Liz Gumbinner

As we start thinking back to school time we've got desk organization on our brains. It's like my annual New Year's tech resolution, although I always seem to make it (again) in late summer. Now that my kids are getting to the age where t…

And the award for best use of half a used plastic toy goes to...the dinosaur iPhone stand ! Not that there was a ton of competition, mind you, but how can you not totally love these upcycled toys-turned-gadget stands? From the look of it…

I am one of those people who runs to my closet, dragging out every single piece of linen the second Memorial Day hits. Then when labor day comes, I don't exactly stash it all in the back of the closet, but keep wearing it and hoping the …

If you have checked out our recent post on the Kid Lid Keyboard cover (and why we're all pining for one), then you well know of our foibles of balancing a world of children in a world of technology. So I had to giggle when I came across …

Update: It seems a future proof charging dock wasn't future proof after all; now you can check out the Dual Charging Dock for iPhone and Apple Watch if you like the look of DODOCase. So we're already fans of DODOCase (the mere mention ge…

Last year we discovered the Nanoleaf LED light bulb which, besides looking super cool, actually is. It's a safer alternative to CF bulbs, projecting light 360-degrees like a traditional incandescent while saving money and energy. The one…

My kids are way deep into a Minecraft obsession. They ask for Minecraft playdates, they've built full-size characters out of cardboard boxes, and my 9-year-old daughter talks about marrying the Enderman. She calls him Endy. They're close…

It's been a big week for Otterbox around here. First they wow us with their new Agility series of iPad cases and accessories, and now they add to their Otterbox Symmetry Series high-style cases with a new design from Nina Garcia who is p…

By now, texting acronyms like LOL and OMG are pretty pervasive in pop culture; my daughter knew them in preschool, you hear them from the least hip anchors on TV morning shows, and heck, your own parents probably have texted you an LOL a…

When I can manage to wrestle my iPad out of my children's hands (shaking my fist at you, Minecraft), it is often because I need it as my cookbook. While I've liked products like the iPad cutting board for propping up the tablet right whe…

I am always impressed, a little fascinated, and sometimes scared by some of the DIY tech projects that we are increasingly seeing around the web. I dentifying your phone charger with washi tape ? Good! Turning a used remote control into …

Oh, any baby can own a cute plush clutch ball. But where's the adventure in that? With the wonderfully geeky handmade plush d20 die from Etsy's Sweetly Geek, you can just see the possibilities. Maybe you'll have a future halfling fighter…

If you thought that encasing your tablet in an Otterbox case was like giving it a bulletproof vest, the new Otterbox Agility System is sheathing it in an entire Iron Man style exoskeleton armor system. (However it does not come with Robe…

Much to my children's delight, my new Macbook meant transferring ownership of the old one. As in the embarrassing old Macbook I've shared here before, the one with missing letters galore. Seeing as how they have yet to master the art of …

Once I started discovering colorful cables for my iPhone and iPad, it's been kind of hard to go back to white. Plus, the have the added bonus of keeping my kids off of them. ( Hey! That pink one is mine, missy...what's it doing in your r…

The new Monument Valley app may be the most gorgeous, mindblowingly cool app I've seen in a while. And that's saying something. It's a puzzle game that's like Figaro Pho meets MC Escher. Your job is to get the silent little princess Ida …

Since I'm (almost) ready to trade in my beloved childhood kitchen table (what, it's vintage now!) which is being used as a totally inappropriate home office desk I've been looking around. And when I saw the gorgeous wooden desks from the…

We obviously have a thing for geeky baby gifts around here, probably because we have a growing number of friends who are proud to let their geek flags fly. And now we've found an adorable baby gift for gamers that we can add to the list:…

Well if there was any doubt that wearable tech was blowing up--and getting prettier--you only have to look at these pages where it seems that there's something new and cool coming out nearly every day now. Recently, it was the beautiful …

When we first came across the crossbody Bandolier iPhone case , I admit that a few on our staff was like...eh...do we really need it? The rest of us however, were completely excited about it. I include myself in that latter group. I supp…

H i Cool Mom Tech, any suggestions for fun kid-friendly typing apps or websites? - Tiffiny via Twitter How perfect -- I've just been looking for typing websites myself, to get my own kids to learn how to type online. Especially after the…

We've come a long way from the typewriter iPad combo we first discovered a few years bag that, though incredible, rang in at a whopping $799. That's a lot to pay for "wow, cool." And now we've got the evolution with a Kickstarter campaig…

If you're still scratching your head about the perfect gift for a tech-savvy dad, we've got some last minute tech gifts for Father's Day that we hope will do the trick. Things to ask that might help you out: Can I get it in a local store…

I am one of those (awful, judgy) people who will unfollow people on Instagram if their feed is filled with too many type-heavy, horribly designed promotions or ads or OMG LOOK AT MY CUTE BEHBEH proclamations over family photos that might…