Year: 2012

This post appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on January 16, 2012 by Larry Magid As I walked around the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, I was struck by how the mobile phone […]

Scroll down for step-by-step instructions to turn off personal search Earlier this week Google announced that search is going “social,” so that what you find when you do a Google search will be influenced by what your […]

I’m old-enough to remember when Americans looked forward to new car models to marvel at the latest designs, features and oomph thatDetroit engineered into our cars. Those days ended sometime in the seventies when cars — […]

Home automation products have been featured at CES, well, ever since there was a CES. I’ve seen all sorts of products like the X-10 modules that turned appliances on and off and dimmed lights and the Insteon system of […]

Amid all the giant TVs, connected refrigerators and Ultrabooks at CES are some decidedly low-tech and low-cost products that make life just a little easier. Magnetic phone & tablet stand For example, there are all sorts of stands for […]

(Las Vegas)  One of Lenovo’s CES 2012 announcements is a new Ultrabook called “Yoga” which converts from a laptop to a tablet simply by folding the screen back. In that position the keyboard (which is automatically disabled […]

by Larry Magid When it comes to technology, 2012 is going to be very “cloudy” as more people discover the benefits of storing data and running software via the Internet. The term cloud basically means […]

This post first appeared as a live blog at Forbes.com Mooly Eden general manager of Intel’s PC client group is speaking. “I’m going to dedicate my presentation about user experience … and how we’re implementing it in the Ultrabook.” He […]

The Consumer Electronics Show reminds me of that restaurant Yogi Berra was talking about when he said “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” Just about everyone I know who comes here each year complains […]