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by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Along with our counterparts in more than 100 countries, my colleagues at ConnectSafely and I are busy getting ready for Safer Internet Day, which […]

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Wednesday marked the 40th anniversary of the Apple Macintosh. It came out about a year into my tenure as a syndicated tech columnist, and […]

XR, short for “extended reality” includes not just video images that take up your entire field of view, but augmented reality, or mixed reality, that combines computer-generated images with the real world. […]

By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News I usually review products soon after I get my hands on them, but in the case of Google’s Pixel 8 Pro, which I’ve had […]

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News I was riding my bicycle the other day taking pictures, talking on the phone and sending and receiving texts without ever taking my hands off […]

By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News As we approach the end of the year, it’s a good time to look back on 2023. The word that comes to mind is […]

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News I’ve been using a smartphone with an onscreen keyboard since June 29, 2007, the day that Apple released its first iPhone. In my initial […]

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News This is the week when I typically write a column about how to shop for holiday gifts. I wrote previous holiday gift columns based […]

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News The first few times I got a text message from a stranger that appeared to be directed at someone else, I politely informed them […]