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This week on Shelly Palmer Digital Living, we talk to video game expert Harold Goldberg, author of All Your Base Are Belong To Us about what went on at the Game Developers Conference. We’ll tell you everything you need to know about the iPad 2 and review the Motorola Atrix — the first smartphone to Continue Reading →
Google used a remote software nuke to remove virus-infected programs from Android owners’ phones. It’s only the second time Google has used the ability to access users’ phones to remove malicious software. Both times were done as a security measure to protect user data from being compromised. Read the full article at PCMag.com Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110307_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] If you’re a resident of Hong Kong, you can enjoy a 1,000-megabit Internet connection for less than $26 a month. In comparison, Verizon offers one-twentieth the service for over five times the price. China’s telecomm companies are taking 7 years of losses for infrastructure in the early Continue Reading →
Love BlackBerry messenger but not the phone? Well, you’re in luck because Blackberry plans on releasing the service as an app for Android and iOS. RIM will release a stripped down version for free, with functions familiar to BlackBerry customers at a cost. Read the full article at bgr.com Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110304_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The FCC plans to reallocate funds for subsidizing phone service for the poor to provide better broadband coverage as well. The Lifeline Assistance and Link-Up America programs currently fund monthly telephone service and installation for the poor. While the costs are higher, the Internet is being considered Continue Reading →
This week on Shelly Palmer Digital Living, we talk online security with expert Hemu Nigam, co-chair of President Obama’s Online Safety Technology Working Group. We chat with Motorola’s Christa Smith and Rick Hartwig about their new tablet, the Motorola Xoom. Our cool website this week is Contxts.com and we’ll chat with its founder Danny Newman about how Continue Reading →
Is the Motorola Xoom an iPad Killer? No. It is built for a different audience. Non-technical people can enjoy almost every Apple product with limited or no instruction. The Xoom requires an understanding of what you are trying to accomplish and knowledge of the computer metaphors it draws upon to accomplish the tasks. So, while Continue Reading →
Motorola Xoom is supposed to be the first Android tablet to compete with the iPad, but it won’t be launching with Flash support. Flash is one of Android’s main selling points over iOS with over 6 million downloads in its app store. Xoom’s support for flash should roll out by Spring 2011. Read the full Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110222_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Blogs used to be the method of choice for expressing yourself online for most teenagers. But now they’re taking a backseat to the increasingly popular social media sites like Twitter. Those blogging between the ages of 12 and 17 has decreased in half with only 14% of Continue Reading →