Articles by larry

Snapchat has just released its new Snap Map feature that can share your location with Snapchat friends via a map. The feature is off by default so, if you want to share you location, you […]

Glympse is teaming up with Microsoft to offer its services to business that make house calls so that customers will know the exact time that the cable guy, the electrician or the pizza delivery person will arrive at their door.

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  Click for Larry’s podcast with Drs. Bullock and Won When I think of virtual reality, I think of playing games or being immersed in a 360 degree video experience where the action takes place […]

In an effort to lure customers aware from Verizon and other competitors, Sprint is offering a year’s worth of cellular service — including unlimited text, talk and data. After that customers will pay $60 a month should they continue, but there is no contract and no obligation. […]

Even though iOS 10.3 isn’t the major upgrade we’re expecting in iOS 11 this far, there are some handy features you may not have tried including Apple ID profile, iCould storage breakdown, find your parked car, […]

Like nearly all expectant fathers, Philippe Kahn planned to take a picture of the new baby but, instead of waiting till he got home to distribute the photo to friends online, he wanted to do it directly from the hospital. But that was in 1997 when there were no camera phones. So he invented one […]

Lecturing kids about internet safety has never been a good strategy. Conversations help, but engaging children in ways that are fun can have a much bigger impact. That’s why ConnectSafely is proud to partner with […]

Scroll down for FTC tracking guidelines On Tuesday, KCBS co-anchors Jeff Bell and Patti Reising and I talked about Google’s new plan to track brick-and-mortar transactions with online behavior during my daily live radio segment. […]

I’m one of several reviewers giving high marks to Huawei new Watch 2 Android Wear watch. My review is on radio but here are some written reviews; Huawei Watch 2: A powerful fitness-focused Android Wear smartwatch (ZDNet) […]

Podcast: Larry Magid speaks with National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) Executive Director Michael Kaiser about Wanna Cry and other security threats and precautions The WanaCry ransomware was aptly named because anyone impacted would “wanna cry.” The attack, […]