by Jeana | Entertainment, Kids
In the past week, two different friends have told me that they’re ending their cable TV service and switching to streaming services or online media for their entertainment needs. And when cool online entertainment options pop up, like Pluto.TV, which just...
by Kristen Chase | Entertainment, Gear + Hardware
Considering how popular streaming devices are these days with Apple TV, Chromecast, and the Roku, it came as no surprise when we heard Amazon would be launching their own streaming service, which they finally did today with Amazon Fire TV. If you’re wondering...
by Nicole Blades | Gear + Hardware
Most parents, especially those with toddlers, look at traditional night table alarm clocks and laugh. Alarms? We don’t need no stinkin’ alarms. No, we typically rely on our tiny humans, with their high energy and low tolerance for “sleeping...
by Kate Etue | Websites We Love
Don’t you love when you discover a really cool video online that’s not made with kids in mind at all, but you know your kids will love it anyway? You share it with them, and they get that look in their eyes (even if it’s just for a moment) that...
by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment, Gear + Hardware
I love my Roku 3. Love. I’ve tried Apple TV and like it just fine. But hey, I’m all for more choices for streaming video content, and if Amazon comes out with a TV box as predicted, then I hope it’s as good or better than anything else on the market....
by Nicole Blades | Entertainment
As if the post-holidays blahs weren’t bad enough, now we have to contend with this Polar Vortex business too? (Not a word out of you, SoCal and Miami readers.) School cancellations have all but depleted most of our shallow buckets of ideas for staving off kiddo cabin...
by Kristen Chase | Entertainment
If you’re forgoing the fancy dinner tonight and staying in for Valentine’s Day like us, I rounded up 7 of my top romantic movies that are ready for streaming via Amazon Instant Video, on your various gadgets. (Roku, anyone?) Because as we all know,...
by Kristen Chase | Entertainment, Kids
Every year I try to make a Halloween playlist for my own kids and for trick or treaters who visit our door, but this year, two of my favorite online music services, Spotify and Rdio, have done it for me. And the best part, they’re free! If...
by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment
Back in 2009, when Roku was just a Netflix streaming device, it was pretty forward-thinking. Still, it became obsolete fast as tech often does; the video quality wasn’t fabulous, and over the next few years, streaming movies could be accessed in other ways that...