By Larry MagidThis post first appeared in the Mercury News Chances are you have a lot of apps on your phone, and there’s a good chance that there are some you’re not using or maybe not even aware of. So, in addition to being careful before downloading new...
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News I still remember the impact of Google, back around 1998, which fundamentally changed the way we search for information. Even though I still use it multiple times a day, that quarter-century-old search engine...
By Larry MagidThis post first appeared in the Mercury News You may have heard about the horrible recent case where a man traveled from Virginia to Riverside, California, to meet with a teenage girl who he “catfished.” The girl, who was driven away by the...
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News If you’re like most people, you’re thinking about scooping up some of those bargains we hear about between Thanksgiving and the end of the year. Whether it’s black Friday,” cyber...
by Larry MagidThis post first appeared in the Mercury News It’s relatively rare to get new research on teens, parents and social media but three surveys dropped this week. One was from Pew Research, another was from the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) and the...
Revised September 29, 2023 from a previous version Whether it’s hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, impending fires or even massive hacking attacks, it’s important to make sure that your tech is ready and able to operate even in the event of a power...
