Articles by larry

By Tyler Snell The Internet has proven to be a revolutionary tool that has changed the world – and like many such innovations before it, it’s mostly a blessing, but a little bit of a […]

You’ve no doubt heard of OnStar, the feature in many General Motors cars that can offer emergency assistance, human assisted navigation, vehicle diagnostics and other features. The service, depending on the features you enable, costs […]

The term “differential privacy” seems like an oxymoron but its advocates say it’s a way to glean information about device users without jeopardizing the user’s personal information. The technique, according to CNET News involves could be used […]

Facebook is updating its resources for people who are contemplating suicide or self-harm and making it easier for people to help friends or family members who may be at risk of self-harm. […]

At its developers conference on Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced Swift Playgrounds, a new iPad app to teach coding to kids. But, as CNET points out, Microsoft and Google have their own initiatives to […]

Project Fi is Google’s new cellular service that accesses both Sprint and T-Mobile’s networks along with WiFi to connect your calls through whatever signal works best as the time. It currently works only with Google Nexus phones […]

The players on the Golden State Warriors are great athletes, but the team’s use of technology also gives them an edge as CNET’s Terry Collins explains in this post and Brian Tong explores in this video.  

Click above to listen to Larry Magid’s 1-minute CBS News segment on Mind Yeti If you’re a parent, or wherever a student,  you know that school can be stressful and that stress can lead to […]

Personally I like Windows 10 and recommend that most people upgrade. But it’s your choice and if you don’t want to, you shouldn’t be tricked into doing so. If you did accidentally upgrade or have […]

Back in the days before most people used notebooks PC, tablets and smartphones, PCs had slots so you could expand and customize them. And now Google is borrowing that idea and building a modular smartphone […]