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Microsoft off to great start with first true laptop

October 30, 2015

I wrote about the Microsoft Surface Book laptop a few weeks ago, but I finally had a chance to try one out and came away impressed. The new device is a 2-in-1 hybrid that’s both […]

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Hands-on with Google’s new YouTube Red service

October 29, 2015

YouTube Red allows you to watch ad-free videos, download videos to mobile devices and play videos and music in the background even as you use other apps. But the deal sweetener that got my attention is that it comes with a free subscription to Google Play Music, which — in itself — would otherwise cost $9.99 a month.

Continue reading at the San Jose Mercury News site […]

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CNET says T-Mobile expanding coverage and doubling 4G service

October 29, 2015

CNET News reports that the “uncarrier,” T-Mobile is “closing the coverage gap between itself and larger rivals AT&T and Verizon.” CNET’s Marguerite Reardon cites T-Mobile executives who claim that “the carrier’s 4G LTE service is available to more […]

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Electrolux Ergorapido Lithium Vacuum Sucks Better Than You’d Expect

October 27, 2015

I review a lot of tech products but, with the exception of the iRobot Roomba, I’ve never reviewed a vacuum cleaner before. But when Electrolux offered to loan me its Ergorapido Lithium Ion Brushroll Clean Xtra (available […]

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Google Maps To Get Stop Along Route And Gas Prices

October 20, 2015

Read the post at Forbes.com […]

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Review Of Nexus 6P, Google’s New Premium Phone

October 19, 2015

Read the review at Forbes.com […]

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Survey finds that adults are overconfident about cyber security

October 14, 2015

By Larry Magid I’m usually the first person to tell folks to relax or at least re-focus when it comes to being afraid. We live in a society with too many fears about all sorts […]

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California Attorney General Launches ‘cyber exploitation’ Resource hub

October 14, 2015

`California Attorney General Kamala Harris has launched the Cyber Exploitation resource hub with information for victims and law enforcement dealing with  so-called “revenge porn” “Posting intimate images online without consent is a cowardly crime that humiliates […]

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Steve Jobs: A great movie but not about the man I knew

October 11, 2015

Read the full post on Forbes.com […]

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Impressive new Microsoft Surface Book ‘ultimate laptop’

October 6, 2015

Microsoft introduced a new laptop at a New York press conference on Tuesday that’s getting a lot of buzz. Microsoft calls it the “ultimate laptop.” I haven’t got my hands on it yet but, based on what I saw from watching the press event online, I think I want one. […]

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