Articles by larry

by Larry Magid This post fist appeared in the San Jose Mercury News One big trend at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was connected health and fitness products to enable consumers to get […]

The TV industry has a problem.  Many of us already have high definition TVs and we’re so happy with the picture quality that we have no desire to upgrade to a newer model.  During the […]

Lenovo is at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with its ThinkPad Helix, a combination tablet and Ultrabook laptop.  When its fully docked it looks like a typical Lenovo laptop but the screen separates from the […]

by Larry Magid As I’m sure you noticed, no one “owns” the Internet.  We all have a stake in it and it’s time for all of us to take some personal responsibility when it comes […]

Click here to access’s Facebook’s app that allows users to send a New Year’s Eve greeting to their friends to be delivered at midnight (presumably local time for them). The app was temporarily taken down […]

Just about all digital cameras — even the inexpensive point and shoot ones — have controls that you can use to fine tune your pictures. Sure they have an automatic mode and, sure, that mode […]

by Larry Magid This post fist appeared in the San Jose Mercury News This was a relatively uneventful year for tech gadgets and services, but the companies behind those products still managed to make a […]

I had a chance to, literally, test drive Google Maps for iPhone and, so far, I like what I see. It’s not the most sophisticated navigation app but it’s easy to use and has the […]

  by Larry Magid I can almost hear the moaning from the more than a billion Facebook users around the world “Oh no, not another change in Facebook’s privacy settings.” But before you panic, know that this time […]

CNET news is reporting that Amazon has been granted a patent to protect falling gadgets “by using tiny airbags and even jets of air.” Scroll down to view the patent application. Pat 8330305