Articles by larry

A few days ago, the US Department of Homeland Security announced “enhanced security measures at certain overseas airports with direct flights to the United States” that includes the possibility that security officers may “ask that owners’ power […]

I’m one of many people that use my smartphone while driving. I don’t text while driving and I never pick up the phone, but I do have a Bluetooth connection between my smartphone and my […]

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Google, which prides itself on organizing the world’s information, just acquired a music service that tries to play just the right series of songs, based on your mood, your activities or even the day and […]

Microsoft has increased the amount of free cloud storage from 7 GB to 15 GB and is giving users of Office 365 a terabyte of cloud storage. Here’s CNET’s report as well as a CNET […]

I was honored to be on a panel at the National PTA Conference in Austin, Texas this week focusing on digital citizenship (scroll down for a description and list of fellow panelists). Panelists explored both the […]

This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News The Aspen Institute Task Force on Learning and the Internet released an outstanding report whose title, “Learner at the Center of a Networked World,” suggests a […]

To help parents better understand how to increase family safety, privacy and security, ConnectSafely.org and CTIA, in collaboration with AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, has released A Parents’ Guide to Mobile Phones. The guide is […]

Facebook is taking another poke at the disappearing photo market with a new app for iOS and Android called Slingshot. Like Snapchat and Facebook’s Poke, an ill-fated Snapchat clone, Slingshot photos don’t stick around forever […]

by Larry Magid This post originally appeared in the San Jose Mercurty News I took the train between New York and Washington, D.C., last week and, for the most part, it moved swiftly between the two […]