Cool Mom Team

In our E ditors' Tech Picks of 2013 series, are so excited to present our picks for the coolest new gadgets of 2013. These are the 11 that best captured our imaginations this year, with a combination of smart design, functionality, innov…

We're excited to launch our annual Editors' Best of the Year series, featuring our very favorite tech picks we've come across in 2013. There was no submission process, no "vote for me" component--just the stuff we love. And so we start w…

Here's hoping your gadgets come fully charged, your cords stay untangled, and you get a little time to play with your new toys until the kids try to take them from you. Merry merry, to cool moms and dads everywhere. -Liz, Kristen, & Team…

We've got you covered with all sorts of last-minute holiday awesome on our Pinterest boards. Follow us for all the fun now, into New Year's, and long after the holidays are over. 1. These cool Santa apps are keeping our kids busy. Plus, …

Yesterday, our editor Liz Gumbinner had a blast visiting GMA Live to discuss 5 picks for hot holiday tech gifts under $100 --and take a selfie on air, Kardashian-style, with the adorable and charming Ginger Zee using one of her cool gift…

Our latest post in our Holiday Tech Gifts 2013 Guide is a fun one! We love looking for affordable little stocking stuffers to make our lives more fun, more interesting, or just a little more silly. Here are some of our very favorite geek…

If you're like us, then you've got holiday shopping lists coming out of your ears and are always looking for the best way to organize them. It's so easy to forget cousins, in-laws, coworkers, caregivers--people you're determined to remem…

Today for our Holiday Tech Gifts 2013 guide, we're thrilled to bring you the very coolest photography gifts for your favorite shutterbug. This year saw so many incredibly cool launches to make photography more fun, whether you're committ…

Next up in our 2013 guide to holiday tech gifts, stylish tech gifts for your favorite fashionista. And let's face it, aren't all of us pretty much going for geek chic these days? We love these gift ideas for their blend of high style and…

With the iPad Air as one of our top tech gifts of the year, if you've got one coming your way--or hey, even an iPad 2, iPhone 5S or iPod--we wanted to help you out with some of our very favorite must-have apps to get you started. Here ar…

Our 2013 guide to Holiday Tech Gifts continues with 11 of the coolest audio gifts for audiophiles. There is so much amazing stuff out this year we hardly know where to start. Or wait, actually we do. We start with the Jambox Mini. Jawbon…

We're so excited to launch our 2013 Holiday Tech Gift Guide with the very coolest tech gifts for kids. Boy, this was a tough year to pare down our very favorites, but pare down we did, leaving you with 16 tech gifts for kids of all ages …

Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us! Then check out 5 of our favorite pins from this week. We’ll make it worth your while. 1. Snatch up this amazing e-book app for kids while it's still free. 2. Here's a wonderful, affordable wa…

We unplugged for a while yesterday in honor of Thanksgiving, but now we're back and ready to share the very best Black Friday deals on tech gear. There are plenty of incredible in-store discounts, but we're also big fans of shopping Blac…

We're wishing all of our geek chic readers a relaxing and tech-light Thanksgiving--heavy on the carbs, easy on the holiday crazy. We'll be unplugging a bit ourselves, but of course we'll return tomorrow with lots of cool techie shopping …

Taking a road trip with kids any time of the year can be an ordeal, but especially during the holidays, what with all of America doing the same thing on the exact same days. That's where travel apps come in to make our lives so much easi…

Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us ! Then check out 5 of our favorite pins from this week. We'll make it worth your while. 1. A designer wristlet to carry your phone even to the swankiest soiree. Drooling! 2. Send holiday cards…

Since we launched Cool Mom Tech just three years ago, we are amazed at how much has changed. There was no Pinterest then. There was no Instagram (at least for a couple more weeks). Spotify had yet to hit our phones and change our lives, …

Our OhAppy Day! series gives you the scoop on the coolest apps from some of the coolest people anywhere. This week, Chef Daniel Boulud shares his favorites. And he had trouble narrowing them down! "I am just starting to try the Sleep Cyc…

Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us ! Then check out these 5 popular pins you might have missed this week. We've got our eye on this gorgeous smartphone wristlet from one of our favorite designers. What a cool little stocking st…

If you're wondering how to get started on Twitter or what the heck MT means, just this morning our Editor Liz Gumbinner shared her tips on The Today Show. Take a peek at the video clip to get the skinny on hashtags, retweets, who to foll…

I've got so many great Instagram photos in my feed that I want to share with friends and family. What are your favorite ways to print Instagram photos? -Carolyn Some of our own favorite photos are from Instagram, Carolyn, and we've found…

Short days. Kids up at 5 AM. Seasonal Affective Disorder. Pass the coffee.

Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us ! Then take a peek at these 5 popular pins from this week. 1. This gadget is a gamechanger when it comes to tech organization . So smart. 2. If you've got kids who play sports , you need to se…