My wife has been happy with the Motorola Atrix that I bought her after trying out an iPhone (I am no fan of Apple). Her only complaint has been that she can’t use her phone to play music or listen to Pandora through our (okay, I admit it) iPod docking music system. As the Chief Technology [...]

For some reason, AT&T had allowed me to upgrade my phone after just one year, so I’ve been waiting for the “Deathstar” to release an Android phone worthy of replacing my beloved HTC Aria. My interest in an upgrade was mainly driven by my needing a bigger screen because my eyes are going bad (getting [...]

Hola from Spain! Because of the time change, I’m getting tech news six hours ahead of EST and nine hours ahead of the epicenter of technology, San Francisco, of course (also my home!). It is almost 10 am (GMT +1; I love writing that) on August 3rd here in Basque country and I was surfing the [...]

There has been some egregiously bad decision making in the news lately, highlighted by the revelations around now-former Congressman Anthony Weiner’s ongoing sexually explicit Twitter conversations and photo sharing with six women. And just to show you that this post isn’t a partisan attack, let’s not forget the similarly bad decision making of also-recently-resigned Republican [...]

Is Technology Stealing Our (Self) Identities? Our self-identities, that is, how we define and see ourselves as unique individuals, play a vital role in who we are and the direction that our lives take. The self-identity encompasses the totality of knowledge and understanding that we gain about ourselves as we develop including our personalities, aptitudes [...]

I finally decided to buy a tablet because I saw that it could help me be more productive in my work, plus I wouldn’t have to carry books and newspapers when I fly (which is frequently). I’m an obsessive researcher, so I went crazy on line comparing specs and reading expert and lay reviews. Of [...]

I just started writing a new book that focuses on the impact of new technology on children. As I was writing one particular chapter, it struck me that the ideas within had relevance to all of us as we navigate the growing digital landscape. I see two fundamental differences between connected life, that is, life [...]

If you’ve followed my tech-related blog posts over the last few years (if you haven’t, you can catch up here), you know that I have real concerns and what I consider to be some healthy skepticism about the impact of new technology and social media on people, particularly their biggest consumers, children and young people. [...]

I’ve been running Android 2.2 for some time now on my HTC Aria, but have never liked the Voice Dialer that has come with the ROMs I’ve used (primarily the Liberated Aria Froyo Series from Attn!). The iPhone’s voice command is much better, as is, believe it or not, the old Windows Mobile 6.5! As [...]

This post is the third (and hopefully final) in an unplanned series on helping my wife choose a smartphone to replace her Palm Centro (with no data plan). As the family CTO, I must strike a delicate balance between making sure my wife is comfortable with her new phone and “informing” and “encouraging” her about [...]