — and right in...
by Liz Gumbinner | Holiday Tech Gifts, Gear + Hardware, Holiday Picks
As we get closer to Christmas and Hanukkah (eep!) we thought we’d close out our 2016 Holiday Tech Gift Guide should help you out since it’s all about last minute holiday tech deals and discounts. Yep, those of you procrastinators and busy parents?...
by Cool Mom Team | Holiday Tech Gifts, Gear + Hardware
Our tech holiday gift guide continues, this time with stylish holiday tech gifts. Whether she just loves her smart phone, or considers herself a tech geek with style, we’ve rounded up 10 of the coolest gifts that we bet she’d love to have under the tree...