Articles by larry

by Larry Magid This article first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News There has been a lot of debate and hand wringing over whether the Internet and social media have redefined “privacy,” but while […]

Facebook has made some changes to what it calls its “data use policy,” which is essentially the same as its privacy policy. The company has also added a  “Facebook Terms and Policies” hub that serves […]

Facebook, like all sites with user content, has had to battle against people using the service to post and distribute illegal child pornography.  In my CNET News post, I try to put the issue in perspective and […]

This column first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News by Larry Magid A few days ago, I attended Imagine K12‘s “demo day” where a group of startups in the education space pitched their companies to potential […]

I have a key fob or “clicker” as most people call them, that helps me find my car in a parking lot by beeping the horn but I’ve often wished it were the other way […]

Here are step-by-step instructions on my Forbes.com blog.

See my post on News.com

The Obama administration has threatened to veto H.R. 3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), because it “fails to provide authorities to ensure that the Nation’s core critical infrastructure is protected while repealing important provisions of electronic […]

Google has launched a cloud-based storage service called Google Drive that competes with Dropbox, Sugarsync and other cloud storage systems to offer both free and paid storage that synchronizes with PCs and Macs. When you sign-up for […]