Articles by larry

This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News by Larry Magid Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ought to consider adding members of the Federal Trade Commission to his holiday gift list. They wouldn’t be […]

There’s been a lot of recent press coverage about a French company’s decison that it plans to become a “zero email” company by 2013.   In a press release issued in February, Atos OriginCEO and Chairman, Thierry Breton said that […]

by Larry Magid The Federal Trade Commission and Facebook have reached a settlement on charges that Facebook deceived consumers “by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it […]

Facebook is reportedly considering an IPO some time in 2012 that could value the company at $100 billion. If that were to happen, CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s share would be worth $24 billion, making him wealthier […]

IBM Smarter Commerce has reported the following as of 6:00 PM Eastern time on Cyber Monday: Cyber Monday 2011 online sales are 15% of same period last year

This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News by Larry Magid A story at TabTimes.com has me wondering if Apple’s market dominance in tablets might soon be over. The article, which quoted Citigroup analyst Mark […]

Parents looking for information about video game suitability for their kids have a new tool from the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB.org). The ESRB Search App lets you use you speak the name of the game or […]

This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News by Larry Magid   Last week was big for online music. Apple finally got around to launching its long-awaited iTunes Match service and Google  Music graduated from beta test […]

TabTimes reported on a survey from PriceGrabber that indicates consumers — in large numbers — would prefer a tablet this holiday over a laptop. According to the survey, 79% of consumers would  rather get a […]

In January I wondered outloud if the iPad will make us less creative.  I pointed out that there was a time when schools taught kids how to program computers but lamented that the vast majority […]