Month: March 2011

  Google has an experimental feature called +1 that you can add to your search results. Once its configured, you’ll see an icon next to your search listings. If you click on the +1 icon […]

The American Academy of Pediatrics is out with its Clinical Report—The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families that has some great advice for parents about how to raise kids in the age of […]

by Larry Magid Showtime last week announced it will stop allowing Netflix to stream some of its current shows, such as “Dexter” and “Californication.” According to the Los Angeles Times, “Showtime decided to clamp down […]

A new iPhone and Android app called Color (for more go to color.com) makes it possible to take photos of people around you and see all of their photos. It’s an interesting type of social […]

Readers will get 20 articles a month for free. Then it will be “$15 every four weeks for access to the Web site and a mobile phone app, $20 for Web access and an iPad app or […]

At the All Things Digital conference last June, I had a chance to question Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer about when Windows laptops would be able to compete with the iPad when it comes to battery […]

After a major disaster like the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, millions of people go online to find out how they can help. But, sadly, scam artists also go online to try to take advantage of […]

People were lined up around the block at the Apple store in Palo Alto, California to be among the first to buy the new iPad 2. I didn’t count heads but there were certainly hundreds […]

The Lenovo ThinkPad X220, which will be available in April as both a standard notebook PC and as a convertible PC/Tablet, boasts an amazing 24 hours of battery life with an add-on external battery pack […]

Listen to Larry’s 1-Minute CBS New/CNET Commentary about this subject Facebook is offering web developers a new commenting system that requires people to sign-in with their Facebook credentials before commenting on blogs and other sites […]