Valentine's Day Archives

6 + ways kids can celebrate a virtual Valentine’s Day safely using tech

by Christina Refford | Holiday Picks, Kids

Valentine’s Day is the next holiday, after Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, that will be affected by our new socially distant lifestyle. No sprinkle-laden, heart-shaped cookies in class. No gaudily decorated shoeboxes sent to school. No handing...

6 unexpected rom-coms on Netflix that you can watch with the family on Valentine’s Day

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment

What you do after the kids are in bed on Valentine’s Day — that’s your business. What you do while the kids are still up and wanting to hang out with you though? Well, we can help with that. As the resident cinephile, I’ve put together some...

The easy way to send a free ecard for Valentine’s Day. Make someone’s day!

by Liz Gumbinner | Lifestyle Apps

Whether you forgot to grab a Valentine’s Day card for the kids (or to the grandparents “from” the kids?), have a Galentine pal who would love to her from you today, or are thinking about sending a sexy “shape of things to come” message...

Web coolness: New emoji, geeky valentines, and medical apps you need on your phone.

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Here’s a fun geeky Valentine’s Day circuit card for your techy loved one. And these geeky valentines are adorable! Consult this list of romantic movies...

17 of our favorite geeky Valentine’s cards for your favorite geeky valentine.

by Liz Gumbinner | Fun

We always love looking for the most fun, geeky Valentine’s Day cards every year. After all, some of our favorite valentines are geeks!. Whether they’re our kids or our sweethearts, we’ve put together some awesome geeky Valentine’s Day cards...

Free Valentine’s Day e-cards from the New York Public Library. Because books are hot.

by Cool Mom Staff | Websites Worth a Bookmark

These free Valentine’s Day e-cards from the New York Public Library (NYPL) gave us a little chuckle this morning, so we just had to share the love so you could share it too. Just head over to the NYPL website and create one of your own for your special...

5 fabulous Valentine’s Day tech accessories you can get at Nordstrom. Drool.

by Kristen Chase | Cell Phone Accessories

I’ve been a big Nordstrom fan for years, and not just because I have a little shoe addiction. Their customer service is unrivaled, like the time they sent someone to my home to take off a security tag an associate had forgotten to take off. Nope, I’m not...

Web Coolness: Geeky Valentine’s Day gifts and cards, VIZIO privacy breach, and the end of Facebook?

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Our favorite Emily McDowell card. Get it for Valentine’s Day! Use the KonMari method with your tech gadgets and digital life. Smart! If you have a VIZIO smart...

All that glitters… is glitter!

by Kristen Chase | Cell Phone Accessories

These days, you can make as much of a fashion statement with your iPhone as you can with your clothes and accessories. Case in point: these new Liquid Glitter iPhone cases at Casetify, which are a special Valentine’s Day treat for the tech lover in your life....

These Star Wars bouquets are what we want for Valentine’s Day.

by Kristen Chase | Tech Toys and Random Fun

As big time Star Wars geeks, these Star Wars bouquets from Think Geek are the way to our heart for Valentine’s Day. And if you’ve got a special someone who can quote all the lines in The Force Awakens or who’s got a collection of Rogue One t-shirts,...

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