Year: 2012

It’s not as elaborate or as long as the U.S. Declaration of Independence but the Declaration of Internet Freedom takes a strong stand to “keep the Internet free and open.”  The organizers are calling it an “international movement to defend […]

A lot of Facebook users are upset that the company arbitrarily changed their email address in its contact info section from their preferred address to their Facebook.com address.  About a year ago, Facebook assigned all of its […]

I got my hands on the first iPhone on June 29, 2007, and it was immediately obvious that it would forever change the mobile phone industry. I picked up my phone at exactly 6:00 PM […]

Attendees at the Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco on Wednesday got quite a surprise when Google co-founder Sergey Brin said he wanted to show a pair of Google Glasses that he loaned to […]

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This article first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on Monday, June 25, 2012 by Larry Magid I was sitting at home looking at the shelves that store our books, CDs, videotapes and DVDs, and realized […]

I have to admit I was tempted by the 15-inch Macbook Pro with Retina display.  Not only is it thinner and lighter than previous MacBook Pros, its screen is nothing less than stunning if you’re […]

Whether Verizon’s new data plan is good or bad depends on how many devices you use and how much data you consume as well as how gabby you are. Read more on Forbes.com  

I attended Google‘s mapping press conference last week and, today, attended Apple‘s World Wide Developer’s Conference, where I witnessed a demo of Apple’s new map app for the iPhone and iPad. Read more on Forbes.com  

Nationwide, 32.8% of students had texted or e-mailed while driving a car or other vehicle on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the Centers for Disease Control conducted its 2011 Youth Risk […]