LarrysWorld.com

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 […]

By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News On October 30, President Biden issued an executive order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. As expected, the nearly 20,000-word document committed […]

My computer’s internet browser is, by far, the program that I use the most. That’s not the case with my mobile device, because so many of the services I use have their own apps. But, […]

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 […]