Kristen Chase

I've been an Amazon Prime member for many moons now, reaping the benefits of everything from free 2-day shipping to awesome bingeworthy shows , and lots in between. If you've been holding out on an Amazon Prime membership, they've added …

If you've been on Facebook over the last few days, you've probably been bombarded with no shortage of articles about the Momo Challenge. Admittedly, it looks pretty disconcerting on first glance, and after the 15th, you kind of want to t…

If you've got Pokémon fans in the house, you'll impress them with this little bit of news that they might already know: just today they announced the new Pokémon Sword and Shield game coming to Nintendo Switch in the fall of 2019. And if…

Feeling inspired by Jordan Shapiro's interview on NPR with our former Spawned guest Anya Kamanetz , and reading his book for our upcoming interview with him on Spawned, I decided to let my tween daughter give TikTok (formerly Musical.ly)…

It's been a rough couple of weeks for YouTube, first with the news about their growing pedophile problem . And now, YouTube Kids is under fire. We know lots of parents, including us, have found a little sigh of relief letting kids watch …

In what seems to be a never ending issue with Facebook and privacy, the latest news is that Facebook has been receiving data from apps from users who do not even have a Facebook account. And one of the 11 apps that has been discovered so…

Over the years, we've written about many issues that parents need to be aware of when it comes to the content on YouTube . But this recent report from Wired should really throw the huge red flag of caution up for parents, particularly if…

One of our favorite tech discoveries at this year's New York Toy Fair was this adorable new drawing robot Artie 3000 . What makes him so special you ask? Well, let's just say he teaches kids ages 7-12 how to code using activities created…

My name is Kristen. And I'm a podcast-a-holic. I am completely obsessed with podcasts now that I have a bit of a commute every morning and afternoon. I love finding new (or usually new-to-me) listens, so I hope my podcast recommendations…

Last week, we had a lively discussion about inappropriate follow requests on Instagram in our Out Tech Your Kids Facebook Group . Many parents bemoaned the challenges of trying to navigate this with their kids on Instagram, even on priva…

One of the many reasons I love my smart phone is that it allows me to untether myself from a desk or home office, so I actually end up spending more time with my family. That means I'm sending emails on the fly, and doing a whole lot of …

You're going to want to stock up on printer ink and rev up your printers for these amazing and totally free Women in STEM posters from the Nevertheless podcast , which tells stories of women who are transforming teaching and learning thr…

Since reading Anya Kamenetz's interview with Jordan Shapiro on NPR , I've made some heavy shifts in how I'm approaching screen time with my kids. For the years that they've been on video games, tablets and most recently, their own phones…

After finally updating my son's iPhone SE to iOS 12 , I've been able to properly utilize the Screen Time app , which by the way, is where you'll find all the Restrictions you might be familiar with from previous iOS versions. If you've g…

If you're still using Facebook and Facebook Messenger, then you might have missed some big news that makes life a little bit better: you can now unsend messages on Facebook Messenger. Hey, it only took 10 months, and wasn't even a thing …

In case you were wondering, there will be 230 new emojis hitting your phone in 2019 , and we've got the scoop. From more gender inclusive couples to people with disabilities, we're excited to see a lot more diversity, and let's be honest…

We've seen lots of different ways to organize your iPhone apps , and well, just when we thought we'd seen the best, we discovered this iPhone app organization method from Ian Stanczyk (above). It's not necessarily the best, but certainly…

This beautiful necklace and bracelet just looks like... a beautiful necklace and bracelet, but when you double press the back, it can actually send a message to pre-selected emergency contacts, along with your location. It can even call …

My kids are still totally into the flip sequin shirts, so how fun to discover these flip sequin STEM shirts for kids at Svaha, a company that's brand new to us. If you've got kids who love science, and well STEM in general, you've got to…

If we're all perfectly honest with ourselves, then we know that Facebook has presented many privacy issues for a long time now. We've been writing about Facebook privacy issues since we started Cool Mom Tech in 2010. That's nine years. N…

If you're a frequent Facetime user, you might want to turn it off until Apple fixes a recent glitch that actually allows callers to listen and see the people they're calling, even if they don't answer. Creepy much? Related: Watch out for…

With lots of snow falling around the country this week and temperatures at a ridiculous record-breaking low (and a bunch of snow days in our future), many of us will be finding ourselves outside shoveling and freezing our butts off in th…

According to an article in the New York Times that just came out today, Mark Zuckerberg is planning to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger. That's right, over the course of 2019 and into 2020, these apps will be reconfigured in …

Thanks to the recent onslaught of amazing books and highlighting the work of women in history , particularly in the STEM field, I recognized the name Grace Hopper immediately when I saw this very cool pin from our friends at Dissent Pins…