Year: 2014

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News Everywhere I go I see people using their cellphones to take pictures of themselves, people around them or interesting things that they […]

This post first appeared on Forbes.com Having trouble remembering where you parked your car?  There’s an app for that. But, sorry iPhone users, it’s just for Android. Google has updated its Google Now app that’s part of recent […]

This post first appeared on Forbes.com Apple just refreshed its MacBook Air and, once again, the company that popularized touch-screen tablets, released a laptop without a touch-screen. But if Apple’s latest patent application is a clue to the […]

This post first appeared on Forbes.com Speaking at Facebook’s F8 developers’ conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged that “Over the years one of the things we’ve heard over and over again is that people want more control over how they share their […]

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This post first appeared on Forbes.com For a couple of decades I’ve been hearing about the smart home and connected appliances. And while connected appliances are still very much in their infancy, they are starting […]

This column first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News ISTANBUL, Turkey — Today’s column was supposed to be about alternatives to the broken user-name and password systems, but as I was doing my research, […]

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This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News Earth Day is Tuesday, but some are celebrating all week. Of course, every day should be Earth Day, considering all the challenges that our planet […]