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5 of our favorite Pinterest pins this week

If you’re addicted to Pinterest as we are, follow us! Then check out our five favorite pins from this week. 1. Get much more productive with your iPad thanks to this nifty gadget. (Psssst: Great Father’s Day gift too!) 2. Got a Minecraft-obsessed kid?...

A Bluetooth speaker that looks pretty but acts tough. We like that in a speaker.

by Cool Mom Staff | Audio

If there were ever a product meant for Cool Mom Tech, it’s a gorgeous, portable, durable, affordable Bluetooth speaker that comes from the Japanese word for…cool. While I probably can’t pronounce the KAKKOii WOW Bluetooth speaker correctly, I...

Sonos PLAYBAR means amazing sound for your TV and music

by Cool Mom Staff | Audio

We here at Cool Mom Tech are huge fans of Sonos, whose amazing wireless speaker systems are some of our all-time favorites. The awesome sound, the user-friendliness, the fantastic customer service and the gorgeous components all add up to an experience we love. So I...

The coolest trends at CES 2013: Over-the-ear headphones

by Cool Mom Staff | Audio

We recently highlighted some of the best over-the-ear headphones for all that new tech you’re going to be wanting to tune into after the holidays. Well it turns out that after having seen, oh, 6,000 (roughly) over-ear headphones at the 2013 CES show and not...

The coolest trends at CES 2013: Wi-Fi Photography

by Cool Mom Staff | Cameras

After we featured the Samsung Galaxy Camera last month, I wasn’t surprised one bit to find a new crop of built-in Wi-Fi cameras popping up at CES 2013 in Las Vegas last week. And considering I haven’t used my DSLR or point and shoot camera to take photos...

The coolest trends at CES 2013 – Audio gets more portable

by Cool Mom Staff | Audio

After spending a few days immersed in tech at the CES show, it’s clear that small, portable audio devices are the new black. The big boombox of the 70’s has spawned a ton of lightweight, portable speakers a whole generation later, mostly powered by...

Zooka Portable Bluetooth Speaker Bar: Your iPad, MacBook, or iPhone’s new best friend

by Cool Mom Staff | Audio

Like Ernie and Bert, now that I’ve seen this genius little speaker that amplifies the sound coming out of your tablet or other iOS device, I can hardly imagine them ever apart. The Zooka Speaker Bar is an incredibly clever gadget from a wonderfully innovative...

The coolest new gadgets for parents: Editors Best Tech of 2012

by Cool Mom Staff | Editors' Picks of the Year

There are so many cool new tablets, cameras, speakers and gadgets out these days we’re overwhelmed by the options. But we think all of these are worth a look–and maybe even an “add to cart.” Liz Samsung Galaxy Camera I think this camera really...

Holiday Tech Gifts – Audio Awesomeness

by Cool Mom Staff | Holiday Tech Gifts

Today, we’re happy to bring you some of our favorite picks in our Holiday Tech Gifts series–cool gifts for the audiophile. With music so much a part of our world, whether you’re rocking the earbuds at the gym, starting to go wireless with your home...

Gimme some ‘droid love: 4 cool speaker docks for Android phones

by Shari | Cell Phone Accessories

I have an Android phone and we ‘droid-ers know the feeling of being left out of the iPhone world with all its cool doodads and whatnots and whozits. (What? Those are the real tech terms). So when there’s cool stuff made just for us–well, we can get a...

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Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz

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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