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Month: December 2021

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Apple’s Newton MessagePad It’s Hardly as Smart as Its Namesake (1993 review)

December 29, 2021

      August 19, 1993 by Lawrence J. Magid (c)1993 Los Angeles Times Syndicate It seems as if everyone here in Silicon Valley is salivating over the new Apple Newton MessagePad. Not me. After […]

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Larry Magid: How to monitor oxygen levels while awake or sleeping

December 23, 2021

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News If you’ve had a checkup, a medical professional may have clipped a device to your finger to measure your oxygen saturation (SpO2) and pulse. […]

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Tesla’s full self-driving is promising but far from ready

December 2, 2021

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News As a Silicon Valley resident, I’m used to seeing autonomous cars from Waymo, Nuro and other companies being tested on local roads by professional […]

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