Year: 2012

Apple has little to worry as Samsung gets ready to release its Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 but Amazon ought to be thinking about how it can up its tablet game. At $250, the new Samsung tablet, […]

My favorite chapter in Carol Realini’s new book Bankrupt: Why Banking is Broken and How It Can Be Transformed, is where she invokes the holiday classic, It’s a Wonderful Life (scroll down for video clip), […]

The Associated Press is reporting that the film Marley, directed by Kevin McDonald will hit movie theaters and Facebook on April 20th. Here’s my 1-minute CBS News & CNET radio segment on the story 12MagidTechTalkMarley1400a100 […]

The Justice Department is suing Apple and a group of publishers, alleging that they conspired to raise prices on eBooks. For me, listen to Larry Magid’s 1-minute CBS News & CNET Tech-Talk segment. 12MagidTechTalkAppleSuit000a100

I’m not sure exactly why you’d want to make a quiet car sound noisy, but if you’e nostalgic for muscle cars but drive something responsible — like my nice quiet Prius —  you could allow yourself and […]

by Larry Magid As far as I can tell, the app “Girls Around Me” wasn’t violating any laws. But it was high on the creepy scale when, according to reports, women’s identity, photographs and location […]

I got my driver’s license the day I turned 16 and spent much of the rest of my youth behind the wheel, cruising Hollywood Blvd and munching burgers at Bob’s Big Boy Drive-In on Van Nuys Blvd.  My […]

A new Facebook App from the Natural Resources Defense Council lets you find out how your home energy use compares with your Facebook friends who are using the app along with people in your community […]