Year: 2013

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New version of Snapchat for iOS has “SnapKidz” feature Snapchat, the photo and video sharing app where images disappear in 10 seconds or less, has launched a new feature for kids under 13. It’s called […]

A bug, that Facebook FB +2.64% said has been fixed, inadvertently shared email addresses or telephone numbers of approximately 6 million users, according to a Facebook blog post. The bug, which was found through Facebook’s “White Hat Program” that works with […]

This post is an expanded version of an article that first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News By Larry Magid We’ve been hearing a lot about government spying over the past couple of weeks, including reports […]

At first glance, there is no visible difference between the 2012 and 2013 MacBook Air.  They look the same, weigh the same and have the same screens, keyboard, trackpad and ports.  But there are a […]

Even on the live-stream, you could hear the developers cheering as Tim Cook and his colleagues introduced new Macs, new versions of both OS X and iOS and a new music streaming service.  While none of the […]

In a blog post, Google CEO Larry Page and chief legal officer, David Drummond wrote that the company has “not joined any program that would give the U.S. government—or any other government—direct access to our servers.” CONTINUE READING at Forbes.com  

This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News My kids, now in there 20s, grew up in the VCR era. Back then, we would record “Sesame Street,” “Raffi” and other shows that they would watch […]

Listen to Larry’s CBS News/CNET interview with eHarmony.com CEO Neil Clark Warren A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that 35% of couples married between 2005 and 2012 met […]

This post is an expanded version of an article that first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News By Larry Magid Media companies, governments and courts have long debated where to draw the line on what speech […]