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Next on Live Digital: Is the Motorola Xoom an iPad killer? Should you buy one now? When is the iPad 2 coming out? Is amazon really offering free shipping and free movies? And, can cell phones really fry your brain? Plus, I’ll chat with Nancy Smith from iRobot about how bots can do our dirty Continue Reading →

Next on Live Digital: Worried about cyber-security? Iran should be. Will the “Do Not Track Me Online Act” become law? Are you going to want a Windows Phone 7? And, are we being taxed too much for wireless services? I’ll talk 3DTV with Simon Applebaum. Plus, Dynalink Communication’s Larry Fishelson will tell me where bandwidth Continue Reading →

Should an employer be allowed to ask for your Facebook username and password? The ACLU is asking that question after the Maryland Department of Corrections required the information for a job interview. The information is part of their background check. Read the full article at TheAtlantic.com 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 →

More and more lawyers are using Facebook to select members of their juries. The social networking site is an invaluable tool to find out if people have strong leanings that would affect the case. While attorneys are using the site to help their trial, many oppose the use of such a tactic. Read the full Continue Reading →

Google has overhauled its social search functions and now integrates Twitter, Flickr and Quora results throughout the page. An annotation system will mark specific links that a friend has shared if you are logged into your respective social media accounts. Unlike Bing, Facebook “Like” data is surprisingly missing from the results, but the new features Continue Reading →

In 1877 Thomas Edison invented the phonograph.  Ever the showman, Edison liked to demonstrate his device by allowing people to speak into the machine and then playing the recording back for them. However, back in the late 1800’s, the technology was outside almost everyone’s conceptual understanding. Up to that point in history, the only thing Continue Reading →

A recent survey by Edinburgh Napier University revealed that the more friends you have on Facebook, the more likely the social networking site will stress you out. 12% of the respondents averaged 117 friends and said that Facebook made them stressed out. The remaining 88% had roughly 75 friends and were stress free. Read the Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110217_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] There are already over 600 million mobile broadband users, but that number is expected to double by the end of this year. With over 5 billion people estimated to be using the networks by 2016, its capacity would need to increase 25 times to accommodate the connections. Continue Reading →

This year’s Super Bowl commercials are relying on the power of social media more than ever. With such a heft price tag for 30-seconds companies like Volkswagen and Audi are using YouTube and Twitter to get more bang for their buck. VW’s commercial is already a top viewed video on YouTube and Audi used Twitter Continue Reading →