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Since I got my first iPhone, I have been brutal to AT&T. I have often said, “I’ve never ended an AT&T iPhone call with goodbye … it’s always: Hello? Hello?” I was so happy to get my Verizon iPhone 4, it was going to be everything the AT&T iPhone wasn’t. Ahhh … but nothing is Continue Reading →

Is the Motorola Xoom an iPad Killer? No.  It is built for a different audience.  Non-technical people can enjoy almost every Apple product with limited or no instruction.  The Xoom requires an understanding of what you are trying to accomplish and knowledge of the computer metaphors it draws upon to accomplish the tasks.  So, while Continue Reading →

This week on Shelly Palmer Digital Living, we talk with Will Wright, gaming industry legend and creator of the Sims about his new television show Bar Karma. We chat with author and social media expert Juliette Powell. Our cool website this week is Nudgemail.com and we’ll chat with its founder Jeremy Toeman about digital productivity. Listen Continue Reading →

The Obama administration has called for the creation of a Privacy Policy Office to assist in developing an Internet "privacy bill of rights." The U.S. Commerce Department's report stopped short of asking directly for privacy legislation. But it is recommending a "framework" to protect people from data collectors. Continue Reading →

Google will no longer grant access to user data, like a user’s email contact data, to companies like Facebook unless the sharing of information is reciprocated. While Facebook uses Google’s gmail contact data to suggest friends to users on the site, Facebook does not give Google any data in return. As the rivalry between Google Continue Reading →

Facebook Gives Users More Control Facebook unveiled a series of new tools on Wednesday, most notably the “Groups” feature, which allows users to create small sub-groups within the site. Groups are closed by default and act as a space for group members to share documents, photos and messages. Facebook will also now allow users the Continue Reading →

Google Makes Mail a Priority Google unveiled a new feature for Gmail called Priority Inbox, to help combat e-mail overload. Priority Inbox organizes emails and puts them into one of three categories: “Important and Unread,” “Starred” and “Everything Else.” The new feature also places a higher priority on messages received from contacts that a user Continue Reading →

Make Telephone Calls via Gmail Google introduced a new service that allows Gmail users to place telephone calls directly from their email accounts. Calls made to phones in the U.S. and Canada are free, and International calls to countries like Japan and Britain are as low as 2 cents per minute. Google’s new service is Continue Reading →

August 4, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: BlackBerry Steps Up: Research in Motion unveiled its new BlackBerry today, BlackBerry Torch, which you can buy from AT&T starting August 12th. The Torch features a touchscreen as well as a slide-out keyboard, plus lots of other cool features. The Torch will Continue Reading →

Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Google is making it easier for you to find interesting people to follow on Twitter. The Goog recently unveiled a new app called Follow Finder that analyzes followers and helps Twitter users find others who fit on their “social graph.” In other Google news, the company Continue Reading →