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The new Roku 3: Why you want it.

As an avowed Roku devotee — a word that’s hardly strong enough considering I’ve convinced most of my relatives to invest in one — I was excited to check out the new Roku 3 that just came out this spring. Let’s just say, they had me at...

Sling TV: Is this affordable cable alternative worth considering? A thorough look.

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment

I finally sat down and took a good hard look at my cable bill and…whoa. When I consider that there are probably only 4-5 cable channels I really watch, aside from premiums HBO and Showtime; I do pretty much all my watching on Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Instant...

6 outstanding YouTube videos featuring children’s animation from around the world

by PJ Feinstein | Entertainment

Before I had kids, I mostly visited YouTube to watch random music videos and the occasional hair tutorial. Now, in addition to curling iron how-tos, I find myself searching for family-friendly shows and videos to hold my son’s attention when I can’t fully...

Flowers for audio lovers

by Nicole Blades | Audio, Mother's Day Gifts

Waking up to flowers by your bedside sounds like a lovely way to start the day. Add some mellow music to that and now we’re basically recreating a spa experience for you every morning. So it’s no surprise that Soundfreaq is again teaming up with husband...

Brain Games: A must-see series that will blow your parietal lobes

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment

I have no idea why I have never discovered National Geographic’s Brain Games before this weekend. But as my kids browsed Netflix yesterday — and I prayed for anything not animated — my seven-year-old paused on Season 1, asked if we could watch, and...

Apps parents should know: Meerkat and Periscope now let your teens live stream. Just let that sink in for a second.

by Kristen Chase | Lifestyle Apps

I’m not even kidding that when I heard the the word Meerkat being tossed around for the past couple of weeks, I thought to myself, Is that Meerkat Manor show back on TV again? But then, when the Periscope live streaming app for Twitter launched this past week, I...

A new bookmarklet to fix Netflix: Oh my, God Mode!

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

If you’re like me and watch Netflix on your computer or use it to browse easily and add titles to your queue, then you will want to add the new God Mode bookmarklet to your browser right now. This makes it so you can actually see all the available videos and...

How to free up space on your phones and tablets with 4 easy steps. Because more pictures are coming, you know it.

by Nicole Blades | Tips and Tricks

If there’s one thing that will throw off my whole zen vibe, it’s seeing that “you’re out of memory” alert pop up on my tech devices when I try to download an app or take a video. I almost want to turn to my gadget and say: You’re...

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

by Kristen Chase | Fun Apps for Kids

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 | Audio

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...

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