Family Tech Category Archive

A few months ago I reviewed the weemote 3 from Fobis Technologies. Today it’s time to look at another of their children’s remotes, the weemote DV. The weemote 3 did a great job simplifying TV viewing, but can the weemote DV do the same thing for DVDs?
First Impressions
Picture your average remote: it’s probably black or [...]

The Telegraph posted a story yesterday about a Pelham man who had advertised a party on MySpace. Among those who paid to get in were 25 minors from Dracut, Lowell, Lawrence, Chelmsford, Tyngsboro, Tewksbury, Nashua and Hampton. But I’m not posting about this story because local kids were drinking, after all that’s nothing new. And [...]

By now I’m sure you’ve heard of Google Maps. Like many people, you’ve probably already used it (or a similar mapping service) to find directions to a new restaurant, store or other family destination. But now Southern New Hampshire families have another reason to use it: Google has mapped the Manchester and Nashua areas with [...]

Am I going to hand (my daughter) the remote so she can access 100+ channels of digital TV by herself?

I asked that question about a year ago in a post titled “Say Hello to Generation We.” What I didn’t know then was that it wouldn’t be the TV she was going to be interested [...]

PlayStation 3. XBox 360. Nintendo Wii.
There’s no doubt that video games are big business and it’s not always easy to tell which ones are appropriate for your children. And with the wide range of games available, not to mention the amount of advertising dollars being spent to promote them, it’s a safe bet [...]

Digital music is here to stay. iPods other MP3 players have made it easier than ever to listen to, and share, our favorite music. And who better to share music (or “mew-ic” as our daughter calls it) with than our children.
In the latest SNHParents article, Kid-Friendly MP3 Players, I take a look at three childrens’ [...]

Looking for an easy way to give something back to your community? Internet search engine Goodsearch gives half its revenue (about a penny per search) to nonprofits. That would be a good reason to use GoodSearch instead of Yahoo! or Google, but there’s more: you get to pick the charity your searches benefit.
Just visit www.goodsearch.com [...]

Seacoastonline.com has reported that New Hampshire ranks eighth in the nation for Internet access speed. Our median download speed is 2.7 mbps, compared to the US median of 1.9 mbps.
That sounds pretty good, but compare that to the other countries mentioned in the article:

Japan: 61 mbps
South Korea: 45 mbps
France: 17 mbps
Canada: 7 mbps

Pretty sad, huh? [...]

I saw this photo on Gizmodo and offer it up as something to ponder over the long weekend. I know how stable Segways are supposed to be, but this just doesn’t look safe! What’s next, biking with the stroller alongside you? Somebody should contact Segway about creating a trailer (sidecar?) for kids.
Can we expect [...]

This weekend we got to play with SanDisk’s new Sansa Shaker MP3 player. The Sansa Shaker is aimed at kids eight and older and features kid-friendly features like a built-in speaker, two headphone jacks and an innovative “shake” mechanism to switch songs. Although it doesn’t have any built-in memory, the $40 player comes with a [...]