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[wpaudio url=”https://shellypalmer.com/CES2013SelfGuidedTour/Audi.mp3″ text=”Click to play the audio track from Shelly Palmer’s International CES 2013 Self-Guided Tour” dl=”1″] Everyone knows that Audi is one of the world’s pre-eminent automotive manufacturers. It makes sleek, sexy, beautiful cars. But it also does some things that go a little under the radar. One cool thing is Audi Connect. Audi Continue Reading →

Following that iFixit teardown of the Nexus 4, it looks like LG and Google did kit out their new flagship with LTE after all—at least, there’s a Qualcomm multi-band LTE chip in there—it’s just not active. But why whack in a 4G chip and not bother to use it? There are a couple of theories. Continue Reading →

According to the Android Police, Android’s contacts app in the latest iteration of Jelly Bean only features eleven months out of year. That’s right—a side-by-side screenshot on the site shows December conspicuously missing. The People app comes standard with stock Android, but it will not allow users to input December as the birth month of Continue Reading →

The tangled David Petraeus scandal highlights how easily the U.S. government can access citizens’ private e-mails. The FBI’s request to access Paula Broadwell’s personal Gmail account was one of 7,969 similar requests Google received from the U.S. government in the first half of 2012, according to Google and news reports. The company said it complied Continue Reading →

Google Play Music unveiled the latest version of its app, adding gapless audio playback and automatic “instant mixes.” The app, which lets users store and listen to music online, is currently in v4.4.811H. Users can now enjoy smooth, uninterrupted playback of tracks on devices with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) or later, auto-generated instant mixes based Continue Reading →

Apple CEO Tim Cook is taking a page out of the Google playbook and is granting select employees two-week breaks to work on outside and independent projects, according to The Wall Street Journal. The initiative, known as “Blue Sky,” is aimed at boosting employee morale and keeping workers loyal to Apple. Google and other Silicon Continue Reading →

Straight out of Google’s Creative Lab comes Jam with Chrome, an experimental, interactive Web app that lets friends jam together from different locations…directly from their (Chrome) browser. Tapping the latest Web tech, including HTML5-based features such as the Web Audio API, Websockets, Canvas and CSS3, Jam with Chrome lets you select nineteen different instruments, including Continue Reading →

Google Wallet, the NFC and online payments service run by Google, may soon be available on a card. Not just a digital prepaid card — Google Wallet tried that already but abandoned the effort — but a real-life, tangible, physical card. So why would a payments service aimed at replacing the wallet offer up a card Continue Reading →

Google isn’t treating searches related to presidential candidates fairly, a new report charges. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that it commissioned a study on the way in which search results related to President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are displayed on Google. The study found that when users search for “Obama” or “Romney,” Google displays Continue Reading →

First and foremost, my heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones during this unprecedented event.  The human tragedy coupled with the extraordinary loss of property makes everything else seem unimportant. Continue Reading →