Month: August 2015

The Galaxy S6 Edge+ is, in a word, gorgeous. With this phone and its smaller and slightly older sister, the S6 Edge, Samsung has out-Appled Apple. The two iPhone 6 models look great but the […]

I learned the hard way that, unlike Obamacare, AppleCare doesn’t cover pre-existing conditions or accidental damage. […]

The nerve center of our garden is the Rain Machine Touch HD-12 from Fremont-based Green Electronics. It supports up to 12 separate watering zones and sells for $259 on Amazon. The company makes an eight-zone model for $179. […]

Tablet sales, including the once very popular Apple iPad, are on the decline but sales of so-called 2 in 1 devices like the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 are on the rise. I’m writing this post […]

Ink-jet printer makers have long, in a sense, subsidized hardware by charging a lot of money for their ink. If you do the math, the ink can costs thousands of dollars per gallon. But Epson, with its new line of EcoTank printers and multifunction devices, is changing the equation. The printers are more expensive, but the ink is a lot cheaper. […]

  Several years ago, Comcast launched a program called Internet Essentials where families with at least one child in a free school lunch program can get high-speed (10 mbps) Internet access for $9.95 a month along with […]

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  by Larry Magid You’ve heard the stories — teachers who got themselves into trouble over what they posted in social media or were, perhaps, cyberbullied by students. And then there are tales of students […]

Tweets must remain at 140 characters but if you want to send a long private message, you now have a 10,000 character limit. CNET News has the story.  

If you have kids, chances are very good that they are listening to music through earbuds or earphones. No problem with that, but if the volume is too high, it can affect your child’s hearing. That’s […]