by Cool Mom Staff | Causes and Giving Back
Surely like so many of you, we’ve been captivated and horrified by the horrific natural tragedies in Japan over the past two days. If you want to help, we love that the Red Cross has set up a simple way to donate through your cell phone. Just text REDCROSS to...
by Cool Mom Staff | Uncategorized
Put kids and gadgets together and it can be pretty risky business. Whether it’s a potential sippy cup leak in my purse or a tumble on the hardwood floors in my kitchen, I’m more than a little worried when I let my kids play on my iPhone 4. What they really...
by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks
We’re so pleased to be partnering with our sponsor Capital One to help celebrate National Consumer Protection Week. This is the second installment in our smart surfing series, focusing on tips to help you with safe online shopping. We’re no strangers to...
by Cool Mom Staff | Uncategorized
Today is officially International Women’s Day which–well, we can’t think of a more favorite International Day. Considering Cool Mom Picks and Cool Mom tech are businesses run by women, primarily to support other women, this is definitely one holiday...
by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks
We’re so pleased to be partnering with our sponsor Capital One to help celebrate National Consumer Protection Week. We’ll be sharing cool, smart surfing tips on how to keep you and your family’s online privacy as safe as you can. Now we love social...
by Cool Mom Staff | Life and Home
If I had a quarter for every quarter I dumped into that Donkey Kong arcade game in the 80’s…well, I suppose I’d have all my quarters back. And then factoring in interest and rate of inflation, I’d easily be able to by 100 sets of these super...
by Cool Mom Staff | Best Apps
Although I am enjoying my iPad I miss some of the things my laptop offered, like excel for budgeting. Do you have any budgeting app suggestions? – Steff What? You mean iPads aren’t just for games? I seem to forget that since my kids can’t stop...
by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks
I love taking pictures and videos of my son and would like to email them with others but I am always concerned about where my shared pictures and videos may end up. I was wondering if you know of any websites that have a “sign-in” feature when sharing...
by Cool Mom Staff | Gear + Hardware
I just made a big switch with homeschool Math curriculum for my oldest daughter and it requires her to watch and interact with CDs on the computer. Unfortunately, my 3yo jammed two DVDs into my Macbook and broke the drive. So now, faced with the repair cost, I’m...
by Cool Mom Staff | Uncategorized
We’ve heard rumors about the launch of the iPad 2 for awhile now, and finally, Apple has just released the first look today. Based on what we’ve seen so far, the improvements look to be worth the wait. Well, for those of you who had the patience and...
