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Streaming music service, Spotify, announced that it is close to launching in the United States. Spotify allows users to stream a massive library of music on demand, including on mobile devices. Spotify’s recent $1 billion of financing and rumored partnership with Facebook, could push it to the top of available streaming services. Read the full Continue Reading →

A new report shows that spending on videogames is expected to exceed $74 billion in 2011 alone. Videogame releases are turning into blockbusters, with Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops making over $650 million in the first week of its release. The increasing popularity in smartphone games is also contributing to continued growth. Read the Continue Reading →

ComScore says that there are 77 million people in the United States with smartphones and Nielsen Media Research says that in Q1 2011 data usage grew to an average of 435 MB per user/per month.  I’ve seen studies that say these numbers are likely to double every year for quite some time. Give ‘em the Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110707_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Facebook recently announced a partnership with Skype that lets you make video calls from within Facebook. Facebook users can now also group chat without setting up an actual group. Video calls only require installing a small Skype app, which can be accessed at the top of any Continue Reading →

Amazon recently announced that its Cloud Drive service will now offer unlimited storage of music files for $20 a year. The pricing is for a limited time only and the unlimited space excludes file storage. Amazon’s price cut is presumably a response to the slew of cloud-based music services to crop up in recent months. Continue Reading →

Re-syndicated from MediaBizBloggers.com Trying to leave the disastrous Buzz and Wave launch behind, Google, THE search company, is formally making a pitch to become a major social networking force. What is Google+? Contrasting Facebook, Google+ doesn’t focus on a massive friend list. Instead, users collect each other into groups, such as family, work and friends, Continue Reading →

Over the past several years I’ve worked with dozens of digital media companies who were trying to attract marketer dollars to their platforms. Virtually every single one said they wanted to be a partner to agencies and brands, because partners tend to have more loyal customer bases, and higher margins. A partner gets compensated in Continue Reading →

Accused baby killer Casey Anthony was found not guilty. According to a jury of her peers, Casey was not responsible for Caylee Anthony’s death. This fact was Tweeted and Retweeted, Facebooked and Refacebooked, blogged and commented on by literally millions of people yesterday. The sheer volume of broadband traffic dedicated to #caseyanthonyverdict was astonishing. Which Continue Reading →

China is working on installing a network of up to 500,000 surveillance cameras starting with the city of Chongqing. Officials claim that they will be used to prevent crime, but activists are worried that they will only contribute to political unrest. Western companies like Cisco Systems have agreed to help deploy the project. Read the Continue Reading →

South Korea plans on digitizing educational materials for its entire primary school curriculum by 2015. Tablet PCs will be used instead of textbooks, with the government spending $2.4 billion on completing the mandate. Samsung is expected to manufacture the tablets. Continue Reading →