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Earth Day is a good time to take stock of energy use
This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News Sunday is Earth Day, a good time to reflect on how we use technology to help the planet rather than hurt it. When it comes to the environment,...
View ArticleRIP net neutrality — unless resurrected by new laws or the courts
For the most part, net neutrality died on Monday, April 23rd. It’s death warrant was signed a couple of months earlier when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on party lines to end the...
View ArticleAmazon In-Car Delivery And the Risk of Break-Ins
Amazon's new In-Car Delivery, in partnership with Volvo and GM, will now deliver packages to your car. That's great if you have a secure trunk but not all cars have trunks. If it's an SUV, mini-van or...
View ArticleTips for Strong, Secure Passwords & Other Authentication Tools
Reposted with permission from ConnectSafely.org A strong password is your first line of defense against intruders and imposters. Scroll down for a video based on these tips. Never give out your...
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Amazon is coming for your kids, and that’s OK
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News Amazon is going after the little-kids’ market, and I think that’s just fine. The company has long offered a children’s version of...
View ArticleShould you get a standing desk or improvise as I did
There are ways to accomplish the goals of a standing desk without having to buy one. Read the full post at Forbes.com
View ArticleNew York City Comptroller claims Airbnb causes city tenants to pay higher rents
Click above to listen to Larry’s 50 second CBS News Radio segment about this story A report from the office of New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer claims that NYC residents paid an additional...
View ArticleTwitter urges uses to change passwords
In a statement, Twitter urged users to change their passwords after disclosing “Due to a bug, passwords were written to an internal log before completing the hashing process.” Hashing replaces the...
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Finally, two free-roaming virtual reality headsets
This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News Also see my Forbes post “After Testing Both New Standalone VR Headsets I’m Still Not Sold On VR.” Did you ever experience the Circle Vision 360...
View ArticleBoth useful and creepy — Google Assistant Duplex talks and interacts like a...
Imagine if you worked at a hair salon or a restaurant and got a call from a very friendly person seeking a reservation. You’d ask all the usual questions and book a table or appointment and perhaps...
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Google reining in too much of a good thing
This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News The common expression “too much of a good thing” can apply to almost everything that we enjoy, including the internet and mobile devices. My...
View ArticleVerizon funded Visible offers unlimited service for $40 a month
Inorder to get a $40 a month unlimited line from any of the major cell phone carriers, you’ll need to sign up for a family plan with at least four lines, which isn’t a bad idea even if you’re single...
View ArticleFacebook Reports Numbers on Nudity, Sex, Violence, Hate Speech And Other...
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Facebook is cleaning up inappropriate content but you still need to be vigilant
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News I’m about to report on some interesting numbers from Facebook regarding inappropriate material it deleted from its service, but first I’d...
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Europe’s new privacy law shakes up entire tech industry and impacts teens
By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) kicked in on Friday, May 25th, and its impact will be felt not just in Europe but...
View ArticleHow to protect your router and home network from the VPNFilter malware
On a government website, the FBI recommends “any owner of small office and home office routers power cycle (reboot) the devices.” It’s in response to a malware threat called VPNFiler that can render...
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Facebook slips, Snapchat grows among teens — nearly half online ‘almost...
By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News Listen to Larry Magid’s CBS News Radio interview with the study’s lead author, Monica Anderson A new survey from Pew Research found...
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Apple launches ‘parental controls’ for kids AND adults
There are plenty of tools that allow parents to limit their kids’ use of devices, but Apple has gone one better. The new controls it’s launching with iOS 12 are designed for both adults and kids. It’s...
View ArticleNew iOS lets users set limits for kids and adults
As the founder of SafeKids.com and co-founder of ConnectSafely.org, I’ve written volumes about parental controls that help parents limit what their kids can do online or with mobile devices. Apple...
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