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This all seems a little bit like déjà vu, doesn’t it? First there was Google Buzz, now Google+. What makes the search giant’s latest effort to take on Facebook any different? If you remember, Google Buzz’s launch strategy was not very well planned. All of a sudden a link appeared on millions Gmail accounts, which Continue Reading →

According to a recent report by Nielsen smartphones outsold feature phones for the first time ever. During the period of March to May, 55% of people looking for a device purchased a smartphon—up from 34% during the same time last year. Android phones are still the most popular smartphone, accounting for 38% of new smartphone Continue Reading →

Among the many reputations Google has is the ability to turn a lemon the first go at something into lemonade the second. That was the case with its Android operating system, which after considerable tweaking, went from latest also-ran in the competition of mobile formats to neck-and-neck with Apple’s iPhone. In a matter of months, Continue Reading →

HTC recently announced that it’s releasing a Facebook oriented smartphone called the HTC Status. The major difference is a dedicated Facebook button that lets users instantaneously share almost any phone activity. The HTC Status runs Android, has a thumb-sized keyboard and touchscreen and is available on AT&T this summer. Read the full article at BetaNews.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110630_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] News Corp has officially sold MySpace to the advertising firm Specific Media for around $35 million. Six years ago, News Corp purchased MySpace for $580 million and quickly began to lose advertising revenue to Facebook’s popularity. Specific Media got quite the deal, as the forlorn social networking Continue Reading →

The mobile operating system Android is now being activated nearly 500,000 times a day. Google’s strategy of deploying Android on as many devices as possible is the main reason for its exponential growth. As if half a million devices a day wasn’t enough, Android continues to grow over 4% week-over-week. Read the full article at Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110629_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Google recently announced its newest project, Google Plus, which hopes to make the search giant a competitive social network. Previous attempts to challenge Facebook and Twitter have fallen to the wayside, with both Google Wave and Buzz flopping. Will Google Plus and its privacy oriented sharing finally Continue Reading →

Ever wonder where old cell phones go to die? Well, earlier this week I found a fair amount of them in a little Internet Café on Vauxhall Road in Westminster, and the rest of them in a little independent phone shop (Handyshop) on Bahrenfelder Steindamm in Hamburg. Old flip phones, candy bars and feature phones Continue Reading →

At a recent press conference Asus unveiled a prototype for the PadFone. The Android powered smartphone can dock into a larger tablet and power the entire device. If the actual product lives up to the hype, we might be making phone calls on a much larger screen. Read the full article at PCMag.com Continue Reading →

I was one of the first kids on my block to have a Citicard AAdvantage PayPass key fob. I was also one of the first to put a Citicard AAdvantage PayPass sticker on the back of my cell phone. I use it in taxi cabs, Duane Reade (Drug Store), D’Agostinos (Super Market), and all kinds Continue Reading →