Hemu Nigam
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 →

Obama Meets With Tech CEOs

President Obama
President Obama met with Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Eric Schmidt to talk about future investment in technology. Obama spoke with them about ways the government can work with the private sector to help bolster the economy. The president’s newest budget is said to contain billions for tech research and development. Read the full article Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110221_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] President Obama met with Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Eric Schmidt to talk about future investment in technology. Obama spoke with them about ways the government can work with the private sector to help bolster the economy. The president’s newest budget is said to contain billions for Continue Reading →
Wireless Initiative
A recent speech by President Obama stressed the importance of wireless Internet expansion. He stated that providing access in even the most rural of locations is imperative to future economic growth. Obama’s wireless proposal claims that it will cut the deficit by $9.6 billion in a decade, while doubling the wireless broadband spectrum. Read the Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110211_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] A recent speech by President Obama stressed that providing wireless Internet access in even the most rural of locations is imperative to future economic growth. Obama’s proposal claims that it will cut the deficit by $9.6 billion in a decade, while doubling the wireless broadband spectrum. In Continue Reading →

Internet ID Program

US Chamber of Commerce
The Obama administration is granting the U.S. Commerce Department authority to create an Internet ID program. You won’t be receiving national ID cards linking you to an online identity, but “perhaps eliminating the need to memorize a dozen passwords,” said Commerce Secretary Gary Locke. Who should be responsible for our cyber identity? Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110110_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The Obama administration is granting the U.S. Commerce Department authority to create an Internet ID program. You won’t be receiving national ID cards linking you to an online identity, but the program hopes to eliminate the need to memorize a dozen passwords. Who should be responsible for Continue Reading →
Bill of Rights
The Obama administration is looking to develop a privacy bill of rights that would set a framework for data gathering online. The proposed Privacy Policy Office would be a change of course from the government’s laissez faire attitude towards web regulation. Here’s to hoping the proposed legislation is easier to read than iTunes terms and Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/101217_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Facebook is now running a closed test that uses facial recognition software to offer suggestions tagging your photos. With Facebook constantly caught up in privacy battles, many people think this is one more step in the wrong direction. Have no fear; the feature is only available to Continue Reading →