Cloud

Google is very likely to launch a cloud services platform at its annual developer conference, Google I/O next week in San Francisco. It was one of the topics of discussion in the hallways of our Structure 2012 conference. We have since confirmed with multiple sources who are familiar with Google’s plans which include a more 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 →

Apple and Google are using military-grade spy planes to map your backyard. That’s the sensationalist headline. I like it. It’s really scary and it’s perfect for Fud-mongering. (FUD is an abbreviation for fear, uncertainty and doubt.) Similar headlines have everyone from privacy advocates to private citizens up in arms. After all, the 17th century proverb, Continue Reading →

Netflix’s algorithms for recommending movies to customers might not be perfect, but it isn’t for lack of trying. As Netflix Senior Data Scientist Mohammad Sabah described at the Hadoop Summit on Wednesday, the company is capturing and analyzing an incredible amount of data to try and figure out what you want to watch next. It’s Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120611_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Say goodbye to Apple’s MobileMe. Previously known as .Mac and iTools, the online services tool will disappear on June 30, 2012.  Apple began to encourage users to migrate to their new service, iCloud, late last year. Still haven’t made the switch? No sweat. Just follow the instructions Continue Reading →

June marks the month when Apple’s MobileMe service (previously called .Mac, and before that, iTools) will finally go dark. That’s right: Apple is finalizing its transition over to yet another version of its online services, iCloud, and whatever’s left of MobileMe will be left behind. Read the full story at Ars Technica Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120604_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Verizon recently announced its new pricing plan for bandwidth.  You can get a very low speed (3 mbps down by 1mbps up) connection for about $55 per month, but if you feel like living in the fast lane, for $205 per month, you can crank your bandwidth Continue Reading →

Many among The Cable Show’s 12,000-plus attendees in Boston last week may, in the years ahead, tell anyone they like about witnessing the birth of not one, but two landmark TV developments. We’ll see…and maybe you’ll see. Let’s explain what went down first. This pair of developments came from Comcast, cable operator numero uno and Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer chats with Fox 5’s Steve Lacy & Heather Nauert about Apple’s iCloud on Good Day Wake Up. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120515_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Here’s my favorite mac rumor of the day.  9to5mac.com says that Apple is getting ready to release a new 15″ MacBook Pro that will be almost as thin as it’s 13″ MacBook Air and even more powerful.  New features will include a retina display, like the stunning Continue Reading →