Articles by larry

It’s pretty long list of RIP tech services and products including AIM, AOL’s once popular Instant Messenger and Windows Movie Maker. You can see the entire list here at Wired.

Although there are some technical sessions, most of the focus is on internet policy — issues that countries are struggling with as the internet becomes increasingly integrated into our  lives. […]

I was at the Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital conference in June 2010 when Steve Jobs said “When we were an agrarian nation, all cars were trucks. But as people moved more towards urban […]

Santa is now using artificial technology to make his list and check it twice and here are some of the tech gifts he’s bringing the nerds and geeks among us boys and girls. IoT devices […]

Here’s an example of my dog Yuri being virtually attacked by Star Wars characters. Disclaimer: No actual animals or animated characters were harmed in the creation of this video. ” Google is rolling out AR Stickers […]

On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission is poised to vote to repeal the Obama era network neutrality rule on what will likely be a 3 to 2 party line. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) wants to keep network neutrality in place. Her Silicon Valley district is home to some of the biggest and some of the smallest internet companies, including numerous start-ups. […]

In 2011, Consumer Reports released research saying that 7.5 million children under 13 were using Facebook in violation of the company’s terms of service that require all users to be 13 or older.  Later that year, a research […]

Republic Wireless has a new take on an old idea. It’s called the Relay and it’s a walkie-talkie for families that works over a 4G LTE cellular network and WiFi so you can use it […]

Facebook has just launched a standalone app called Messenger Kids, a video chat and messaging app aimed at children under 13. The app is not only a lot safer and more private than apps aimed […]

W. Todd Maddox, a psychologist and contributing analyst at Amalgam Insights, has an interesting proposition. He thinks that virtual reality could greatly improve sexual harassment training. In a blog post, he pointed out that “traditional […]