gifts for dads

If you're an Amazon Prime member that survived Prime Day 2017 without spending all your money on vitamin supplements and Hummel figurine knockoffs, take a breath, clear your palate, and be sure to check out the new Amazon Exclusives page…

Forget Snapchat, Facebook, or even Instagram. Teens these days are often connecting with friends online by gaming together on their Xboxes and I find the key to good communication for them is a great gaming headset for teens. So my almos…

We're big fans of Sphero , as you might guess considering we've featured lots of their cool tech toys here on Cool Mom Tech ( BB-8 anyone?), so it's no surprise we're intrigued by their newest launch, Spider-Man . But unlike their other …

If you missed the boat on photo gifts for Father's Day or Mother's Day ...no, wait! You didn't! We all live in the land of the smartphone cam, after all, and if you've got a camera -- especially that dandy iPhone 7S -- and a place to pri…

We love excuses to shop for cool new tech, and we love excuses to shop for the cool dads in our lives. Put them together...and we've got some really creative, fun ideas for cool tech gifts for Father's Day. Whether he's a traveler, an ad…

It's amazing how far home tech design has come, even since we started this site six years ago. What once may have looked sleek and amazing -- a baby monitor, a humidifier, even a lawnmower -- now looks clunky and dated compared to what's…

We're coming up end-of-the-year gifts for teachers, grads, and coaches over the next month, plus Father's Day, which often means lots of group gifts. And as you might have experienced, chasing people down and keeping track of everyone's …

We love our portable Bluetooth speakers around here, especially as the warm weather creeps in and we aim to take our favorite music (and ahem , favorite podcasts ) outside. That's why we're smitten with the brand new Beoplay P2 Speaker -…

Well, here's one way to ensure no one will ever throw away that greeting card you so lovingly wrote out and mailed. These Tine message tags allow you to send photos, video, even audio messages using a special code that you can stick pret…

For a while, geek has been the new chic, and so I hardly know a new mom or dad who wouldn't totally love this periodic table baby swaddler for their future genius. Designed by toddler mom Lynne Burton to keep herself from going crazy (we…

As we get closer to Christmas and Hanukkah (eep!) we thought we'd close out our 2016 Holiday Tech Gift Guide should help you out since it's all about last minute holiday tech deals and discounts. Yep, those of you procrastinators and bus…

Now for one of our favorite posts in our 2016 Cool Mom Tech Holiday Tech Gift Guide , we're sharing the coolest tech stocking stuffers that won't cost you a fortune. Okay so some are a little spendier than others but let's be honest, oft…

We love finding swanky, stylish tech gifts for the men in our lives, and this year we're swooning over this cashmere Bluetooth beanie we spotted at Neiman Marcus. Concealed, wireless headphones are built in to the hat, designed to fit ov…

Next up in our Cool Mom Tech Holiday Tech Gift Guide, we've got two dozen ideas for great geeky gifts for a kid in your life. From little babies just cutting their teeth on Nintendo (literally -- you'll see) to big kids and kids at heart…

We love finding cool custom photo gift, because hello, we're moms! We're sentimental like that. But also, they make great gifts because they demonstrate that some real thought and love went into creating it, even if it doesn't cost a for…

Last year, after spending way too long researching the category, I bought a pair of NuForce BE6 Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds by Optoma, and soon after, declared them best wireless Bluetooth earbuds thanks to their sleek look, lightweight c…

Honestly, I'm not a hard-core audiophile who geeks out over the minute details about speaker drivers and subwoofers, but I am still picky with my speakers as I'm sure a lot of you are. I can hear the difference between a good speaker and…

Did June 19 sneak up on you this year? We hear you! If you're looking for a cool, thoughtful last-minute Father's Day gift that requires little more than your computer or mobile device and an internet connection, we've got you covered. N…

With Father's Day right around the corner, we've started thinking about some cool Father's Day tech gift options -- in addition to the kids' plaster handprints and construction paper ties, of course. The timing of this holiday is perfect…

Now that so many of us have a zillion photos stored on our laptops or phones, I love creating any gift that takes the best of those photos and puts them onto something we can hold onto So, for some of my favorite people, I've turned rece…

I never really latched onto the selfie trend, probably because every time I try, I end up partly cut off, at a weird angle or the lighting is awful. But thanks to these five sefie cases and flashes designed just for improving the almight…

The best part of hosting parties in the spring and summer is that everyone can be outside, so you don't have to do a full clean-up of your house the next day. But if you tend to rely on a big indoor sound system, you may not just be able…

Now that Valentine's Day is just a few days away, we look at it as one more thoughtful opportunity to give a coveted gadget to that special someone. I love any excuse to give (or ahem, get) a tech gift. And it definitely has more longevi…

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