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Cyber Monday is certainly the busiest day for online shopping and many cyber criminals take the opportunity to sell counterfeit goods. In an effort to protect consumers, the U.S. seized over 82 websites selling counterfeit and pirated goods Approximately 80 percent of the counterfeit goods seized come from China. Read the full story on reuters.com Continue Reading →
Kinect
Kinect is the hot item this holiday season and some see it as a hot item for the bedroom. Sex-tech gurus like Kyle Machulis are exploring how to use the technology for “Kinect Sex.” While there are limits to how kinky Kinect can be, Machulis and others enthusiasts are busy working on a solution. Continue Reading →
Facebook
The London School of Business and Finance Global M.B.A. have teamed up to offer a certified M.B.A. degree on Facebook. Students can access courses for free through a Facebook app and only pay tuition if they want to take an exam for credit. The program launched last month and already has 30,000 users.  Read the Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/101130_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The London School of Business and Finance is offering a certified M.B.A. degree through a free Facebook app. You only pay tuition if you want to take an exam for credit. The program is hugely popular, although I’m not sure about attending virtual frat parties. In other Continue Reading →
Apple
Apple has purchased real estate from Hewlett Packard, allowing Apple to expand its headquarters in Cupertino, California. The new office space is on 98 acres of land and will double the size of Apple’s home base. Apple has 46,000 employees worldwide and is continuing to grow rapidly. Read the full story on reuters.com Continue Reading →
Lady Gaga the self-proclaimed “Queen of Twitter” is done with social networking, temporarily. Stars like Gaga, Usher and Justin Timberlake have given up social networking to raise money for Alicia Key’s charity “Keep a Child Alive.” The stars will return to the tweetesphere after $1 million has been raised for the cause. Continue Reading →
Black Friday sales online increased 16 percent over last year. Coremetrics analyzed sales data from over 500 U.S. retailers and noted that social networks and mobile devices played an important role in the rise of online shopping this past Friday. However, the AP reports that online deals account for only 8 to 10 percent of Continue Reading →

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