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These smart tips and apps can help minimize distracted teen driving
Read Essay →: These smart tips and apps can help minimize distracted teen drivingWe recently got a question in our Out Tech Your Kids group asking about apps that read texts out loud while…
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How to report spam texts and phishing. Because sorry, Amazon is not giving you $130 in “freebies” out of blue.
Read Essay →: How to report spam texts and phishing. Because sorry, Amazon is not giving you $130 in “freebies” out of blue.Have you noticed lately there’s been a huge uptick in text spam? So of course, I want to report it…
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iPhone trick: How to mute text threads (but still get notifications for your other texts)
Read Essay →: iPhone trick: How to mute text threads (but still get notifications for your other texts)Lately I discovered how to mute text threads on my iPhone, and let me tell you, it’s been a productivity…
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A cool time-saving emoji keyboard trick for iPhone (courtesy of my 10 year old)
Read Essay →: A cool time-saving emoji keyboard trick for iPhone (courtesy of my 10 year old)Leave it to the kids to figure out cool iPhone tricks before we do, especially where emoji are concerned. Turns…
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How to fix the iPhone bug that’s putting weird symbols in your texts.
Read Essay →: How to fix the iPhone bug that’s putting weird symbols in your texts.There’s a glitch in the matrix! Okay, not really, just that there’s a bug in iOS 11 that for many…
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iPhone trick: How to use Text Replacement to make your texting life a whole lot easier.
Read Essay →: iPhone trick: How to use Text Replacement to make your texting life a whole lot easier.You’ve probably seen the stories about how kids have pranked their parents using the Text Replacement feature on the iPhone.…
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Make a splash with these 6 must-see geeky-cool pool floats and rafts
Read Essay →: Make a splash with these 6 must-see geeky-cool pool floats and raftsWhen it’s time to unplug the devices and hit the pool, lake, or ocean to cool off, I know my…
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Emoji smart phone cases. Because they’re already all over your phone anyway.
Read Essay →: Emoji smart phone cases. Because they’re already all over your phone anyway.Oh c’mon, I know that emoji are already all over your phone. Is there anyone that can still resist the…
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Rounds app: A terrific Facetime alternative for Android users who want to talk to iPhone users.
Read Essay →: Rounds app: A terrific Facetime alternative for Android users who want to talk to iPhone users.I have a close-knit family. My sisters and I talk a lot any given week. The thing is, we all live in cities…
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How to use the iOS 8 audio message feature: It’s like it was made for parents.
Read Essay →: How to use the iOS 8 audio message feature: It’s like it was made for parents.Hold the phone! No, seriously. Hold the iPhone, because there’s something new(ish) and neat and cool happening with its Message…
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Funny emoji messages for your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day: An eggplant is never just an eggplant.
Read Essay →: Funny emoji messages for your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day: An eggplant is never just an eggplant.With an average of 300 emoji reportedly tweeted each second, it’s time to give into our graphical language overlords; our…
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The top Cool Mom Tech posts of 2014
Read Essay →: The top Cool Mom Tech posts of 2014We can’t start the new year without first taking a quick look back at the 2014 posts that were most…
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#X – a simple way to prevent teen texting and driving
Read Essay →: #X – a simple way to prevent teen texting and drivingWe’ve talked a lot about solutions to the texting and driving issue, from apps to hands-free devices you install in your…
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Communicating with your child’s teacher and class without mass email chains? Thank you, Remind app.
Read Essay →: Communicating with your child’s teacher and class without mass email chains? Thank you, Remind app.With back to school officially here, I cannot tell you how much I love the benefits of organization and communication apps…
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99 texting acronyms and phrases that every parent should know
Read Essay →: 99 texting acronyms and phrases that every parent should knowBy now, texting acronyms like LOL and OMG are pretty pervasive in pop culture; my daughter knew them in preschool, you hear…
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Beamit App: Just when you thought photo texting was already easy.
Read Essay →: Beamit App: Just when you thought photo texting was already easy.Ever since my mom got an iPad, she has taken on the texting habits of a teenager. We go back and forth…
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The big new iOS 8 announcement from Apple: Photo changes, HealthKit, HomeKit and…they did what to texting?
Read Essay →: The big new iOS 8 announcement from Apple: Photo changes, HealthKit, HomeKit and…they did what to texting?During the annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, as always, people listen and discuss all the huge new Apple news. (Hence the #WWDC…
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What parents should know: Snapchat text messaging
Read Essay →: What parents should know: Snapchat text messagingWe’ve covered the Snapchat app extensively since its launch, and it’s grown to be extremely popular with tweens and teens, and…
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The ultimate party invitation for any tech fan
Read Essay →: The ultimate party invitation for any tech fanIt looks like an iPhone. It feels like an iPhone. And it’s going to be the fanciest party invitation they’ve…
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Voxer is Voicemail 2.0. Or maybe it’s texting 2.0. Or walkie-talkie 2.0.
Read Essay →: Voxer is Voicemail 2.0. Or maybe it’s texting 2.0. Or walkie-talkie 2.0.Ever have that situation where you don’t want to type a text and it would be easier to just leave…