Year: 2015

Microsoft introduced a new laptop at a New York press conference on Tuesday that’s getting a lot of buzz. Microsoft calls it the “ultimate laptop.” I haven’t got my hands on it yet but, based on what I saw from watching the press event online, I think I want one. […]

The app would detect and track the drawing as it is being colored in and create a “3-D version of the character that is textured according to the child’s coloring.” Even the curvature of the pages as they are turned is reflected in the app according to the video, Read more here. […]

Amazon’s decision to ban streaming devices from Google and Apple is proof positive that the world’s biggest online retailer is willing to use its immense power to punish companies that don’t play ball with its own digitial streaming strategy.Read the post at Forbes.com […]

Bill Gates told a senate committee in 1998 that the software industry “is an open economic opportunity for any entrepreneur in America” six month before Google was incorporated. And he was probably more right than he had imagined. […]

Fiorina said that, if elected president, she would “Go into the oval office once a week and ask you to take out your smart phones, no flip phones allowed, they won’t do that … and I’m going to say, for example, fellow citizens to take out your do you think it’s important that we know where every dollar of your money is being spent. Press 1 for yes, press 2 for no.” […]

by Larry Magid Identify theft can be a serious problem for victims. It can destroy your credit, get you in trouble with the IRS and sometimes even result in your arrest if someone commits a […]

Two North Carolina teens are being tried for manufacturing and possession of child pornography because they have naked pictures of each other on their phones. The teens were 16 at the time which is old enough to be tried as an adult. […]

(This post has been adapted from one that appeared in the San Jose Mercury News) I’ve been patronizing libraries since books were mostly hardbound. But now I’m checking out digital content from my local library, […]

Apple has a very enviable problem. Its iPhone has been so well received that it’s tough to impress people with new models. That’s especially true now that millions of iPhone users have their hands on […]