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Better dictation for iPhone and Android
I started using my mom’s Royal manual typewriter when I was in elementary school and took a typing class in junior high, which turned out to be the most practical class I ever took. It […]
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Pixel 11 Pro reminds me why I loved Google phones
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News For many years, I was an avid fan of Google’s Pixel phone, which, in my opinion, is the best Android phone on the market. […]
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What I learned when my internet went down
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News and SiliconValley.com For the past few years, I’ve been using AT&T Fiber for my home internet, and it’s been nearly flawless. But, through no […]
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So You Want to Buy a Computer (from 1981)
In 1981 Information Unlimited Software (IUS) hired me to write the EasyWriter word processing manual that IBM would release with its first PC. After the PC was released, IUS asked me to write this computer buying guide. […]
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Don’t let AI replace your humanity
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News A recent article in Communications of the ACM, a magazine of the Association for Computing Machinery, warned that although AI tools can help smooth […]
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Smartphone features you may not know about
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Almost everyone has a smart phone, but chances are it has more useful features than you know about. That’s not your fault. Today’s […]
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Landline nostalgia meets the internet
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News By the end of 2024, 79% of adults and 87% of children lived in homes with wireless-only phone service, according to the National Center […]
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Regulate Social Media, but Don’t Ban Teens
by Larry Magid This June, soon-to-be former British Prime Minister Keir Starmer proposed that the United Kingdom ban children under 16 from accessing social media. If this happens, Britain would follow in the footsteps of […]
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Smart glasses come into focus at Augmented World Expo
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Listen to “Chips that prolong battery life for small devices like smart glasses” on Spreaker. Larry interviews Bill Hoppin of FemtoAI about chips that […]
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Google Fitbit Air is screenless, AI-driven tracker
This post first appeared in the Mercury News When I first heard about Google’s new Fitbit Air, I thought I wouldn’t like it, because it doesn’t have a display. But I was wrong. At $99, […]