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by Larry Magid I just returned from two weeks in Japan, a combination business trip to speak at the UN’s Internet Governance Forum in Kyoto, followed by a week of touring some of Japan’s interesting […]

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Google is best known for its search engine and other services, but it’s also a hardware company with a growing range of products including […]

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News As it does every year around this time, Apple, on Tuesday, announced new products, including its iPhone 15 models and updates to its Apple […]

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News I was in the room in 2010 when Steve Jobs introduced the Apple iPad, and ever since then, Apple has pretty much dominated the […]

by Larry Magid That first 1983 column, “Learn Buzzwords Before Shopping,” described what were, at the time, unfamiliar terms like computer hardware, software, floppy disc, bite, kilobyte and megabyte. After defining what RAM (random access […]

Last week I bought a refrigerator. What was once a fairly easy buying decision can now be a lot more complicated thanks to feature creep and the inability to see many models on showroom floors. […]

I go for an annual checkup where a nurse checks my blood pressure, my oxygen saturation (Sp02), my weight, height and body temperature, followed by an exam and chat with my doctor. It’s an important […]

Now that the pandemic is theoretically over, a lot of people plan to travel this summer. While I don’t know of any apps that can remove traffic from the roads or diminish crowds at airports, […]

You know that adage, “you get what you pay for.” Well, it’s not always true. With Google’s new Pixel 7A phone, you get more than you pay for, compared with other phones. At $499, the […]