Year: 2012

By Larry Magid I’ve been pushing for an iPad Mini for months, so I’m obviously glad they’re likely to announce one later this month, but let’s not get too excited about Apple once again catching up with its competitors. […]

In a recent blog post, I noted that Apple‘s dominance in the tablet market slipped from 81% a year ago to 51% in a recent Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism study.  And while Apple is likely to get a […]

Listen here Here is Larry’s 1-minute CBS News Reporters Notebook segment about Apple a year after the death of Steve Jobs.

This post is adapted from one that first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News by Larry Magid A couple of years ago I arrived at my hotel in Berlin after a 12 hour flight and noticed […]

This post is adapted from one that first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News by Larry Magid Last week I wrote about the various stages of Apple product releases, ranging from the early rumors to the hype just […]

By Larry Magid I certainly understand why Huffington Post blogger Soraya Chemaly wants Facebook to take down the page entitled “Boobs breasts and boys who love em,” and of course there are many reasonable people who feel […]

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Even though most K-12 students can’t vote, they do have an interest in the 2012 election. And if schools do their job right, students will be inclined to vote and make informed decisions when they turn 18. […]

Like all U.S. carriers, Sprint charges $199 for an iPhone 5, but is willing to buy back an iPhone 4s for $235, which means  you can actually earn $36 by upgrading. That’s exactly what I […]

by Larry Magid Don’t get me wrong. Apple’s iPhone 5 is an improvement over its predecessor. It’s thinner, taller and lighter (all the things I want to be), it has a bigger screen, a faster processor […]