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Safer Internet Day is next Tuesday

February 1, 2024

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Along with our counterparts in more than 100 countries, my colleagues at ConnectSafely and I are busy getting ready for Safer Internet Day, which […]

Article

Looking Back at 40 Years of Mac

January 26, 2024

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Wednesday marked the 40th anniversary of the Apple Macintosh. It came out about a year into my tenure as a syndicated tech columnist, and […]

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Larry Magid’s 1984 LA Times review of 128K Mac

January 23, 2024

Macintosh Shapes Up a Winner by Lawrence J. Magid Los Angeles Times January, 24 1984 I rarely get excited over a new computer. But Apple’s Macintosh, officially introduced last Tuesday, has started a fever in […]

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2024 may be the year of Extended Reality

January 11, 2024

XR, short for “extended reality” includes not just video images that take up your entire field of view, but augmented reality, or mixed reality, that combines computer-generated images with the real world. […]

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Pixel 8 Pro a feature-packed phone at a premium price

January 4, 2024

By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News I usually review products soon after I get my hands on them, but in the case of Google’s Pixel 8 Pro, which I’ve had […]

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Meta Ray-Ban Gen 1 smart glasses

December 21, 2023

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News I was riding my bicycle the other day taking pictures, talking on the phone and sending and receiving texts without ever taking my hands off […]

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2023 has been a tumultuous year for tech

December 15, 2023

By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News As we approach the end of the year, it’s a good time to look back on 2023. The word that comes to mind is […]

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Using a personal computer to read and send texts

November 30, 2023

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News I’ve been using a smartphone with an onscreen keyboard since June 29, 2007, the day that Apple released its first iPhone. In my initial […]

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Using ChatGPT for Holiday Gift Ideas and Cards

November 24, 2023

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News This is the week when I typically write a column about how to shop for holiday gifts. I wrote previous holiday gift columns based […]

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Beware of ‘smishing’ scams

November 13, 2023

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News The first few times I got a text message from a stranger that appeared to be directed at someone else, I politely informed them […]

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