Larry cites research to answer the musical questions asked in the 1963 movie Bye Bye Birdie, "Why can't they be like we were, perfect in every way. What's the matter with kids today??

'What the matter with kids today?'

Larry Magid talks Apple and Microsoft on BBC Today Programme

Amazon already makes buttons that let you order products and, at a startup event ahead of the giant IFA tech trade show in Berlin last week. Senic, a German company, showed off a button that can simplify how we interact with technology. 

Order products or configure complex technology at the push of a button

Just ahead of last week's giant IFA tech trade show in Berlin, Samsung showed off its near Gear 2 and Gear S2 Classic smartwatches. Tech Talk was there. 

Samsung's new Gear S2 Smartwatches

At the giant IFA Tech show in Berlin last week Samsung showed off a smart washing machine that not only connects to the Internet but also has an extra door for those little items you find after you start the wash.

Samsung's AddWash machines are smart and have a little door for last minute items

The horrific attacks in Paris have reunited concerns about encryption technology that makes it easy for terrorists and other criminals to easily hide their messages but, says Tech Talk, that same technology is also used by citizens, businesses and activists to protect themselves against oppressive regimes, industrial espionage and personal snooping.

Encryption can be used for good as well as bad

A survey commissioned by the Family Online Safety Institute found that parents aren't all that clueless when it comes to their kids use of technology. 

Parents aren't clueless when it comes to kids and tech

Facebook's Safety Check was first used to let people know the status of friends and relatives in Nepal after the April earthquake. It was designed for natural disasters but was activated last week after the Paris attacks and again this week after the attacks in Nigeria. It's a great feature, says CBS News' Larry Magid, that he hopes will be rarely used


Facebook activates Safety Check after Paris and Nigeria attacks

Sprint -- the number four cell phone carrier in the U.S. has announced some very aggressive pricing plans but T-Mobile, the #3 carrier, is fighting back.

Sprint offers aggressive pricing plans


Tech Talk checks out Sentri, a new home security device that you place in an entryway to your home. It not only monitors who enters but evaluates your home's air quality and controls some connected appliances and lights.


Tech Talk: Sentri monitors your home

We've heard reports about ISIS supporters using Twitter to celebrate the attacks in San Bernardino. But there are plenty of positive ways that the social media service has been used by authorities, survivors and those who wish to express outrage and compassion.


Twitter plays a positive role in San Bernardino tragedy

Instead of Galaxy S4, Samsung should have called its new phone the KS 4, for “kitchen sink,” because when designing this phone, Samsung threw in “everything but the kitchen sink.”

Ful review: http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrymagid/2013/04/28/review-samsung-galaxy-s4-is-the-kitchen-sink-of-smartphones/:

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