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[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/1200703_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Ever wish the crime-prediction technology in the movie Minority Report was real? We’re on our way. One police precinct in Los Angeles tested software that was twice as good as humans at predicting where burglaries and car break-ins might happen. The software, built by a start-up company Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/1200702_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] According to unnamed sources, Apple is planning the biggest overhaul of iTunes since its debut in 2003.  The changes are expected by the end of the year and are intended to improve ease of access across all Apple devices, by integrating more closely with iCloud.  The new Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120629_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Verizon’s New Share Everything plan is now available.  It will allow you to share data across up to ten devices: like smartphones, tablets and netbooks. The monthly cost is made up of two parts: a line charge for each device, and a data charge that everything will Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120628_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] As expected, Google made some big announcements during the opening of its annual developer conference yesterday.  First things first: now available for pre-order is the Nexus 7 tablet, a device running the brand new Android 4.1 Operating System, better known as Jelly Bean. The quad-core tablet has Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120627_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Bet you didn’t think e-commerce sites knew or cared what kind of computer you use.  You thought wrong. In a story published yesterday, the Wall Street Journal said it found that the travel website Orbitz has started steering Mac users towards pricier hotels, based on data that Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120626_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] After weeks of rumors, Microsoft confirmed that it purchased Yammer for $1.2 billion dollars. That’s billion with a “B.” Yammer is a social networking site for business users, that currently has about five million users over 200,000 companies. Think of it as Facebook for your business.  It’s Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120625_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] More legal trouble for Facebook. Last year, five Facebook users filed a lawsuit against the social networking site over the company’s “Sponsored Stories”.  “Sponsored Stories” are ads that appear in newsfeeds and can include the names, photos and likes of your friends without consent. The verdict became Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120622_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Twitter had a rough day yesterday. For many users, the tweetosphere worked only intermittently throughout the day and for others, well, they were nary a tweet. Now, logging into Twitter and seeing a temporary fail whale isn’t uncommon, but large scale service outages like this one are Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120621_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] It’s been a big week for Microsoft. At a press conference shrouded in mystery, the company announced its first tablet computer. Yesterday, it followed up by releasing details about its newest mobile operating system, Windows Phone 8. Since entering the mobile phone market, Microsoft has struggled to Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120620_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Got a huge blank space in your living room and $11,000 extra bucks lying around? Sharp sure hopes you do.  The company released the largest ever LED television set coming in at a whopping 90 inches.  To give you a sense of scale, that’s as wide as Continue Reading →