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How installing USB charging outlets in your home makes charging so much faster | Sponsored Message

This is a sponsored message from Leviton With so many gadgets filling up our households these days, families are always looking for quicker, more efficient ways to charge their devices. That’s why so many parents are swapping out standard electrical outlets for...

Web Coolness: Math video games, what your tweets say about you, and lots more

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you like them as much as we did. Love this fun Star Wars BB-8 car charger from ThinkGeek. A cool new video game that teaches you to design patterns using math. What do your tweets say about your...

The gorgeous SoundBlaster Roar 2 speaker proves that bigger isn’t always better

by Kate Etue | Audio

This nice fall weather is making me want to take our entertaining outside, so the kids can run around and play while the parents can sit on the porch with a mug of hot cider (or something stronger) and chat. But since it’s kind of sad to have the...

A fabulous bracelet that just so happens to charge your phone

by Kristen Chase | Fashion + Accessories

There’s no shortage of stylish tech these days. Tory Burch FitBit bracelets, cool keychain chargers, and gorgeous USB necklaces, just to name a few. And now, a lightning cable bracelet courtesy of Rebecca Minkoff. Isn’t is fabulous? Hidden inside this hot...

Make a splash this summer with the JBL Charge 2+ portable Bluetooth speaker

by Nicole Blades | Audio

We’ve covered plenty of portable, Bluetooth speakers here at Cool Mom Tech, but I think the brand new JBL Charge 2+ basically blew all the other ones right out of the water. Heh. The JBL Charge 2+ is already getting plenty of use at our house and summer just...

Web Coolness: Most popular emoji around the world, Facebook Hello app, and the new Google wireless service

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you like them too! We’re digging this Indiegogo campaign that’s hoping to bring tinkering to more homes and schools. This little girl has her priorities straight when it...

The coolest geeky jewelry for Mother’s Day: 6 ideas for any tech-loving mom

by Kristen Chase | Fashion + Accessories, Mother's Day Gifts

This might be shocking to hear, but some moms just don’t love sentimental jewelry. Insert audible gasp here! I’m actually one of them — or at least the more traditional stuff isn’t quite my speed — and that’s why it makes me so...

A USB necklace that doesn’t actually do anything but look fabulous.

by Kristen Chase | Fashion + Accessories, Mother's Day Gifts

It used to be that cool geeky jewelry was pretty hard to find, but now, there are so many options that I’m having a hard time holding onto our credit cards, which is exactly the case with this fun USB necklace that I think will make a tech-savvy mom very happy...

A USB electrical outlet that’s easy to install and easy on your wallet. We’ll take one in every room.

by Julie | Home Office

It’s amazing that USB electrical outlets aren’t yet standard in homes and new constructions, so we’ve covered quite a few ways to turn regular electrical outlets into USB charging spots yourself. The new SnapPower Charger looks like the easiest and...

Only one USB hub? Infinite USB is an affordable fix for that and it’s rather pretty.

by Liz Gumbinner | Computers, Home Office

With one of the main complaints about the new Macbook 2015 stemming around the single USB port, it makes perfect sense that technologists and developers are on that issue, stat. Because hello, functionality? Not all of us have all the time and patience in the world to...

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