Articles by larry

Sony’s PlayStation 4 (PS 4) goes on sale today (Friday) in the U.S. for $399.  It’s been seven years since Sony introduced its PS 3 and this is a significant upgrade. It’s smaller than its […]

Click above for my CBS News/CNET Tech Talk segment about the reported buyout offer Snapchat, the photo-sharing app where pictures disappear after they are viewed has reportedly turned down a $3 billion buyout offer from […]

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A report  by Sandvine finds that Netflix and YouTube account for 51% of all Internet traffic.  Netflix is responsible for 32% of downstream traffic while YouTube accounts for 19%. The report also found that downstream […]

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Like Google, Facebook and Microsoft, Apple has disclosed — in very broad terms — the types of information requests it has gotten from governments.  In its  November 5th Report on Government Information Requests the company said […]

Washington, DC: Every fall around this time, people from government, the tech industry, non-profit groups and academia gather in Washington for the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) annual conference. Over the last few years, the conference has […]

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Bali, Indonesia — I’m at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF #IGF2013) in Bali where I’m participating in a workshop on child protection vs. child rights. As a child safety advocate, I’ve long argued that young people […]

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