Texting without borders with Sendboo. Magnifique!
My kids are really lucky to have cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles all nearby, but I missed out on having that big extended family around, with so many relatives in Korea. While we keep up over email and the occasional phone call, the language barrier sometimes...
Sprint Guardian provides multiple ways to keep tabs on kids
I shudder when I think about my kids running around as teenagers. I can only imagine the kind of technology that will be available to them and how they and their peers will be using it. I don’t envision ever “tracking” my kids via GPS locator, but...
Free talking and texting? Don’t mind if I do.
I’m finding those new JC Penney ads with Ellen Degeneres pretty funny and relatable. Their take on confusing sales is pretty much the way I feel about my phone bill and all the different options and “deals” out there for texting and calling plans. Do...
An app to put the kibosh on texting and driving.
We all know that texting and driving don’t mix. But whether we don’t trust our text-loving teen–or even ourselves when we hear the joyous ding of a new message on our phone–this genius app has a very clever solution. (And hint, hint: It’s...
5 picks you might have missed this week
Have you ever noticed how… absorbent the web can be? You just open Twitter or Pinterest for a few seconds, and suddenly information and interesting things are just gushing everywhere. Before you have one of those not-so-fresh, overloaded days, check out our...
OMG, u can save $$ on txts w/Textfree
Every time I get my AT&T bill, I brace myself for the additional charges I may have accrued from my month-long thumb frenzy with friends. Sure, I have a number of free texts built into my plan, but I do text a lot and even the short texts like, “Can’t...
4 cool Google tricks you might not know
I’m a card-carrying member of the Google frequent searchers club, whether it’s odd cold symptoms or Ryan Reynolds photos. (Heh.). But little did I know that Google can do a whole lot more than just random searches. Here are four cool Google tricks that can...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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