Articles by larry

I caught up with Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association that sponsors CES.  Shapiro, always optimistic about cutting edge technology, argues that ultra-high definition TV, wearable computing, health-tech and other technologies being shown […]

Monday is press day at CES — the show actually opens on Tuesday.  And, so far, the news — or at least the buzz– seems to be on ultra-high definition TVs, curved and bendable TVs […]

Before 2014 was more than a few hours old, we got news of yet another massive data breach. This case involves 4.6 million user names and phone numbers of Snapchat users — including mine. Passwords […]

The Verge  reported that 4.6 million Snapchat usernames and phone numbers were hacked and posted online over the last couple of days and yours could be one of them. To see if yours might have […]

For the first time I can recall, the big tech stories of the year were also major political stories. Edward Snowden’s revelations about the National Security Agency and the botched debut of HealthCare.gov dominated President […]

When I first tried the Samsung Galaxy Gear the day it was introduced at the IFA trade show in Berlin, I was impressed by its potential and how it looked and felt on my wrist, […]

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by Larry Magid This post is adapted from one that appeared in the San Jose Mercury News I have a Blu-ray and DVD player, but I almost never use it. For that matter, I rarely watch movies […]

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I recently started watching films on Fandor, and recommend it for anyone who loves independent movies. It also makes a nice very last-minute gift for independent movie lovers in your life. It’s like Netflix only […]