Technology Archives - The Culture Mom

15Feb

Review: iDropped, Fixes iPhones and Child’s Hearts

When my son's brand new IPhone 6s appeared with a cracked screen, it not only broke (sorry for the pun) his heart but also presented us with the problem of getting it repaired. After all, it's the most modern, advanced version of the iPhone and also his favorite belonging in the world, so we needed to remedy the situation at our soonest..without a delay or wait. He wasn't sure exactly how the phone had broken, after owning it for a mere six hours, but we carefully stressed the need to be patient and understand that these things happen to everyone. We Read More

26Jul

Minted: Design Your Own Stationary with Art from Around the World

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A few weeks ago came across a new line of stationary that caught my eye instantly. You have to understand that I am not typically into design - I tend to buy a lot of Hallmark cards. I have never really discovered a line that excited me. But this card made me linger and want to explore the line futher: A totally new concept for me has come into my life: Indie stationary. Made by a company called Minted, a design-your-own stationery site, these pieces of stationary are made by designers all over the world, in 43 countries. Minted believes that Read More

16May

Feel Guilty About Giving Kids Your iPad? Consider This New Reader and NYC event!

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A friend of mine told me recently that they felt guilty about letting her daughter use her ipad. Why? She didn’t feel like it was being used in an “educational” way. So, it’s pretty cool that there is a new interactive reader where your kid is doing something educational and you are actually getting educated at the same time too! The new Ruckus Reader aims to stand apart by helping to evaluate how a child is doing while reading and then emails parents a progress report. It’s kind of like a report card: once a week it highlights highlights where the Read More

21Mar

Feeling the Need to Unplug in Order to Plug

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I never used to be like this. I used to read a lot – newspapers, books, magazines. I’d carry literature around with me. And I had more human interaction than I have now. I called my friends. I knocked on people’s doors at work and in my neighborhood. I never let a certain amount of time go by before I got in touch with the people I care most about. I had a cell phone, but to be honest, before I got an iPhone, I hardly used it. Then I had kids and went back to work, and I relied more on my cell phone to keep in touch with the babysitter, Read More

21Dec

Capturing Ski Memories with the Help of Epic Mix

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I was really excited when I was skiing in Vail recently and learned about Epic Mix. Epic Mix is a whole new way of skiing and capturing yourself on camera. You no longer have to worry about carrying your camera on the slopes and having to stop in your tracks on the mountain. Photographers are scattered around the mountain taking photographs and the photos are captured on your EpixMix card, which also serves as your lift ticket. It's inside your pocket, not even out, and manages to capture all the day's memories. It doesn't only take pictures, it Read More

28Jun

FREE NYC: The Sony Wonder Technology Lab’s Newest Exhibit, Music Mixer

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Have you been to the Sony Wonder Technology Lab in New York City with your kids? If not, you should. It's one of the city's best activities for kids and it's FREE. I've been taking my kids there since they were wee small, and it's an experience that we'll never get tired of. It's a four-story interactive technology and entertainment experience in the Sony Building on 56th and Madison that is truly out of this world. So, when I was invited there today for the opening of Music Mixer, its latest interactive exhibit featuring 14-time Read More

24Sep

Toshiba and Best Buy Collaborate to Introduce Children’s Laptop

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Toshiba's Digital Products Division, (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced the Satellite® L635 Kids’ PC, Toshiba’s first kid-centric laptop design, available exclusively at Best Buy. Designed in collaboration with Best Buy, the Satellite L635 Kids’ PC is a full-size laptop made for children aged five to 10 that provides a suite of entertainment and education software and allows parents to help ensure their children are staying safe on the Web. Technology products are Read More