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Waiting for the iPad Spawn
by Larry Magid This article originally appeared in the San Jose Mercury News The Apple iPad was so last week. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great product. It has a good screen, is easy […]
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Curriculum teaches digital literacy and citizenship
by Larry Magid This post originally appeared on CNET News.com In my more than 15 years in the Internet safety field, I’ve seen a lot of programs designed to teach children how to use the […]
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Apple to Add Multitasking, Ads & Other Features to iPhone
(Cupertino, Calif.) Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that Apple will finally add multitasking to the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Third party developers will be able to program their apps to run in the background. […]
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Still like the iPad despite some warts and Apple’s business model
Now that I’ve had a few days to play with Apple’s new iPad, I can definitely say that it’s pretty much what it’s advertised to be. The screen looks great — albeit a bit smudgy […]
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Teen bullying is horrible, but adults can be bad role models
I’ve been thinking a lot about cyberbullying lately and wondering how we can persuade our young people to treat each other and themselves with more respect. There’s no excuse for using a computer, a cell […]
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CBS Evening News & Sunday Morning iPad story
CBS News correspondent John Blackstone interviews Larry Magid and Steve Levy and shows video of Steve Jobs from 1981.
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Can the iPad replace a laptop?
By Larry Magid Saturday, April 3rd I wrote almost this entire column using an iPad which partially answered my biggest question about the device. Can it replace a laptop PC? So far, the answer is […]
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Apple enters health insurance market
Apple on Thursday announced that it’s entering the health insurance business with a service called “iNsure.” Once the service launches later this year, people will be able to purchase health insurance from the iPhone and […]
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Broadcast video from smartphone
Smartphones keep getting smarter and more useful. Now they’re turning into mobile TV broadcasting stations. Sprint last week announced the HTC EVO 4G. It’s the first phone to run on Sprint’s next-generation 4G high-speed mobile […]
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Google’s ‘don’t do evil’ put to test with China
If you go to Google’s investor relations Web site, you’ll see a link for the Google Code of Conduct which begins with “don’t be evil.” Yet depending on how you define evil, Google’s willingness — […]