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A report by In-Stat says that between 2010 and 2014, US television programming will have streaming revenues triple to $6.3 billion. Netflix currently dominates the market, choosing to invest overwhelmingly in streaming technologies while throwing rentals to the wayside. With video-on-demand currently reaching $3.4 billion in sales, the streaming space is becoming a highly contested Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/101215_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] An FBI memo reveals just how much damage cyber-attacks cause, citing a 2005 infection of Google server’s with the malicious Santy worm. Google spent over $500,000 on labor and lost revenues fighting the attack and bounced back, but would a smaller company be able to withstand the Continue Reading →

A report by the research firm IDC stated that mobile app downloads will increase 60% a year, creating more than $35 billion in sales by 2014. It’s no surprise that we’ve entered a new generation of application consumption, with over 400,000 available mobile apps between Apple and Android marketplaces. With so many choices a few finger Continue Reading →

During his State of the Union address in 1930, President Herbert Hoover said, “Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.” He was talking about railroads, but he might as well have been talking about the cable television business. My cable bill has been a grudge Continue Reading →

With Google’s Android operating system finding its way onto more and more handsets, it’s no surprise its mobile phones are dominating the market. 27 million Android phones are activated each quarter, compared to iPhone’s best quarter of 14 million. With such rapid deployment of these two mobile experiences, will BlackBerry and Windows 7 devices be Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/101210_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] With Google’s Android operating system finding its way onto more and more handsets, it’s no surprise its mobile phones are dominating the market Android phone activations are double the iPhone’s. With iPhones and Androids everywhere, will BlackBerry and Windows 7 devices have a shot? In other news, Continue Reading →

The Xbox Kinect, one of this season’s hottest gifts, is continuously being modified in the most creative ways imaginable. Recent hacker Takayuki Fukatsu rigged two Kinect units that manipulate the video in real-time to create an invisibility cloak effect. It’s not Harry Potter, but this little experiment shows how consumer technology is moving closer to Continue Reading →

Time Warner just released a new high-speed internet service called SignatureHome. The package boasts speeds of 50 Mbps down and 5 Mbps up, seamless integration across set tops and ‘Personal Solutions Advisors.’ Will the amazing speed and service challenge Verizon’s FiOS with a price tag of $200 a month? Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/101209_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Ever worry that upon passing, your social media presence would be underwhelming? A new website called 1000 Memories was created to help families and friends share memories of those who have passed away. Who would you trust to be your social benefactor? In other news, The WikiLeaks Continue Reading →

This week on Live Digital: How can you use Netflix to get back at your ex? Is MySpace doomed? Is the FCC going to make you pay for bandwidth coming and going? And, are you ready for a free M.B.A. on Facebook? Plus, I’ll talk with about.com’s founder Scott Kurnit about his new start-up. I’ll Continue Reading →