The new YouTube Kids app. For parents with children who love YouTube. AKA all children everywhere.

by Kristen Chase | Best Apps

I cannot tell you how excited I am about the new YouTube Kids app that just launched today. Over the years, we’re continually asked how to find great videos for kids on YouTube by parents, and while we’ve shared various safer YouTube apps as well as our...

Skip Tunes: Give music control over to your computer (but not in a creepy HAL 9000 way)

by Nicole Blades | Uncategorized

It’s very #firstworldproblems, true, but it’s a tad annoying to click away from your work and log into a new app in order to see what’s happening with your streaming music. The genius Skip Tunes, makes sure this little inconvenience is no longer an...

The new Sonos BOOST: Wireless audio streaming from Sonos made even more amazing

by Liz Gumbinner | Gear + Hardware, Kids

As our resident Sonos evangelist – although not the only one around here – I’m always excited when they launch something new, because their product releases tend to come slowly but thoughtfully. And today (as in, right now this very second)...

A Better Queue will change the way you watch Netflix forever.

by Kate Etue | Entertainment

Unfortunately this site is no longer around. Bummer. The extensive selection on Netflix is both a blessing and a curse–so many titles I’ve never heard of, but that also means I have no idea if they’ll be right for my family or even something...

Amazon’s new original kids’ series Annedroids gets kids loving STEM

by Nicole Blades | Entertainment

The stats are sobering: Women only account for 26 percent of the STEM jobs in the U.S. So there’s been a recent, nationwide nudge to get our girls and young women interested and engaged in science, technology, engineering and math, as we’ve reported...

Samsung Milk Music app keeps it fresh and free (and presumably organic) in the online music space

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps

Remember when we told you that there would be more to come on the Samsung Milk Music app? Well, this is the more, and it’s pretty darn good. Milk Music essentially combines all the good things about online music streaming services into one nifty package....

The Roku Streaming Stick: Why it’s a game-changer

by Liz Gumbinner | Travel

Well it didn’t take long at all for Roku to come out with their very own Roku Streaming Stick to compete with the Google Chromecast which is creeping its way into carry-ons of entertainment-starved travelers everywhere. As an avowed Roku fan, I’ve been...

The Simkl TV Tracker: Never have to ask again, was that show on Hulu or Netflix?

by Kate Etue | Entertainment

If you’re like me, your movie-going days all but disappeared when you had kids. As a nursing mom, I found it nearly impossible to get away for a few hours without feeling like I was going to explode (TMI?) so we started watching our TV and movies at home online....

A hands-on Amazon Fire TV review: And why it’s a Prime pick for families

by Jeana | Entertainment

As an avid Kindle user and very frequent Amazon Prime customer (I’m on a first-name basis with my UPS driver), I was so excited to do a full-on Amazon Fire TV review.  After a couple of weeks playing with it so I could really see its capabilities, I think...

The new Sesame GO video on demand service gives kids all the Big Bird they can handle

by Julie | Entertainment

No matter how many cool new educational apps and videos we find for kids (and there are tons we love), Sesame Street will forever be one of our favorites. So we’re thrilled to hear about their new Sesame GO video on demand service that launched this week,...