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Amazon has reportedly contracted Foxconn to build its long-rumored “Kindle smartphone” according to the Taiwan Economic News. The news corroborates Digitimes’ report late last month that Foxconn will have the smartphones ready for a mid-2013 launch. The site claims Amazon has ordered 5 million smartphones with each unit said to cost between $100 to $200. Continue Reading →

There’s a lot of noise and very little signal on Twitter, and sometimes it can be hard to know what to pay attention to. A team of scientists might be able to help with that, though, because they’re developing algorithms to sort the truthful tweets from the lies. Slate reports new research, due to be Continue Reading →

Got a Samsung Galaxy SIII? Maybe a Galaxy Note? Well listen up because there’s a new boogeyman on the loose. According to a thread at XDA Developers, there’s an exploit out there that can let Android malware apps get at all your physical memory, for the purposes of stealing your data or deleting it or Continue Reading →

Before you know it, smartphone-wielding football referees will be able to review their calls and respond to nasty tweets about those calls all in one go. ESPN is set to start embedding video streams of instant replays into its tweets, according to various reports. Through a partnership with Ford and Twitter, ESPN’s college football account, Continue Reading →

The New York City Police Department and Kings County District Attorney announced this week they took down 41 members of a Bushwick, Brooklyn, gang — and social media helped them do it. New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said, “Once again we have young gang members using social media to boast about murder Continue Reading →

Here’s one simple way to strengthen your real-world ties: Connect with relatives, colleagues and pals on Facebook. The social network’s structure naturally promotes stronger friendships, a study led by Indiana University post-doctoral research fellow Emilio Ferrara found. Researchers examined millions of Facebook users and their social relationships. The data scientists measured community sizes, intimacy within Continue Reading →

With taxi-booking app Hailo killing it in London since its launch in the UK last year, New York would seem like the obvious entry point for the service when it finally landed in the US two months ago…but alas, Boston claimed that accolade. Indeed, it seems there have been a few barriers to entry for Continue Reading →

Google Maps’ return to the iPhone and iPad this week may not be permanent, an analyst said. “It would have been out of the question,” said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research, referring to a rejection of Google’s submission of Maps to the iOS App Store. Not only would that have been a Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121217_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Imagine for a moment that you’re on your couch, enjoying a new episode of Modern Family. Phil Dunphy cracks a joke, you laugh and ABC cuts to a commercial. All of a sudden, your TV’s speakers go into overdrive as you face overly-loud commercials, demanding you buy Continue Reading →

We’ve all been there. Maybe you don’t use your Facebook account enough to make having a page worth it, or maybe you simply want to get off the grid altogether. Whatever your reason, there’s a way to delete your Facebook page for good. Here’s what you do: The first step is actually finding the link for Continue Reading →