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The TV industry has a problem.  Many of us already have high definition TVs and we’re so happy with the picture quality that we have no desire to upgrade to a newer model.  During the […]

Lenovo is at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with its ThinkPad Helix, a combination tablet and Ultrabook laptop.  When its fully docked it looks like a typical Lenovo laptop but the screen separates from the […]

by Larry Magid As I’m sure you noticed, no one “owns” the Internet.  We all have a stake in it and it’s time for all of us to take some personal responsibility when it comes […]

Click here to access’s Facebook’s app that allows users to send a New Year’s Eve greeting to their friends to be delivered at midnight (presumably local time for them). The app was temporarily taken down […]

Just about all digital cameras — even the inexpensive point and shoot ones — have controls that you can use to fine tune your pictures. Sure they have an automatic mode and, sure, that mode […]

by Larry Magid This post fist appeared in the San Jose Mercury News This was a relatively uneventful year for tech gadgets and services, but the companies behind those products still managed to make a […]

I had a chance to, literally, test drive Google Maps for iPhone and, so far, I like what I see. It’s not the most sophisticated navigation app but it’s easy to use and has the […]

  by Larry Magid I can almost hear the moaning from the more than a billion Facebook users around the world “Oh no, not another change in Facebook’s privacy settings.” But before you panic, know that this time […]

CNET news is reporting that Amazon has been granted a patent to protect falling gadgets “by using tiny airbags and even jets of air.” Scroll down to view the patent application. Pat 8330305

In a follow up to a 2011 study, the Federal Trade Commission found that “little or no progress has been made” on disclosure of information gathering since the first report was issued. Read more on […]