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Apple announced that their Mac App Store will launch on January 6th and will act just like its mobile brethren, featuring free and paid apps including Apple’s own software. Apple hopes to cash in on the mobile App Store success by offering full feature software developers a distribution outlet and 70% of the profit. This Continue Reading →

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The Obama administration is looking to develop a privacy bill of rights that would set a framework for data gathering online. The proposed Privacy Policy Office would be a change of course from the government’s laissez faire attitude towards web regulation. Here’s to hoping the proposed legislation is easier to read than iTunes terms and Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/101217_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Facebook is now running a closed test that uses facial recognition software to offer suggestions tagging your photos. With Facebook constantly caught up in privacy battles, many people think this is one more step in the wrong direction. Have no fear; the feature is only available to Continue Reading →

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Google has hired networking expert and early proponent of TCP/IP, Milo Medin, as vice president of access services. The move comes with a push for the completion of Google’s own high-speed fiber network that will be ready for trial in select communities early next year. Google is boasting Internet speeds up to 100 times faster Continue Reading →

Twitter just received another round of financing, totaling $200 million from venture capitalists Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The new investment brings their total worth up to $3.9 billion. Twitter’s valuation comes from its value as a social graph, representing moods and trends of 8% of total Internet traffic and that is where the money Continue Reading →

YouTube’s interest in creating its own original content has piqued once again, with rumors that they plan to acquire production company Next New Networks. The production company is responsible for two of the most popular YouTube videos this year, “Bed Intruder Song” and “The Key of Awesome.” Remember, Google owns YouTube and they are desperate Continue Reading →

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Microsoft announced at the Bing Summit that its search engine has experience 48% growth since its launch in June 2009. While Bing has experienced 224% mobile app growth with 5.5 million downloads of its iPhone app, they are still many rungs down from Google’s market share dominance. While the growth is certainly something to write Continue Reading →