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Tips for Strong, Secure Passwords & Other Authentication Tools
Before going into details about passwords, here’s some general security tips: Update your operating system and apps. Make sure your firewall is turned on. Use strong and unique passwords Uninstall...
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Devices monitor health from your wrist or pocket
Kardia Mobile lets you do your on ECG by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News For the past few weeks I’ve been testing three different devices designed — in part — to measure health...
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Tesla Model 3 comes with advanced features and learning curve
Tesla Model 3 By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Though I wasn’t sure if I’d ever buy one, I was one of the first people to fork over a refundable $1,000 deposit when Tesla...
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Larry’s KCBS segment on Apple’s Beddit and Beautyrest Sleeptracker
https://www.larrysworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Audio-recording-2018-12-13-at-22-02-36.mp3 Listen to Larry’s segment on KCBS Radio about Beddit and Sleeptracker with anchors Patti Reising and...
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Holiday gifts for under $50
I’m a firm believer in not re-inventing the wheel so, when I started my research on low-cost holiday gifts, I found a great guide from CNET that will serve you well. I’ll let you click through to read...
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Beddit & Sleeptracker measure quality & quantity of sleep
This post first appeared in the Mercury News One of the criticisms of the Apple Watch is that there is no native sleep monitoring, but that’s not keeping Apple from wanting to measure your sleep....
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Read the post at Forbes.com Tesla Model 3 In my more than three decades as a technology journalist, I’ve written about countless computers, tablets, phones and connectivity, but never cars. And this...
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A momentous 2018, both good and bad, in tech
This post first appeared in the Mercury News 2018 was a momentous year for tech, but not always in a good way. One of the biggest stories of the year was Facebook’s fall from grace. The company is...
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Vegas or bust for CES in my new Tesla Model 3
This post first appeared in the Mercury News Follow Larry’s Trip on Facebook (public page) Welcome to another year in the evolution of personal technology. Although I could be surprised, I don’t have...
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Impressions of Tesla Model 3 after a 550 mile road-trip
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Listen to Larry’s ‘Showstopper’ CES interviews
Here’s a link to CBS News Radio’s SoundCloud page with some short (typically about 3 minute) interviews from leading edge companies at the CES Showstopper’s event
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Podcast: Short interview with Vicky Mayo about Touchpoint stress reliever
The $160 Touchoint is advertised to reduce stress, a useful tool at a chaotic show like CES. In technical terms, the devices provide “bilateral alternating stimulation in tactile (BLAST) form...
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Larry’s Health and Fitness Podcasts from CES
Touchpoint has a way to relieve stress A glucose monitor that doesn’t require a fingerstick A scanner that lets you know if it’s time to pee (for people with incontinence) A smart bra that helps women...
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Health, fitness and a ‘smart bra’ at CES
There are enormous number of products on display at CES, ranging from the wacky to the fun to the useful to the essential. And some are potentially life saving. So, in between looking at big screen...
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Latest ’10 year challenge’ social media meme brings up some interesting...
My own post on Facebook There has been a lot of commentary on the privacy implications of the “10 year challenge” that’s been popular this month on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. This latest meme has...
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How to block robocalls and phone spam — major carrier tools
Here are links from major cellphone carriers on their tools to block robocalls. AT&T Verizon T-Mobile Sprint More on blocking robocalls
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Facebook cracking down on misbehaving page operators
One of Facebook’s main sources of fake news and other inauthentic activity are pages operated by unscrupulous or simply careless operators that post poor quality content. Sometimes the entire page is...
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Brave new world of transportation
We’re entering a brave new world of transportation with more options than ever, including driver-assist technology, self-driving vehicles, rentable bikes and scooters, urban tunnels and even flying...
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Senators want an investigation into wireless carrier sales of customer...
A letter from 15 U.S. senators to the heads of he Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission is calling for an investigation on “the sale of Americans’ location data by wireless...
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Privacy tips
Tips for Parents (from Stop Think Connect) How to control your Facebook privacy including apps Europe’s new privacy law shakes up entire tech industry and impacts teens Thinking before sharing is...
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