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A new network of satellites will improve the accuracy of GPS receivers. A GPS device requires four satellites to find where you’re located and the U.S. only has a total of thirty in orbit. The new network would make GPS accurate to within three feet of the device. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111219_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] A federal judge dismissed a harassment case that could have set a precedent for freedom of speech online. The defendant was accused of posting thousands of messages on Twitter, threatening a Buddhist religious leader. The judge argued that the constitution protects public speech online. In other news, Continue Reading →

Zynga, the company behind some of Facebook’s most popular games, had a poor day of trading in its first day on the market this past Friday. The stock closed at $9.50, down 5% from its initial public offering. While Zynga sold more outstanding shares than LinkedIn and Groupon’s IPOs, many believe that interest in high-valuation Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer shows off some cool tech toys for kids, helps you decide what tablet is right for you and provides useful tips for electronics shopping for this holiday season. Original airdate: December 16, 2011 Continue Reading →

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Facebook has begun rolling out a major redesign to users’ profile pages called Timeline. The new format displays your wall posts and status updates as a giant collage, separating the events by month and year. For better or worse, the new look will let you take a scroll down memory lane. Read the full article Continue Reading →

Smartphones are everywhere, but just how popular are they? A report by Nielsen found that 44% of all U.S. cellphones are smartphones, up from 18% just two years ago. Not surprisingly, Apple’s iPhone 4 is still the best selling smartphone on the market. Read the full article at AppleInsider.com Continue Reading →

Amazon announced that the Kindle Fire has been the company’s bestselling product since it was available for purchase nearly 3 months ago. Amazon’s entire line of Kindle devices is flying off the shelves, selling over 1 million units a week.  Read the full article at Reuters.com Continue Reading →

Microsoft announced that they would finally be dropping all support for Internet Explorer 6, which debuted on personal computers a decade ago. All users of the much maligned browser will be forced to automatically update their browser, unless they specifically choose to opt out. All future updates of Internet Explorer will also become mandatory and Continue Reading →

If you read my last blog, you may have already figured out that this was another poster outside my dad’s breakfast-lunch café many years ago. This poster also was published nationally in hundreds of newspapers by Ripley’s Believe It or Not. It’s hard to believe anyone would advertise like this, isn’t it. But it worked Continue Reading →