Posts Tagged ‘kids’

C5 Childs Tracker Watch: Forget big brother, big mother is watching you

C5 Childs Tracker Watch: Forget big brother, big mother is watching you

When children are little, it’s reasonably easy to keep your eye on them – you can attach them to a strap on both your wrists, strap them in a buggy, or hold on to their reins. Once they’re bigger, Take2Teq is offering a new solution in the form of the…

1stFone Mobile for 4-9 Year Olds

1stFone Mobile for 4-9 Year Olds

Gadgets don’t tend to cause a lot of controversy. Their uses and applications may be called into question sometimes, but an actually device is usually free from any condemnation or disapproval. However you get the feeling that a mobile phone aimed at four-to-nine-year-olds would cause quite a stir…and it has….

Carrot Car Insurance: Driving Costs Down for Kids

Carrot Car Insurance: Driving Costs Down for Kids

First timer drivers face a Herculean task when it comes to getting insured on their first car. At the moment the Bank of Mum and Dad is the easiest way to get a son or daughter insured on a reasonable car without paying a fortune on insurance premiums – but…

Parentsaround: Keep an eye on your kids online

Parentsaround: Keep an eye on your kids online

One of the big worries for parents is what their children are doing online – what they’re viewing, who they’re talking to and so on. Once your kids hit a certain age, even with the best will in the world it’s hard to watch them every second, which is why…

Last-minute kids’ Christmas gadgets

Last-minute kids’ Christmas gadgets

Is Santa still looking for a few treats for the children/teens in your family? Here are a few neat ideas that should put you in the favourite uncle/auntie category well into the New Year (which means you get first dibs on their Christmas sweet stash!) If you’re buying for children…

Xmas gadgets you can play with when the kids have gone to bed

Xmas gadgets you can play with when the kids have gone to bed

Hands up anyone who’s bought their one-year-old son a Scalextric for Christmas – just so you can play with it yourself – yes, we know who you are. And you’re not alone, so we’ve put together a few other treats that the kids will love finding in their stocking in…

Dandy Digital: Downloadable Desperate Dan

Dandy Digital: Downloadable Desperate Dan

There once was an ordinary young boy called Eric but when Eric bit into a banana, an amazing transformation occurred. Eric is Bananaman! Old dogs may not be able to learn new tricks but 75 year old comics are certainly capable of moving with the times. After being a printed…

Top 3 Christmas Gifts For Teenagers

Top 3 Christmas Gifts For Teenagers

Teenagers are notoriously difficult to please and none more so when it comes to Christmas presents! During this intensely difficult age teenagers are too old for toys, too young to appreciate the fineries of food, drink and home décor and are intent on adhering to the rules of ‘coolness’ that…

nabi 2: Keep your kids off your iPad

nabi 2: Keep your kids off your iPad

Kids’ gadgets often look great, but can offer disappointing results – the kids’ cameras on the market are a prime example – but it looks like the latest tablet designed for the children’s market is taking a leaf out of the books of the people who make devices for the…

Best Halloween Apps & Gadgets

Best Halloween Apps & Gadgets

It’s handy that someone invented Hallowe’en to fill that awkward gap between the end of the school holidays and Christmas – and if you want to get a few chills and thrills before the festive season here’s a few ideas for you. For grown-ups If you want to be able…

The BathBuoy – Save Energy in the Bath!

The BathBuoy – Save Energy in the Bath!

Anyone with young children will know how exasperating it can be to wait for the bath to fill up – and to see how much water you use each time you bath them. This is when they’re at the age when they need bathing every day – for reasons that…

“Witch With No Name” App Review

“Witch With No Name” App Review

It was with some trepidation that I offered up the app The Witch with No Name to my six year old. Anyone with a six-year-old will know why – one minute they are asking to take a bunch of cuddly toys to bed with them, the next they eschew anything…