Articles by larry

Patrick McGovern 1939-2014 (Photo by Jason Grow, courtesy IDG) The technology world  suffered a loss this week with the passing of Patrick McGovern.  In 1964 – long before most people knew anything about computers – […]

by Larry Magid This article is excerpted from one that first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News The saying “you get what you pay for” isn’t necessarily true when it comes to technology products, […]

According to its Kickstarter page, “Pono’s mission is to provide the best possible listening experience of your favorite digital music.”  The player and service is the brainchild of legendary artist Neil Young who, like a […]

A recent study by Nielsen (as reported by Mashable) found that American adults spend about 11 hours a day consuming electronic media.  This comes four years after a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation got […]

This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News Thanks in part to whistle-blower Edward Snowden, the former contractor with the National Security Agency, there’s increased interest in a new crop of services, apps […]

I’m really good finding digital things. Ask me to find an article I wrote 20 years ago and I can locate it within seconds either on my PC or online. But I can’t say the […]

Watching the online stream of a news conference last week from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona brought to mind an old cliché: If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. In this case it applies […]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/137091180″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] When it comes to understanding how teens use social media, there’s no-one more clued-in than Danah Boyd, except perhaps teens themselves. An ethnographer with a Ph.D in Information […]

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/137091180″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] TiVo founders Mike Ramsay and Jim Barton revolutionized the way we watch TV by letting us pause and rewind live TV or watch it later without having to […]