Tech

Netflix for Babysitters?

January 4, 2012 Advice for Dads

How many family members in your household access your Netflix account? Netflix has made some progress on making their service more family friendly, and for my daughters’ sakes they’ve got a little further to go…. We enjoyed a long New Year’s weekend away from home, spending most of our time at the indoor pool at our hotel, [...]

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The New Mobile Man Cave For Dads

December 27, 2011 Holiday Dad Gift Ideas

Our house is extremely busy with our four daughters. There is constantly a little one that needs to be wiped, repaired with a band-aid, broken up from a potential brawl with their sister…you name it. There is always something going on. I love the excitement. With that said, there is also a constant battle of [...]

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[VIDEO] Facebook Announces the New Timeline at F8 Conference

September 22, 2011 Tech
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This feels a lot like scrap booking and it’s a significant change to Facebook profiles:

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Netflix Becomes More Kid Friendly to Keep Families From Jumping Ship

August 16, 2011 Business
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Ever since we became Netflix customers, we have primarily used it for the kids. My wife and I have never been disciplined enough to keep a steady queue of movies coming to our mailbox and the streaming section never had enough good content. But they’ve always had an OK sprinkling of kids’ movies and shows. [...]

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New Google Chrome Ad: Dear Sophie

May 4, 2011 Featured

Check out this great new Google Chrome ad highlighting some key milestones of fatherhood through the lens of technology:  

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When Daddy is Deployed, Part 2

April 18, 2011 Advice for Dads

Christa Charter is a Playground Dad guest contributor. You can follow her on Twitter @trixie360 In October, I wrote about my husband GySgt Charter’s deployment on the USS Kearsarge and how I was using technology to help him keep in touch with our toddler daughter. I was pretty confident that with short video clips and [...]

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Enterprising Kid of the Month

April 3, 2011 Business

WonderCon is one of the premier events for comic books and pop culture. This year WonderCon is celebrating its 25th anniversary and it took place this weekend at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. All of the big names are there like DC and Marvel, but one of the coolest things in this year’s [...]

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Double Fine Studios Working on Sesame Street Game For Microsoft Kinect

February 15, 2011 Business

The creators of Brutal Legend, Double Fine Studios are at work on their first family game, Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster for Microsoft Kinect. The game is being described as a “living storybook” featuring Elmo and Cookie Monster. Appearances by Big Bird and Snuffleupagus have not been confirmed. The kid-friendly game will teach problem [...]

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The Kids Are Loving Splish Splash Inn on the Ipad

January 28, 2011 Featured

We often highlight the iPhone and iPad apps that have obviously taken art and interface design as priority one. This isn’t because we’re stuffy art enthusiasts, it’s simply because this what our kids seem to gravitate towards. They’re less concerned about apps that try to push the technical horsepower of an iOS and more compelled [...]

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