Month: January 2019

by Larry Magid This coming Tuesday, my nonprofit, ConnectSafely.org, will host the official U.S. Safer Internet Day event at Google’s Seattle headquarters plus an evening event for families at a Seattle Housing Authority facility. We’re having […]

As you may have heard, there is a flaw on Apple Facetime for iOS and Mac that makes it possible for someone to listen in on what the microphone of another user hears even if […]

Apple’s spaceship-like Apple Park campus served as a launchpad Sunday afternoon as the company welcomed 11 female entrepreneurs from around the world for it’s Entrepreneur Camp, a program designed “to provide female app creators with […]

Tips for Parents (from Stop Think Connect) How to control your Facebook privacy including apps Europe’s new privacy law shakes up entire tech industry and impacts teens    Thinking before sharing is always good advice. […]

A letter from 15 U.S. senators to the heads of he Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission is calling for an investigation on “the sale of Americans’ location data by wireless carriers, location aggregators […]

We’re entering a brave new world of transportation with more options than ever, including driver-assist technology, self-driving vehicles, rentable bikes and scooters, urban tunnels and even flying taxis. The reason I call this a “brave […]

One of Facebook’s main sources of fake news and other inauthentic activity are pages operated by unscrupulous or simply careless operators that post poor quality content. Sometimes the entire page is full of questionable content […]

Here are links from major cellphone carriers on their tools to block robocalls. AT&T Verizon T-Mobile Sprint More on blocking robocalls

There has been a lot of commentary on the privacy implications of the “10 year challenge” that’s been popular this month on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. This latest meme has people posting pictures of themselves […]

In between looking at big screen TVs, cool concept cars, robots, home appliances and all the other products on display, I spent my time at the health and fitness-and-wearables area at the Sands Convention Center and spoke with some of the speakers at the 10th annual Digital Health Summit. […]