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[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110126_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Facebook is rolling out a new ad platform that will allow advertisers to turn your status updates into promoted content. If you check-in to a location or like a brand, companies can turn the status into a “sponsored story” ad. Your update will appear in your news Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer chats with Steve Rosenbaum, author of Curation Nation, about alternatives to cable TV. Continue Reading →

Google announced that it would bolster its workforce by 25%, adding over 6,000 new employees within the year. The company is aggressively expanding its workforce as it continues to venture into non-search related products. Larry Page hopes to spread Android’s success at attracting talent to other special projects. Read the full article at WSJ.com Continue Reading →

Micro-blogging platform Twitter could generate as much as $250 million in ad revenue by 2012, according to a report by research firm eMarketer. Twitter, now valued at $3.7B, has over 175 million users but has failed to monetize its success until recently. With $45 million in ad revenue in 2010, the privately held company will Continue Reading →

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color e-reader has brought the company over 650,000 subscriptions and single copy sales of their newsstand publications. With over 120 popular publications available, 150% more subscriptions were sold since Christmas than in the past 12 months. The Nook series now sells more e-books than Barnes & Noble sells physical books, thanks Continue Reading →

Pope Benedict XVI blessed the use of digital communications and touted the benefits of social networks. While he warned that virtual contact should not replace human interaction, the Pope suggests that young people should “make good use of their presence in the digital world.” The Vatican is no stranger to social media—they already have their Continue Reading →

Both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox will include “do not track” preferences that allow users to opt-out of advertising. Google’s opt-out program works with 50 advertising companies that chose to self-regulate; Mozilla has created an HTTP header that will alert websites of the opt-out status. The changes come shortly after the FCC’s recent push for Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110125_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] According to a recent report, Twitter could generate as much as $250 million in ad revenue by 2012. Now valued at $3.7B, Twitter has failed to monetize its success until recently. With $45 million in ad revenue in 2010, the privately held company will introduce a self-serve Continue Reading →

Shelly chats about Rep. Giffords’ iPad aided rehabilitation on Good Day New York. Continue Reading →

In less than three years, Apple’s App Store recently hit a milestone of 10 billion downloads. Launched in June of 2008, the store has grown to over 350,000 free and paid apps with over 5 billion downloaded since last June. Apple gave the user who downloaded the 10 billionth app a $10,000 gift card to Continue Reading →