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Upgrade your iPhone or iPad with iOS 12
Apple announced some shiny new iPhones but you don’t have to buy a new phone to get an upgrade. Simply download a free copy of iOS 12. CNET has details on all the important new […]
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New Apple Watch could save lives, help sell iPhones
What impresses me about the Apple Watch Series 4 isn’t the cool apps and watch faces or even how nice it looks on your wrist, but the fact that it can, literally, save lives. Apple has built-in a sensor that it says is “capable of generating an ECG similar to a single-lead electrocardiogram.” […]
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ConnectSafely’s revised Parent’s Guide to Instagram
ConnectSafely.org has published a revised version of its popular Parent’s Guide to Instagram to reflect recent changes to the service. The organization also now has a one-sheet printer friendly Quick-Guide for distribution at school events […]
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Apple says that proposed China tariffs to raise prices on some products
In an open letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Apple said that President Trump’s proposed 25% tarrifs on some Chinese imports woud result in higher prices on several Apple products “including AppleWatch, Apple Pencil and […]
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Podcast and transcribed interview with Sam Liang on the Otter transcription app
By Larry Magid (scroll down for podcast audio & transcription) Larry is now using Otter.ai to transcribe his CBS News Eye on Tech segments: Free Otter.ai app listens & transcribes I don’t usually transcribe my […]
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President accuses Google of “rigged” news results
In a pair of Tweets Tuesday morning, President Trump accused Google having “RIGGED” news search results “for me and others, so that almost all stories & news is BAD.” The implication is that […]
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Devices inform you if power fails or water leaks
Several years ago my wife’s parents power failed while they were on vacation and everything in their freezer and refrigerator was ruined. Recently the power to my entire house went out because of a breaker […]
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Dire warnings about children dying because of apps and games is a form of ‘juvenoia’
Media accounts about challenges and games inspiring kids to take their own lives are at least exaggerations if not complete hoaxes. […]
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Majority of teens say they spend too much time on cellphones and parents agree
A study released by the Pew Research Center found that more than half (54%) of teens worry that they spend too much time using their cell phones. And, in a separate Pew survey. about two-thirds (65%) of parents say that they too worry about their teen spending too much time in in front of screens. But more than a third (36%) of parents agree that they too have problem when it comes to spending too much time with their phones.
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How to avoid succumbing to fake web sites — political or otherwise
by Larry Magid This post appeared in the Mercury News Microsoft’s revelation that it has discovered and disabled websites controlled by a group with ties to the Russian government is not only a warning to political operatives from […]