DoubleScoop connects kids and grandparents. (One downside: it has nothing to do with ice cream.)

by Jeana | Best Apps

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about many different ways to connect kids with their grandparents. While I covered the big ones like Skype, Facetime, Google+ and others, I just discovered a new one that is solely designed for connecting your kids with grandma and grandpa,...

4 Android tablets the whole family can get excited about

by Jeana | Uncategorized

There have been a lot of exciting news and updates for Apple loyalists out there recently–namely the iPhone 5 and iOS 6. But we also know about the growing legions of Android users, and we’re excited to see that Android has really upped the ante in the...

Aliens and geography…a match made in app heaven.

by Eva Glettner | Best Apps, Educational Apps

I must admit, at first I was a bit confused by the Aliens Abducted app. Is it an alien arcade style game? Is it a geography lesson as promised? Then I watched my boys play around with it, and I realized that it was both–and the kids dug it no matter the...

2 ways to turn old tech into awesome new gifts

by Cool Mom Team | DIY

If you’re like me and have a bunch of really outdated MP3 players and iPods laying around your house, not to mention USB flash drives stuffed in drawers, then go round them up! I have some ideas to help you turn them into fabulous gifts for your friends’...

Stopping texting and driving with a simple pledge: “It can wait.”

by Jeana | Causes and Giving Back

Those AT&T commercials that feature kids who have suffered from car accidents as a result of texting while driving literally bring me to tears. I know I’m not alone. To think that one single split second or word in this case can change everything is just too...

Sprint Guardian provides multiple ways to keep tabs on kids

by Jeana | Gear + Hardware

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...

How to get free e-books and audio books from Amazon and Audible.com

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps, Educational Apps

With our long drives to and from school every morning, I’ve been meaning to grab some audiobooks for us to enjoy. Well lucky for me, just yesterday I scored over 20 popular classics as e-books and audio books on both my Kindle and my iPhone for free. Free! And...

Hello Kitty offers serious iPad protection. (You read that right.)

by Christina Refford | Uncategorized

Based on how well she takes care of her Nintendo DS, my tween’s future electronics are going to need to grow some thick skins if they are going to survive living with her. So if you have a kid who has been handed a precious iPad for her very own–and...

Back to School Tech: Educational apps for big kids

by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Tech

With so many of our big kids using tech gadgets on a daily basis, it seems only natural that they’d use them school. So for our final installment in our Back to School Tech series, we’ve rounded up some of the best educational apps for big kids, tweens,...

Superman and Hello Kitty – fighters of plaque, defenders of good dental health

by Cool Mom Team | Fitness + Health

We’ve dabbled in the electric toothbrush world (or battery-operated, more aptly) but with kids who still have small mouths and small hands, most of them were a little too much to handle. And I promise that wasn’t just an excuse not to brush–bubble...