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Google and Nixle are working together to help people better respond to emergency situations in their communities and schools. Emergency alerts, about crimes in progress, lock-downs, natural disasters, missing children and other events will now show up when […]

This post is adapted and expanded from one that appeared in the San Jose Mercury News by Larry Magid Update: Click below to listen to Larry’s 1-minute CBS News segment with author Frances Moore Lappé [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/89066443″ […]

Unlike you, your digital remains can now live forever. Google is now offering users of Gmail, Google Plus and other services a way to control their digital afterlife. Read more on Forbes.com

by Larry Magid Samsung just introduced a pair of new smartphones called “Mega.” The largest one measures 6.3 inches (diagonally) which is only 0.7 inches smaller than Samsung’s 7-inch Galaxy tablet.   The new phones, […]

A report from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows a 13.9% decline in first quarter PC shipments compared to 2012.  The “year-on-year contraction marked the worst quarter since IDC began tracking the PC market quarterly in 1994,” according to IDC. […]

Larry speaks with Lee Holcomb of the Cyber Security Research Alliance about a recent Washington DC meeting to discuss ways to better secure our cyber physical infrastructure. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/87144639″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]

It’s no secret that cell phone cameras are getting a lot better.  In fact, some are good enough to rival dedicated entry level point and shoot cameras. The iPhone 5 takes very impressive pictures and […]

This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News by Larry Magid Back in the early ’90s, then Vice President Al Gore spoke of the Internet as an “information superhighway.” While that’s a somewhat […]

I started out to review the new Roku 3 — which I will do in just a minute — but as I started writing, I realized that Roku is evolving into what could become a serious competitor […]