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Accused baby killer Casey Anthony was found not guilty. According to a jury of her peers, Casey was not responsible for Caylee Anthony’s death. This fact was Tweeted and Retweeted, Facebooked and Refacebooked, blogged and commented on by literally millions of people yesterday. The sheer volume of broadband traffic dedicated to #caseyanthonyverdict was astonishing. Which Continue Reading →

Online videogame maker Zynga has filed for its initial public offering. The creator of the super-popular Facebook game FarmVille expects to be valued as high as $20 billion. Unlike many recent tech IPOs, Zynga is actually making profit, taking in a net income of $91 million last year. Read the full article at VentureBeat.com   Continue Reading →

TechCrunch reports that Facebook soon plans on releasing a video chat product that works in your browser. By partnering with Skype, Facebook’s online chat will offer a video option and include a desktop client as well. The partnership could bring millions of new users to Skype. Read the full article at TechCrunch.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110704_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Online videogame maker Zynga has filed for its initial public offering. The creator of the super-popular Facebook game FarmVille expects to be valued as high as $20 billion. Unlike many recent tech IPOs, Zynga is actually making profit, taking in a net income of $91 million last Continue Reading →

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 →

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 site is still expected to generate over $180 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 →

Google recently announced its newest project, Google+, 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+ and its privacy oriented sharing finally make Google a social success? Read the full release 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 →