Month: May 2016

Click above to listen to Larry Magid’s 1-minute CBS News segment on Mind Yeti If you’re a parent, or wherever a student,  you know that school can be stressful and that stress can lead to […]

Personally I like Windows 10 and recommend that most people upgrade. But it’s your choice and if you don’t want to, you shouldn’t be tricked into doing so. If you did accidentally upgrade or have […]

Back in the days before most people used notebooks PC, tablets and smartphones, PCs had slots so you could expand and customize them. And now Google is borrowing that idea and building a modular smartphone […]

Social media’s role in the news business is now a big story thanks to Gizmodo’s accusation that Facebook contractors had introduced a liberal bias into picking which stories appear in the site’s trending section on […]

Chances are you’re carrying around a smartphone and using it for all sorts of things including texting, checking email, listening to music and navigation. For you it’s probably feels like a lifeline, but for refugees making the dangerous journey from Syria and other war torn countries to safer havens in Europe, it literally is a lifeline. […]

By Larry Magid Sextortion usually involves a perpetrator (typically male) getting hold of a picture of someone (typically female) and threatening to widely share those images unless the victim gives them something they want. And that […]

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I felt a bit like a dinosaur as installers from Comcast spent a morning wiring my house for cable TV. Many people are “cutting the cord,” just as I’m having new ones strung. But after […]

Facebook collects biometric data about people’s faces that it uses to help tag people in photographs. It’s not completely automatic, but it does help users tag friends who appear in photos on their pages. You […]

A strong password is your first line of defense against intruders and hackers and here are some tips from ConnectSafely.org Here is a slideshow with some useful tips How to Create (use use) Strong & […]