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Kaplan Test Prep questioned over 2,000 students, age 16-18, and found that 61% are Facebook friends with their parents. 38% of the students simply ignored the requests, but a large majority admitted high parent involvement in their academic lives. Facebook is now a cornerstone for connecting the new generation and parents want to see those Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110119_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The Comcast and NBC merger has finally been approved. The FCC was cautionary, stating that such a deal could threaten “the development of innovative online video distribution services.” Comcast will lose its management rights of Hulu and neither company can restrict “unreasonable” online distribution of its video. Continue Reading →

Facebook quietly announced to developers that they are granting apps access to users’ telephone numbers and home addresses. By employing the I-forgot-to-opt-out strategy, Facebook can feed your contact information to any app that requests it unless you deny the access. The next time you add a Facebook app, make sure you actually read what information Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110118_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs is taking a leave of absence while recovering from a rare form of cancer. The leave comes after a liver transplant in 2009 and reports that Jobs can’t maintain a steady weight. Apple’s COO, Tim Cook, will take over the day-to-day operations as Continue Reading →

George Bronk used personal information from Facebook to break into women’s email accounts, sending nude photos to their contact lists. He is being charged with computer intrusion, false impersonation and possession of child pornography. The attack is a reminder to everyone, not to make the answers to their security questions information that’s available online. Continue Reading →

Internet monitoring company Pingdom analyzed data from numerous sources to figure out how users spent their time online in 2010. 1.97 billion worldwide users sent over 107 trillion messages, 360 billion items on Facebook and watched over 730 billion videos on Youtube. Social media is only growing larger, and so will these numbers. Read the Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110117_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Internet monitoring company Pingdom analyzed numerous reports to figure out how users spent their time online in 2010. 1.97 billion worldwide users sent over 107 trillion messages, 360 billion items on Facebook and watched over 730 billion videos on Youtube. Social media is only getting bigger, and Continue Reading →

Facebook has teamed up with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to bring the AMBER Alert program to the social network. You can like your local AMBER Alert page on Facebook and receive bulletins about child-abduction cases. By going social, the program hopes to help save even more children. Read the full article Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110113_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Facebook has teamed up with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to bring the AMBER Alert program to the social network. Help out by liking your local AMBER Alert page and receive missing children updates. By going social, the program will help save even more Continue Reading →

Next on Live Digital: What makes a Facebook post popular? Is your cell phone vulnerable to a cyber attack? Can Samsung’s Galaxy Player compete with Apple’s iPod touch? And, can you name Amazon’s best-selling product of all time? Plus, I’ll talk with “All Your Base Are Belong To Us” author, Harold Goldberg. I’ll chat with Continue Reading →