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[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110923_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Facebook announced even more plans to transform your profile page. In weeks, Facebook will roll out a new feature called the Timeline, which shares your images, videos and activities in an interactive collage. New Facebook apps will also let you share music and movies with friends. In Continue Reading →

PayPal showed off its new point-of-sale technology that will let online users spend in the real world. The system will work with retailers’ existing equipment, but gives consumers more payment options including using their mobile phones. Do we already have too many ways to pay? Read the full article at Reuters.com Continue Reading →

A recent ComScore report found that Amazon.com is used by over 20% of the entire Internet. Online shopping is now a way of life, as evidence by over 280 million monthly visitors to online mega-mart. EBay came in second, capturing over 16% of the world’s Internet users. Read the full report at ComScore.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110818_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] A new study found that for every hour of television watched after the age of 25, your lifespan decreases 22 minutes. On average, six hours of TV a day will cut five years off your life. But, it’s not the television that’s killing you; it’s the lack Continue Reading →

Soon after Google’s announcement of its mobile payment system, Google Wallet, eBay and PayPal are suing over stolen trade secrets. The companies claim that two executives who previously worked for PayPal, provided Google and outside companies confidential information about its systems. The same two executives helped Google develop and launch Google Wallet. Continue Reading →

Next on Live Digital: Is eBay the next mega-retailer? Will Amazon beat out Google for the streaming music market? Is cloud computing the future of data storage? And, will American Express change the way we make purchases? Plus, I’ll chat with financial expert Hilary Kramer about how the web can help your finances, I’ll talk Continue Reading →

EBay is acquiring a company that would position itself against Amazon to become an online mega-retailer. For $2.4 billion, the acquisition of GSI Commerce Inc. would provide eBay the ability to warehouse, fulfill and ship products from over 180 top brands and retailers. The deal will help attract business from those weary about auction-based purchases. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110329_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] EBay is acquiring a company that would position itself against Amazon to become an online mega-retailer. For $2.4 billion, the acquisition of GSI Commerce Inc. would provide eBay the ability to warehouse, fulfill and ship products from over 180 top brands and retailers. The deal will help Continue Reading →

Last week I wrote a love letter to AT&T’s 4G Motorola Atrix smartphone. It is awesome, powerful and extraordinary in every way. That was true last week and it’s still true. However, just the other day, Verizon handed me its new HTC Thunderbolt 4G handset to play with and, truth be told, I’m smitten. If Continue Reading →

It may be the most overused, least appreciated, most haphazardly defined word in modern life. Yet, it makes online commerce possible, discussion groups debatable and eBay profitable. Simultaneously, its abuse leads to urgent letters from Nigerian depositories, fuels goofball conspiracy theories, enables a menagerie of computer viruses, and funnels millions of hapless targets into the Continue Reading →