Year: 2013

When it comes to great advice for fun and safe cyber-dating, there is no better expert than Julie Spira who was kind enough to allow LarrysWorld to combine a couple of her advice articles on […]

I spend a lot of time on planes but even the ones that have Internet access don’t let you stream TV shows or movies from Netflix and other streaming services.  Yet, as I winged my way to […]

By Larry Magid When it comes to privacy and security, I’m reminded of folks who drive to the airport without their seat belt on and then worry about the plane crashing. Planes do crash on […]

A new study, Coming and Going On Facebook,  from the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 61% of Facebook users have taken a “voluntary break” from the service for several weeks or more, and 20% of the online adults […]

I was pretty excited when the Surface Pro arrived about ten days ago, so I could test it ahead of its release on February 9th.  Finally, a tablet that’s also a laptop that also runs […]

  In 1999, the European Commission created the Safer Internet Programme which lead to the creation of Insafe, a European network of awareness centers to promote the safe, responsible use of the Internet for young people. And, in 2004, […]

  by Larry Magid There are lots of changes coming from Microsoft. In addition to launching its new Windows 8 operating system and a pair of Windows 8 Surface tablet PCs, the company just released […]

Here are links to CNET’s extensive coverage of Wednesday’s BlackBerry 10 announcement BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 smartphones make big debut Here’s how the Z10, Q10 get BlackBerry back in the game RIM’s BlackBerry 10 launch […]

Vine is a new iPhone app from Twitter that allows you to take very short video clips that you can share on Twitter and Facebook. The app (download here) is really easy to use. You […]

One of the best tech-related commercials I’ve seen is the Samsung ad that shows a young person waiting in line for the iPhone but only to reveal that he’s actually saving a spot for his […]