While visiting YouTube Headquarters last month, we Parent Panel members got a sneak peek into their VR lab where we tried on Daydream, Google’s VR headset, and Samsung Gear VR to play games in an highly immersive environment. If you’re like our family and aren’t a regular user yet, I asked Patricia Vance, President of…
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11 Reasons to Switch Your Phone to Republic Wireless
This is a sponsored post Consumers have traditionally been tied to service plans and contracts from the major cellular carriers with high monthly rates for talk, data, text, and smartphone service. is here to disrupt smartphone service as we know it thanks to “WiFi First.” With promises to deliver high quality and savings to customers…
What You Need to Know About Sony Xperia Unlocked Mobile Phones
This is a sponsored post Part of the joy that comes with mobile phone ownership is freedom. For us adults, it means freedom to work when you want and how you want but for our kids, phones provide the power to communicate and share freely. Isn’t it ironic that sometimes the freedom we enjoy as…
5 Reasons to Use CVS Pay and How to Set it Up in the CVS Pharmacy App
This is a sponsored post I always find myself at my neighborhood CVS to grab items at the last minute. Whether I’m caring for a sick child or picking up forgotten items en route to a potluck, end of season sports gathering, or class party, I always want to get in and out as quickly…
8 Ways Working Parents Can Declutter and Get More Organized
This is a sponsored post If you’ve ever asked to recall your kids’ immunization records, find an obscure work document that you know you once had but is either buried on your desk or was recycled, or wished you had a good system for decluttering endless papers but could still archive them for the future,…
Lenovo ThinkCentre X1 Review: Powerful and Attractive All-in-One
Our computer on the first floor of the house just got an upgrade to the Lenovo ThinkCentre X1 Signature Edition. It’s a 23.8” all-in-one PC with a 6th-generation Intel Core i5 processor. The ThinkCentre system works at our frantic pace and doesn’t get in our way. Using the Lenovo ThinkCentre X1 as a Family Machine…
Cubenizer: Ultimate Kid Fantasy Combines Gaming, STEM & DIY Maker Skills to Create Your Own Candy
This is a sponsored post These days my kids are all about making. They love visiting our local maker space where they’re only limited by their imagination. The two hours a week they spend at the open workshops has transformed the way they think and problem solve and it’s always fun to see them bring…
Streaming vs Cable: Have You Cut the Cord?
Back in 2009 just over a year after I started blogging, I wrote about streaming content being the new way to watch favorite shows. The big revelation eight years ago was kids were less likely to watch live television thanks to DVRs and streaming. I was excited to hear that new shows were being added…
Why iRobot’s Roomba 980 is for More Than Just Spring Cleaning
Spring is in the air and while I’ve been in a spring cleaning frenzy trying to clean closets to rid the dark corners of forgotten items from years’ past, the rest of the house always needs help. Dust bunnies multiply and colonies appear throughout the house with dog hair, crumbs, dirt tracked in from outside,…
How Roku TV Helps You Stream Content to Cut Cable
I have been a fan of Roku for a long time. My first DVR and experience with on-demand TV was with ReplayTV. The founder of ReplayTV left the company to found Roku as a streaming-only solution. It has been a couple of years since I looked at Roku’s products. Roku has a whole lineup of…
