Tablets are at the top of so many kids' wish lists this Christmas, even for the littlest ones in our homes. For the preschool set who is just starting to learn about technology, the intuitive design of touch-directed devices are amazing.…
The problem with trying to find a tablet for kids is that many of them tend to look like, well, tablets for kids . And the thing is, no matter how amazing might be (looking at you, Nabi 2 and Nabi Jr ) I can't convince my older kids that…
Last year, we raved about the quality and design of the nabi 2 Tablet , one that we dubbed as one of the very best for offering high-quality design and content in one. We still stand by this recommendation for a full-fledged kid-to-tween…
If you visit Amazon today, you'll see the big announcement that Kindle Fire users will now be able to use something called Amazon Coins to purchase apps, music and games directly on their Fire devices. And we've got the details. Really, …
When I think of the words "coffee table," I think about a place to put my feet and a place that my kids jump on, but rarely did I ever equate it with an awesomely interactive computer, until now. This amazing new IdeaCentre Horizon PC fr…
We've featured all sorts of fun iPhone cables on Cool Mom Tech, even pretty cords for Android . And the DIY wrapped cords are a little bit of genius. But these woven cables might just be the coolest cords I've ever seen. {Don't miss the …
So many of you have been asking us which of the many tablets on the market right now is the best tablet for kids. I get it. With two young kids who get more tech-savvy by the day, I'm always on the lookout for really high-quality devices…
With all the new Android tablets hitting the market over the new few weeks, I can't say I was surprised to see that Barnes and Noble released two new HD versions of their popular NOOK Tablet . If you're wondering how these stack up again…
There have been a lot of exciting news and updates for Apple loyalists out there recently--namely the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 . But we also know about the growing legions of Android users, and we're excited to see that Android has really uppe…
When Barnes and Noble launched their NOOK GlowLight e-reader, I was anxious to see what Amazon would launch in return. Well, wouldn't you know that just yesterday they launched a brand new Kindle, as well as a new Kindle Fire, that we th…
Since I work off a five-year-old laptop that looks like a Commodore 64 next to some of the newer laptops on the market, I'm always looking for ways to spruce it up. I frequently update my desktop wallpaper with kids' photos and change th…
Last week's big Apple WWDC announcement about major updates to iOS and MacBooks, along with yesterday's Microsoft tablet announcement...well, you can imagine I'm pretty much in tech heaven right now. Even though I'm a loyal iPad user, I …
Apple's had a record week this week with the launch of their new iPad, which is not an iPad 3, but everyone is still calling an iPad 3. If you're one of the lucky ones who have upgraded to the new iPad (not an iPad 3), you might be decid…
It's new iPad announcement day! And if you follow Cool Mom Tech on Twitter , then you know that we're pretty excited about the big Apple iPad announcement that was just made. And very intrigued by the fact that it's not an iPad 3. After …
So you've got the iMac. You've got the iPad. And now you're realizing that wait...you might even need to use both at the same time. Say, if you want to have a Facetime chat while searching the web or reading through a Powerpoint deck. Or…
After discovering the iPad USB flash drive that our readers went wild for, I thought I had nabbed the holy grail of tech gadgets. But then I spotted the new card readers at Photojojo and now I know there's more grail to be found. The iPa…
This year at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, it was no small task narrowing down more than 20,000 new products to just the stuff I think parents will love. (As in, not a pair of $2000 designer 3-D glasses). Here, five tech trends tha…
Subscribing to Cool Mom Tech is hot, hot, hot, and not just because one lucky subscriber will win a brand new Kindle Fire bundle. (Okay, so Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy are pretty hot, too. But we can't subscribe you to them.) Whe…
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'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…
Every parent with an iPad (and that's a lot of us) has at some point asked the same question--something along the lines of man, why can't they make one that's just for kids that doesn't cost a fortune and isn't destined to be broken in t…
When my oldest was born, I remember holding her like she was an expensive, slippery vase that might somehow squirm out of my hands while I was trying to multitask. Maybe that's why I liked wearing her in a baby carrier where she felt nic…
We're thrilled to welcome Jason Avant, founder and managing editor of DadCentric.com , as today's Dad Dig This guest blogger. When it was announced that Apple would be producing a tablet, many of my friends and colleagues were practicall…
You keep hearing about the tablet wars heating up, but for a while, Apple's iPad seemed to be the only one that was on fire. I've had opportunities to test out Android tablets like the Blackberry Playbook, Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galax…
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