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A group of Chinese hackers infiltrated the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The group gained access to every piece of data on its systems, including information about its roughly three million members. It’s possible that hackers had access to the system for a full year before the discovery. Read the full article at WSJ.com Continue Reading →

Microsoft announced that this year would be its last for attending the Consumer Electronics Show. The company had been a key participant of the event for the past 20-years, regularly giving the keynote. CEO Steve Ballmer will give Microsoft’s last keynote January 9th. Read the full article at LATimes.com Continue Reading →

Amazon released a software update to the Kindle Fire that hopes to satisfy early user complaints. The update improves sensitivity to the touch screen and adds parental controls like limiting what content is viewable from the home screen. You can update the software by hitting the sync option in the quick settings menu. Read the Continue Reading →

If you believe what people say on Twitter is any indication of what the world thinks, than we may have entered a emotional depression. According to a study of 4.6 billion messages over 33 months, global happiness appears to be on a downward slope for over a year. While the test isn’t exactly scientific, it’s Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111222_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] A group of Chinese hackers infiltrated the computers systems of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The group gained access to every piece of data on its systems, including information about its roughly three million members. It’s possible that hackers had access to the system for a full Continue Reading →

You’ll be able to watch the biggest television event of the year without owning a TV. For the first time ever, you can watch the Super Bowl by streaming it online through the NBC or NFL websites. Verizon’s NFL mobile app will even put the game on your phone. Read the full article at nfl.com Continue Reading →

Skype is giving away an early Christmas present to anyone stuck in an airport this holiday season. From December 21st to the 27th, Skype will provide free airport Wi-Fi access to place voice or video calls. Over 50 U.S. airports are participating in the program. Read the full article at PCMag.com Continue Reading →

Starting in January of 2012, sponsored stories will appear in your news feed on Facebook.  Advertisements will find their way in between your friend’s updates and there’s nothing you can do about it. Facebook promises you’ll only see one ad a day. Read the full article at TechCrunch.com Continue Reading →

Re-syndicated from KellerFay.com As the trade press continues to focus on the year that was in 2011 and forecasts for the year to come in 2012, social media remains a hot topic of conversation. Two reports have come out recently making the case that email remains a big and effective part of the social story. Continue Reading →

The United States International Trade Commission granted Apple it’s largest legal victory against Google’s Android operating system. While the case was brought against HTC, its ramifications could affect a wide variety of Android handsets. The pantent gives Apple ownership over software functions like pressing on a phone number and being presented a menu of options. Continue Reading →