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In a recent year-over-year comparison of the MasterCard payment network, online sales have increased 15.4 percent. With $1 billion in sales on Cyber Monday and $5.5 billion the week before Christmas, online shopping is becoming as familiar as going to the mall. The easier it becomes to purchase reliably online, the easier it becomes not Continue Reading →

Video-streaming monolith Hulu rethought its initial public offering in favor of working on its subscription policy. Hulu faces an uphill battle versus Netflix’s massive library, despite lowering their subscription cost to $7.99 a month. Per Diem programming is gaining momentum on overpriced cable service, perhaps leaving room for the both of them. Read the full Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/101227_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Facebook released findings from a recent study where they evaluated what makes a particular post popular. Self-referential statuses prove to be much less popular, while posting about others, positive emotions or religious words are highly ‘Liked.’ Who knew that a social networking site would favor social activity? Continue Reading →

Facebook released findings from a recent study where they evaluated what makes a particular post popular. Self-referential statuses prove to be much less popular, while posting about others, positive emotions or religious words are highly ‘Liked.’ Who knew that a social networking site would favor social activity? Read the full article at PCMag.com Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer & Steve Rosenbaum Talk About WikiLeaks on Live Digital Continue Reading →

The recent vote on the principles of Net Neutrality (Chairman Genachowski voted for the Order; Commissioner Copps concurred and Commissioner Clyburn approved in part and concurred in part.  Commissioners McDowell and Baker dissented.) at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has drawn criticism from both sides.  Republicans in Congress are uniformly against it and Democrats are mixed.  Consumer advocates say it does not go far enough to protect consumers and the big carriers and tech giants (Verizon, AT&T, Google, Microsoft, etc.) offered lukewarm to tepid praise. Continue Reading →

New technology developed for the US military by Darpa, a Pentagon research branch, will give soldiers 360-degree ‘Terminator’-like vision. The headgear will create high-resolution computer imagery of the soldiers’ surroundings, including graphical overlays of projectile trails, muzzle flashes and maps. While the futuristic technology is still in development, its widespread use would certainly give us Continue Reading →

IBM’s theorized ‘Racetrack’ memory system had its physics recently validated, moving this revolutionary design one step closer to production. The memory chips automatically move data to where it can be used, allowing for more storage in a smaller package. Once out of development, these chips will allow laptops, smartphones and other mobile devices a considerable Continue Reading →

A recent study by the Pew Research Center identified the uses of mobile technology during the 2010 U.S. midterm elections. Of the people surveyed, telling others they had voted was the most popular usage for mobile devices, totaling 14%. While users were eager to share their voting stories, 21% of those who used their device Continue Reading →

With more of our personal data being transferred over mobile networks than ever, carriers are investing heavily in security. Millions of dollars from venture capitalists are being spent to protect the consumer from the Wild West of mobile data. AT&T alone has hired 13 Ph.Ds to run a new lab focusing solely on mobile protection Continue Reading →