Year: 2012

This post is adapted and expanded from Larry’s San Jose Mercury News from February 20, 2012 Scroll to bottom for short slide show with app privacy tips by Larry Magid The recent revelations that some iPhone […]

Declan McCullagh over at CNET is reporting that Stanford University researchers have figured out a way to defeat NuCaptcha’s “are you a human” challenge, 90% of the time. NuCaptcha was launched in 2010 as an […]

Apple has released a developer preview of the upcoming “Mountain Lion” version of its Mac OS X operating system. The new version, which will be available to customers this summer, borrows some features and apps from its […]

by Larry Magid The revelations that iPhone developers have uploaded users’ address books without permission raises some very serious issues for the millions of people who use their phones to store personal and business contacts, and — […]

by Larry Magid I’m writing from Moscow, where I spoke at Russia’s Safer Internet Day conference last week. Safer Internet Day, which originated in Europe, is celebrated in much of the world, though there are […]

This article was revised on February 13th to include data from other studies A lot has been written about “Facebook addiction.” Indeed some press coverage of a recent study from the University of Chicago suggests that “Facebook and Twitter […]

A recent report from Pew Internet & American Life Project entitled “Why most Facebook users get more than they give,” found that women update their status more than men and that people, on average, get […]

By Larry Magid I’m in Moscow where I spoke at Russia’s Safer Internet Day.  The day long celebration of safe and productive use of the Internet and mobile technology began eight years ago in Europe […]

By now much has been written about Facebook going public. The company filed papers last week with the Securities and Exchange Commission that trumpet its intention to raise at least $5 billion by selling shares […]

Based on the theory that you’re likely to like what your friends like, Willow Tree Apps has created Likes. It’s an iPhone and Android app that scans your Facebook friends’ “likes” of restaurants and bars […]