By Larry Magid I spent the last several days at CES in Las Vegas with about 150,000 of my closest friends and more than 3,500 companies. CES used to stand for Consumer Electronics show but it’s now officially called International CES. The sponsoring trade group...
by Larry Magid As 2015 is about to enter the history books, it’s time to take a look at some of the year’s most interesting products. The Apple Watch was certainly the most hyped. It was the first new product category under CEO Tim Cook. The last time...
by Larry Magid European Union officials just approved data privacy regulations that, while offering some protections for European citizens, could also have some unintended consequences in both Europe and in Silicon Valley. The regulations, which must still be passed...
By Larry Magid If you have small children, you can now buy Mattel’s Hello Barbie ($75), which not only talks, but listens. I sat down with her digital parents, the founders of San Francisco-based ToyTalk, which makes the software and operates the cloud-based...
By Larry Magid European policymakers are considering a draft of the European Data Protection Regulation that would prohibit teens under 16 from participating in social media without parental consent. Up until this point, the draft Regulation set the age at 13, which...
