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[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110124_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Apple’s App Store recently hit a milestone of 10 billion downloads. 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 the App Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110121_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Google announced that co-founder Larry Page is taking over for Eric Schmidt as the company’s CEO. Schmidt will become the Executive Chairman and focus on business development, especially globally. Google says the move comes as an attempt to streamline decision-making and have a clearer sense of accountability. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110120_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Nintendo held an event for its new handheld gaming system, the 3DS, announcing a price tag of $250. The device launches on March 27th with over 30 titles expected before June, including 3D versions of classic games. While the 3DS comes at a hefty price, it’s turning Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110119_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The Comcast and NBC merger has finally been approved. The FCC was cautionary, stating that such a deal could threaten “the development of innovative online video distribution services.” Comcast will lose its management rights of Hulu and neither company can restrict “unreasonable” online distribution of its video. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110118_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs is taking a leave of absence while recovering from a rare form of cancer. The leave comes after a liver transplant in 2009 and reports that Jobs can’t maintain a steady weight. Apple’s COO, Tim Cook, will take over the day-to-day operations as Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110117_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Internet monitoring company Pingdom analyzed numerous reports to figure out how users spent their time online in 2010. 1.97 billion worldwide users sent over 107 trillion messages, 360 billion items on Facebook and watched over 730 billion videos on Youtube. Social media is only getting bigger, and Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110114_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Google’s Android operating system is now the leading OS on Millenial Media’s mobile ad network. 46% of ad impressions were made on Android, with Apple’s iOS trailing at 32%. Millenial Media reaches 80% of US mobile phones, suggesting a similar trend across the board. In other news, Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110113_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Facebook has teamed up with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to bring the AMBER Alert program to the social network. Help out by liking your local AMBER Alert page and receive missing children updates. By going social, the program will help save even more Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110112_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Social media’s long forgotten MySpace laid off 500 of its staff cutting the workforce nearly in half. The move will affect all divisions of the company as MySpace looks to get lean before parading in front of potential buyers. While a sale is not confirmed, MySpace is Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110111_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Verizon will finally announce the arrival of Apple’s iPhone to its line of products. With many complaints of poor service and loss of iPhone exclusivity, AT&T could lose as many as three million new subscribers to Verizon. If Verizon’s network holds up to the demand, they will Continue Reading →