--- title: Rick Broida | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/author/rick-broida/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/rick-broida/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Rick Broida ## Rick Broida ## Rick Broida *  Dec 22, 2014 ### [Buyer's Guide: How to Pick Your First Drone](https://time.com/3643744/drones-quadcopter-buying-guide/) Find the quadcopter that's right for you [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Nov 12, 2014 ### [Why I Just Bought iPads for My Retired Parents](https://time.com/3579085/ipads-parents/) Older computer users just don't need PCs any longer [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Oct 29, 2014 ### [Download These 5 Smartphone Apps for a Safer Halloween](https://time.com/3544497/halloween-safe-apps/) Have fun and stay safe this Halloween with these apps [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Oct 22, 2014 ### [The Best First Smartphone for Your Child](https://time.com/3532407/smartphone-child/) It's time to get your kid a smartphone. But which one? [BUSINESS](/section/business/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/rick-broida/","name":"Rick Broida"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/rick-broida/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/rick-broida/"},"name":"Rick Broida","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/rick-broida/","sameAs":["https://x.com/cheapskateblog"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```