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How to download your Twitter data archive…and what you’ll find in there.

How to download your Twitter data archive…and what you’ll find in there.

by Liz Gumbinner | Internet Safety, Social Media, Tips and Tricks

Thinking about leaving Twitter? (Are we calling it Twexit yet?) With the big changeover in management this week, some Twitter users are leaving, some users are staying, and your choice is up to you. Either way, it’s good idea to download your Twitter data...
Please consider these 5 things before deleting your twitter account.

Please consider these 5 things before deleting your twitter account.

by Liz Gumbinner | Tips and Tricks

With the big breaking news this week about the controversial purchase and privatization of Twitter by Elon Musk, a lot of users are talking about whether they’ll consider deleting their Twitter account, for a variety of reasons. Some users are uncomfortable with...
Tackle these 10 simple tech to-dos to start the year safer, cleaner, and  more organized

Tackle these 10 simple tech to-dos to start the year safer, cleaner, and more organized

by Liz Gumbinner | Life and Home, Social Media, Tips and Tricks

For so many of us, the new year is about fresh starts. That’s why around here, so many of us use January as time to cross off what we can from all of those never-ending tech to-do lists. These are the kinds of tech to-dos we often put off, not necessarily...
Big Twitter news: Here’s the deets on Fleets.

Big Twitter news: Here’s the deets on Fleets.

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

If you’ve been hoping that Twitter would launch something to make it feel like Snapchat and Instagram Stories, then you’re in luck with the launch of their new feature, Fleets. Admittedly, I looked at the calendar to see if we had somehow fast forwarded to...
Some of the funniest Twitter responses to #GoogleCalendarDown

Some of the funniest Twitter responses to #GoogleCalendarDown

by Kristen Chase | Best Apps

If you’ve tried to access your Google Calendar on your desktop (or laptop) today, you might have gotten a 404 error. And as people do these days, they took to Twitter to air their grievances about being without a calendar. Though, the Google Calendar app on...
Tokimeki Unfollow helps you Konmari your Twitter feed

Tokimeki Unfollow helps you Konmari your Twitter feed

by Kristen Chase | Social Media

We know lots of folks have been cleaning up their social media feeds, which is why we had to share Tokimeki Unfollow, a twitter plug-in that allows you to Konmari your Twitter feed. Related: Spring cleaning your tech – the best tips and tricks  Once you sync...
How do I keep kids safe on social media? | Guide to Digital Parenting

How do I keep kids safe on social media? | Guide to Digital Parenting

by Cool Mom Staff | Guide to Digital Parenting, Internet Safety, Social Media, Tips and Tricks

We couldn’t create an Ultimate Guide to Digital Parenting without including tips about how to keep your kids safe on social media. After all, for our tweens and teens, the Internet is social media, and they could sooner give up the games, the videos, and even...
Web cool: Game controllers for users with disabilities, a gold Royal Wedding iPhone X, and the smart luggage ban

Web cool: Game controllers for users with disabilities, a gold Royal Wedding iPhone X, and the smart luggage ban

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them too! Some of our favorite tweets about the Royal Wedding. Yeah, we’re capitalizing it. Speaking of which: got Royal Wedding fever? Check out this gold iPhone X to commemorate...
If you’re a Twitter user, you must update your password STAT. That’s 330 million of you.

If you’re a Twitter user, you must update your password STAT. That’s 330 million of you.

by Liz Gumbinner | Internet Safety, Tips and Tricks

As Twitter has just informed all 330,000,000 of its users in an apologetic but so far underreported post, you should really change your Twitter password right now, this very second. Not to be alarmist — but out of an abundance of precaution. Evidently, a bug...
Twitter tricks: The smart accessibility features you never knew about.

Twitter tricks: The smart accessibility features you never knew about.

by Liz Gumbinner | Social Media, Tips and Tricks

Thanks to Twitter user Red Long, who describes himself as blind in his bio, I found a terrific tip to use a feature in your Twitter accessibility features to help your visually impaired readers. However in digging deeper, turns out there are a whole bunch of really...
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 Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks We started Cool Mom Tech in 2010 to help make our increasingly digital lives easier, more organized, more meaningful, and more fun, however old your kids may be.

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