Cool Mom Team

As much as we love shopping, we love it even more thanks to the amazing sites and apps that make our online shopping experience much easier, especially on our wallets. Fab Liz: Because I'm addicted to Fab.com of course I'm addicted to th…

Here, our favorite tech gadgets and apps of the year that to us, are like having another arm. Sometimes we busy moms appreciate productivity-enhancing technology as much as a few hours of extra sleep. iPhone 4S Liz: While of course I put…

F or the last few years on Cool Mom Picks, we've ended the year with our Editors' Picks for best of the year. We're excited to do the same on Cool Mom Tech this year, starting with the best video games that the whole family will love. AB…

May your day be merry and bright...and maybe even internet-free. If such a thing is possible. Starting tomorrow, we'll be back all week with our top tech pick of 2011! In the meanwhile... Happy holidays ! Liz, Kristen, Beth + the whole C…

Now that we've open the last book in our advent calendar, I get to deflect the When is Santa coming? questions all day long. But now I can just pop the kids in front of my computer for a little geography lesson as they track St. Nick's t…

The only reason I was able to get my holiday cards out before the actual holidays this year was because I had a really good photo of my kids. But if you never got yours out (we don't judge about such things), then we have three solutions…

To continue our "Are you ready for this?" series, I've received a slew of questions recently about when it's appropriate to give kids an e-reader or tablet like the NOOK Tablet and Kindle Fire . Overall the assumption is that they're a m…

Even though it doesn't get super cold here in Atlanta, it still gets chilly enough to need gloves. And I've been tempted to pick up a pair of touch gloves for myself considering that my iPhone is pretty much attached to my hand when I'm …

One of the highlights of our year was putting together our second annual tech gift guide . But we understand that you might still be looking for that perfect tech gift, which hey, we totally get. We're busy moms too. So to help you out w…

What would be your pick for a family desktop computer? We have 7 & 5 year old boys and my husband is wanting to look at some of the touch screen desktops. Thanks for any opinions! -Heather We definitely like the idea of a touch screen de…

With kids asking for all sorts of gadgets, it can be hard to know when they're ready. Sometimes just playing the family gaming device or using your tablet is all them need. But in other cases, it might be time to get them their very own.…

As a mom with a house full of kids, sometimes the only place that I can actually make a quiet phone call is when I'm in my car, thanks to the help of my hands-free device and OnStar . However, on Tuesday I learned about a proposed cell p…

If you're a social media geek like me, you'll understand why I cracked a smile the second I saw the #WhatIWishIGot / #WhatIGot wrapping paper . The outside represents "hope" (or greed, depending on the recipient) in which you can imagine…

When my kids kept going on and on about "Daddy's new waterproof phone," I had no idea what they meant. Didn't he just get a brand new iPhone 4S? Then he showed it to me--and indeed, it's a new waterproof phone. Thanks to the case. The Li…

Okay, raise your hand if you've ever had to choose between charging your iPad and charging your MacBook? Or uh...fighting with the sigOth in the hotel room about who gets to charge their device in the one outlet available? The PlugBug du…

I remember discovering those little packs of disposable chemical hand warmer packets on a ski slope years ago and thinking aweeeeesome. I also remember wondering just what that stuff was, and what it was doing to the planet. Leave it to …

Starting tomorrow, December 11, Target is trying to make it pretty hard for you to buy your gaming and tech gifts anywhere else. So we went through the press release and the circular pretty thoroughly and while some of the "low prices," …

I love that buying tech these days doesn't mean you're relegated to a plain silver or black gadget that looks exactly like every other. (Or wow--remember when they were all beige?) Now that there are so many ways to express our personali…

With a bunch of kids pawing at my iPhone more than I'd like to admit, I'm always on the look out for a case that might stand the test of eight grubby hands that might accidentally drop it. And so, if you're like me, this iPhone case migh…

Confession: My handbag addiction has now extended to iPhone cases. And since I don't wear much holiday garb, I figured that a holiday smart phone case might be a better option. So while I was perusing my favorite shop Case-Mate , I stumb…

Chasing four kids around all day long means I need both my hands as much as possible, which is why a Bluetooth headset has become a staple gadget in my growing arsenal of mom tech helpers. But as I've learned, not all Bluetooths are crea…

It's here, it's here! Our spectacular, technofabulous 2011 Tech Holiday Gift Guide ! For our second year, we've scoured the web for the best tech gifts ever -- almost 100 this year -- at every price point for everyone on your list. [Don'…

As much as I try to avoid plastic toys for my kids when I can, it's pretty tough when it comes to technology. So that's why these headphones caught my attention, well beyond the fact that they look pretty cool. The Noisezero O+ Eco headp…

I've been waiting to get my hands on both a NOOK Tablet and Kindle Fire since the news of their release hit the Internet. I'm definitely smitten with my first generation iPad, but the new tablets have been getting a lot of buzz--not just…