Why an admitted tech addict mourns the loss of her kids’ tech free summers. Every summer, for the past six years, my kids have been disconnected from the digital world for seven weeks straight while they swim and bike and canoe and do every land sport imaginable at sleepaway camp. But this Continue Reading
The secrets of maximizing Pinterest from the #5 employee at Pinterest herself. As a blogger, I'm invited to a lot of events. And each of those events comes with an unspoken contract: the sponsor will provide you with information or an experience of some kind, or some swag, in exchange for you Continue Reading
CES is a massive, miles long, completely insane, totally exhausting labyrinth from which it feels you may never escape. CE WEEK, however, held each week in smaller venues across the country, is an interesting, manageable look at the latest in tech. In my case, it even comes with a fab lunch, Continue Reading
It's been more than a month since I returned from Las Vegas and the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show. And while many a techno geek is still probably fantasizing about the cool new super thin, super crisp TV's (and the booth babes who displayed them), I can't get my mind off something else. Though I Continue Reading
Yes, it's true. I am a Windows Phone geek. the HTC Windows Phone 8X is my all -time favorite. I love that operating system. I love an operating system. How weird and geeky and sad. But geekdom has it's benefits: HTC recently sent me its new Droid DNA to review, and while it doesn't turn me away Continue Reading
I love my HTC Windows Phone 8X. Only it's not mine. It's a loaner, given (lent) to me by HTC so I could review it. Only I don't want to give it back. Really, I don't. It's no surprise that I love Windows Phone. I love it so much that even though the only model Sprint carried with the operating Continue Reading
We've all done it. Signed in to the WiFi at Starbucks, at the bookstore, even in public parks. We want our online access, and we don't want to give up our minutes to get it. But there is a risk. And every time you sign onto a public WiFi network you take it. Here's how the FTC describes Continue Reading
Drum roll please!!! Today we are officially announcing the launch of the KidzVuz app, the only video submission app designed especially for tweens. I’m beyond excited. Why? So glad you asked! Continue Reading
Oh, the life of a blogger -- you have to go to press junkets where Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway answer your questions. You're forced to check out hip salons like Blow (thanks MomTrends) where they absolutely make you get your hair done, fix your makeup, and serve you cocktails. And you have to be Continue Reading