Parents take note! Sneaky brothers and sisters beware! Soon your every move can be captured by a new kids' toy from Wild Planet. The Spy Video TRAKR is billed as the first app-enabled, programmable ...

Toys and electronics are mixing more than ever these days. That’s why toy robot maker WowWee has created a new line of collectible toys, dubbed App Gear, that interact with free downloaded apps for ...

W hen my 4-year-old unwrapped Curio’s Grok, an AI-powered plush designed to chat and play, his eyes went wide. “Does it ...

— -- Will adding a mobile app to a traditional toy make it cool enough to appeal to young techies? Toy makers at Toy Fair hope so. At the annual trade show earlier this month, toy companies tried ...

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Goldie Blox explores engineering principles in a fun way Roominate is a %27wired dollhouse%27 Create video stories with %27Princess Fairy Tale Maker%27 Play patterns for girls are changing. Last month ...

When it comes to kids toys, the real world and virtual worlds are coming together, whether it's action figures that appear in video games when placed on a console-connected "portal" (like Activision's ...

Running errands doesn’t have to be boring — just ask Amanda Chatel. The 36-year-old writer recently went out to pick up her laundry, visit Duane Reade and grab a drink at a local bar — all while ...

Brio bores my boy. There, I said it. The little wooden trains — the darling toy of generations of well-meaning parents — can barely hold my 2-year-old son’s attention for fifteen minutes before he ...