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The 10 Hottest Tech Toys of 2015

December 18, 2015Common Sense Media

Toys that talk, tablets that “grow up” with your kid, and robots you build (and then order around)– yep, this holiday is shaping up to be the techiest ever for kids.

Best Play-Together Apps and Video Games for Families

December 16, 2015Common Sense Media

What’s the best way to entertain family, guests, and relatives of all ages throughout the holidays? Hook ’em up with multiplayer games designed to be enjoyed together.

TV Says “I’m Not Dead Yet!” in Brand New Research

November 3, 2015Bill Shribman

New research sheds light on how kids today are using media.

What Is the Amazon Echo?

July 27, 2015Z7

I’ll admit it: even as I was asking my Amazon rep if there was review product available for their new Echo, I didn’t really understand what the device was. A voice-activated, omnidirectional… speaker… thing?

Science Literacy: Statistics Shmatistics

November 13, 2014Rebecca Angel

Reading GeekMom will make your day 39% happier, your children 50% smarter, and the world 100% better. Hmm…maybe learning about statistics would help.

GeekMom Video Playlist

December 23, 2013Rebecca Angel

GeekMom playlist has the 2013 rewind, random videos, and holiday fun! Check out what you missed, and what to share!

Why This Geek Is Not Watching Star Trek

May 30, 2013November 23, 2017Kevin Makice25

This month, fans flocked to see the much-anticipated second installment of J.J. Abrams reboot of the franchise, Star Trek: Into Darkness. I was not among them. Why would a lifelong Trekkie not see what is widely considered to be a good action film? It failed the Bechdel Test.

The Weekly, Geekly Rewind — September 4, 2012

September 4, 2012Natania Barron

We’ve taken a little break due to the holiday, but fear not! Here’s a great list of tasty, geeky links from the GeekMom world and beyond.

Xbox SmartGlass Is Next-Generation Universal Remote

June 15, 2012Andy Robertson

SmartGlass promises to turn any smart phone or tablet computer into a touch screen controller for the Xbox 360. This not only makes finding and selecting media easier, and complements the 360’s controller, motion and voice control options, but adds …

Natural Experiments Show Media’s Effects on Families

June 13, 2012Garth Sundem

I interviewed UCSD economist Gordon Dahl about one of his natural experiments – the data-driven observation that an unexpected home-team football loss leads to a spike in domestic violence in the team’s home city – for my book, Brain Trust. …

ChatWithTheBand – A Ustream/ Google+ Hangouts-esque Facebook App For Musicians and Artists

January 26, 2012November 22, 2017Jules Sherred2

If you are a musician, or artist, and have been lamenting over the lack of interactive chat features on Facebook similar to Google+ Hangouts, finally, there is something similar available to those who make use of Facebook fan pages. The app is called ChatWithTheBand. ChatWithTheBand lets you video chat with fans and listen to tracks as […]

Why I Still Love Old Media, Part 2

January 22, 2012Corrina Lawson

I wrote a post about how valuable newspapers were during the October snowstorm that hit the Northeast last year but recently I’ve also discovered I’m a big old fogey about news content in another way. I don’t like to watch …

Botox Mom Update: Negligent, or a Fake?

May 20, 2011GeekMom1

Botox for an 8 year old: truth or an elaborate hoax? I wrote a post about the mom who gave her daughter Botox as a means to get rid of wrinkles that the mom thought was deterring her daughter on the beauty pageant circuit. This story has gotten a lot of press across the internet […]