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General Motors has teamed up with the electronics manufacturer LG to co-develop electric vehicles. LG isn’t a stranger to the automotive world, as it already develops batteries and inverters for electric vehicles. Auto companies are hoping co-development will help bring cheaper electric cars to the market more quickly. Read the full article at GigaOm.com Continue Reading →

According to Bloomberg, BlackBerrys being launched in early 2012 will have the capability to run Android applications. RIM is desperately trying to regain sales and the addition of over 250,000 apps could help save fleeing consumers. RIM’s QNX software makes the app ports possible and is the same technology that was supposed to bring Android Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110826_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] A survey by the American Red Cross reveals that people are turning to social media for disaster response. Victims are using social media to report disasters, communicate with loved ones and ask for help. 39% of online users expect first-responders to arrive in under an our of Continue Reading →

Samsung’s newest smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S II will not launch on Verizon Wireless. Due in September, the Galaxy S II will be a serious contender to the iPhone, offering some of the best hardware and software available for Android phones. AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile will all receive the Galaxy S II before Apple’s debut Continue Reading →

I’ve never worked at Apple and I’ve never met Steve Jobs (other than a driveby handshake at some Apple events), but I’ve been repeatedly asked to comment about what Steve Jobs retirement will mean to Apple and the media business over the past few days.  I have asked every reporter the same question: “Steve Jobs, Continue Reading →

Everybody knows how to run our country. Everybody has a better plan than Obama. 300 million Americans do. Billions of Asians and Europeans do. We have whole industries based on knowing so much more than the rest of the world: Talk Radio. Newspapers. Sports Radio. Blogs. Fashion Shows. Reality TV. Basically, all of us think Continue Reading →

Tom Durkin performs 400 original mini dramas during 7 weeks each summer as the announcer at Saratoga Springs, NY historic racetrack. I hope you’ll listen to his call (that’s horse racing jargon for announcing) of Rachael Alexander winning the Woodward in 2009. I was there, and he made a great contest even more exciting. If Continue Reading →

Steve Jobs recently announced that he will immediately step down as CEO of Apple and Tim Cook will fill the position. Jobs has been on an extended medical leave due to a rare form of pancreatic cancer and stated that he can no longer fulfill his duties. He will stay with Apple in a more Continue Reading →

A new study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse found that teens who use social media are up to five times more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol. CASA likens disseminating pictures of underage alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use to child abuse. Are more teens using drugs or is it now just Continue Reading →

Time Warner Cable recently announced that it would begin subsidizing the Slingbox set-top box for Wideband Internet service subscribers. Slingbox lets you watch your cable television service over the Internet on any other TV its hooked up to. Most cable programmers argue that use should be restricted to one household. Read the full article at Continue Reading →