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Microsoft Wants You To Rent Its New Office Software and It Might Be Better Than Buying

February 1, 2013

  by Larry Magid There are lots of changes coming from Microsoft. In addition to launching its new Windows 8 operating system and a pair of Windows 8 Surface tablet PCs, the company just released […]

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Links to CNET Coverage of Blackberry Announcement

January 30, 2013

Here are links to CNET’s extensive coverage of Wednesday’s BlackBerry 10 announcement BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 smartphones make big debut Here’s how the Z10, Q10 get BlackBerry back in the game RIM’s BlackBerry 10 launch […]

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Vine Gives You 6 Seconds to Video the World

January 27, 2013

Vine is a new iPhone app from Twitter that allows you to take very short video clips that you can share on Twitter and Facebook. The app (download here) is really easy to use. You […]

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Is Apple losing its cool factor?

January 25, 2013

One of the best tech-related commercials I’ve seen is the Samsung ad that shows a young person waiting in line for the iPhone but only to reveal that he’s actually saving a spot for his […]

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Small and affordable Brother printer prints11 x 17-inch pages

January 25, 2013

My wife and daughter are both teachers and sometimes need to print posters for their classrooms, which is why they appreciate the $199 Brother MFC-J4510DW multi-function printer/scanner/copier and fax machine that I’ve been testing.  The […]

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Wall Street Punishes Apple’s Success

January 23, 2013

Wall Street’s immediate reaction to Apple’s earning report reminds me of a parent being upset by a kid who brings home a report card with all As but is disappointed that they weren’t all A […]

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Enhanced lenses for smartphones

January 20, 2013

While it’s possible to get some great shots with an iPhone or an Android phone, you are limited by the phone’s little plastic lens, which isn’t as good or versatile as the ones you’ll find […]

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Whatever Happened with Manti Te’o, Online Dating Scams Are Real

January 17, 2013

by Larry Magid There has been a lot of speculation about whether Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o was the victim of someone claiming online to be the love of his life or whether he was […]

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First Impressions of Facebook’s New Graph Search. It’s Your Personal “Big Data”

January 16, 2013

After several hours playing around with Facebook’s new graph search, I’m finding it a bit addictive.  One search leads to another and I find myself constantly conjuring up new questions that I can answer by […]

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Facebook’s New Social Search: What it is and How it Affects Your Privacy

January 15, 2013

As he opened Tuesday’s press conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg proudly announced that this was the first product announcement from Facebook’s sprawling new campus in Menlo Park, California. He then wasted no time talking about […]

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