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[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120224_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The White House announced plans to create a consumer Privacy Bill of Rights that will place restrictions on how Internet companies can use your data. The administration is calling for understandable privacy policies, data protection and reasonable limits on data collection. In other news, the popular blog Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120223_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Google is looking to launch a pay TV service that will be tested on its high-speed broadband network in Kansas City, Missouri. The service would directly compete with cable companies, offering on-demand and online access to television channels. Google is expected to launch the service in the Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120222_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] United States is running out of one its most valuable technological resources: wireless spectrum. The wireless capacity for cellphones, data plans and the like is expected to hit a usage deficit by next year. Wireless carriers are blaming the deficit on the exponential increase in smartphone and Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120221_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Microsoft claims that similarly to Apple’s Safari browser, Google is also bypassing security settings in Internet Explorer to track users. The tracking cookies being installed on users’ computers helps Google serve you ads and customized content. It’s very probable that Google isn’t the only company doing this. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120220_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Google bypassed security settings in Apple’s Safari browser to track users with unwanted cookies. Safari blocks third-party cookies from being installed by default, but Google’s workaround does it anyway. Google removed the offending code, but should expect a call from the Federal Trade Commission. In other news, Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120217_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Apple’s in the news again. The company announced a new operating system launching this summer called OS 10 Mountain Lion. Apple is bringing many iPhone and iPad features to its PC counterparts like notifications, AirPlay streaming and iCloud storage. In other news, if you bought a tablet Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120216_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] After uproar from privacy-concerned users, Apple now requires apps to explicitly tell you when it accesses your address book. Guess what? When an app like Twitter or Facebook asks if you’d like it to find your friends using your address book, that’s where it gets the contact Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120215_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The company Aereo announced a product that fundamentally changes the way you can watch over-the-air TV. For $12 a month, subscribers can stream the live feed of local stations including ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC on their computer, tablet or smartphone. The service launches in New York Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120214_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Apple is finally answering those criticizing the conditions of the factory where many of its products are made. The company has hired an outside organization to conduct a labor audit at the Foxconn factory located in Shenzhen, China. Many claim that Foxconn is subjecting employees to long Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120213_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The legal battle between Apple and Samsung is heating up. Apple filed an injunction against Samsung claiming that its Galaxy S smartphones violate 4 of the company’s patents. This is at least the 30th lawsuit the companies have filed against one another; with Apple claiming that Samsung Continue Reading →