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by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News A 2023 YouGov survey found that battery life was the most important feature when selecting a smartphone. Even though battery life has been improving, […]

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News An article on the Harvard Medical School website said that “pink noise can enhance deep sleep in older adults and improve cognitive performance.”  Brown […]

I used to carry several chargers when I travel to make sure my phone, watch, my earbuds and my PC and tablet have the power they need. But on my next trip, I’ll only carry […]

One advantage to a projector over a TV is that you can have a giant screen for relatively little money. TCL says it’s capable of projecting to a screen as big as 120 inches, which would be extremely large for a regular TV. […]

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Let me begin by saying that you should never make an important decision based solely on information you get from an AI chatbot like […]

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News In 2009, Wired Magazine published an article called Know Thyself: Tracking Every Facet of Life, from Sleep to Mood to Pain, 24/7/365. It was […]

By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Fifty years ago, on April 4, 1975, Bill Gates and the late Paul Allen founded Microsoft. A half century later, it’s one of the […]

By Lawrence J. Magid January 15, 1995 First published in the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. A guy named Bob just moved into my house. He doesn’t really have a last name but he’s […]

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News For most of the past decade, I used a CPA for my tax returns. Last year, I returned to doing it myself on TurboTax. […]