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Social media can contribute to despair about war but also provide relief

March 24, 2022

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Like many people, I’ve spent a lot of time in front of my phone, computer and TV, focused on the war in Ukraine. On […]

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Windows 11 is a modest improvement

February 11, 2022

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News In 2015, a Microsoft employee, according to Forbes, told a conference that “Windows 10 is the last version of Windows,” implying that the version […]

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Electric and autonomous vehicles showcased at CES

January 7, 2022

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News For many years, I spent the first week of January in Las Vegas at the giant Consumer Electronics Show but this year, I’m covering […]

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Apple’s Newton MessagePad It’s Hardly as Smart as Its Namesake (1993 review)

December 29, 2021

      August 19, 1993 by Lawrence J. Magid (c)1993 Los Angeles Times Syndicate It seems as if everyone here in Silicon Valley is salivating over the new Apple Newton MessagePad. Not me. After […]

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Larry Magid: How to monitor oxygen levels while awake or sleeping

December 23, 2021

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News If you’ve had a checkup, a medical professional may have clipped a device to your finger to measure your oxygen saturation (SpO2) and pulse. […]

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Tesla’s full self-driving is promising but far from ready

December 2, 2021

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News As a Silicon Valley resident, I’m used to seeing autonomous cars from Waymo, Nuro and other companies being tested on local roads by professional […]

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Smartphones are often cluttered with too many apps

November 18, 2021

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News In last week’s column, I wrote about how today’s cloud computing is reminiscent of yesteryear’s mainframes in both positive and negative ways.  In that […]

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Computing Has Gone Full Circle, and It’s Time to Go Back a Bit

November 11, 2021

By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Listen to “Computing Has Gone Full Circle, and It’s Time to Go Back a Bit” on Spreaker. With a little help from John Lennon, […]

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Facebook not alone in embrace of ‘metaverse’

November 4, 2021

Metaverse, a term coined by Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel “Snow Crash,” envisions a world where humans and their avatars interact with each other and software in a virtual 3D space. It’s no longer science fiction. […]

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Social media risks and solutions can be nuanced

October 14, 2021

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Listen to “Facebook’s moderators can’t please everyone” on Spreaker. Listen to Larry Magid’s ConnectSafely Report for CBS News on Facebook moderation One of my […]

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