Larry Magid Tech Report

Poll Finds Teens Migrating From Facebook To Twitter

Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior.

2013/05/21

A man uses two smartphones. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)

Tech Report: 40th Anniversary of First Cellphone Call

Believe it or not, it’s been 40 years since an engineer with Motorola made the world’s first cellphone call.

2013/04/03

Google Fights Possible German Search Engine Fees

Google is fighting back against a proposal German legislators are considering that would impose a tax on search engines each time they link to media content, including news articles and photographs.

2012/11/28

Tech Report: Web Hosting Service GoDaddy Hacked

A hacker allegedly affiliated with Anonymous has claimed responsibility for taking down GoDaddy, a popular web-hosting service that supports millions of sites.

2012/09/10

Tech Report: Kickstarter Investor Beware

Thousands of entrepreneur’s have raised $274 million from the public through the website Kickstarter, but not all the ideas have turned out to be successful and sometimes not everyone delivers on the investments.

2012/08/24

Facebook Acknowledges Photo Privacy Bug; Issues Immediate Fix

Tech Report: Do You Have The Right To Be Forgotten Online?

Should people be allowed to erase information abut themselves online? KCBS’ tech analyst just got back from a tech policy summit in Napa where he moderated a discussion on that very issue.

2012/06/08

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison (Stephen Lam/Getty Images)

Tech Report: Oracle CEO Ellison Discusses Google Suit, Steve Jobs At Tech Conference

As the All Things Digital Conference came to a close, a federal judge delivered a setback to Oracle in its lawsuit against Google. Nonetheless Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has fond memories of his highly influential friend.

2012/05/31

Samsung Galaxy Note (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Tech Report: Samsung’s ‘Phablet’ Best of Both Worlds?

The Galaxy Note, Samsung’s new hybrid device, is somewhere between a smartphone and a tablet that allows you to make calls.

2012/04/03

A Redbox DVD kiosk. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Tech Report: Verizon & Redbox Combine For Video Service

Verizon and Redbox, the company whose DVD kiosks are in grocery stores, are teaming up for a service that will combine physical DVD’s with streaming video.

2012/02/07