Employment
It is time to slowly say good-bye to the “job” as it has been known in our lifetime and the lifetime of our parents.  The parents of baby boomers were the first full generation that lived with the general concept of “life-long employment.” Baby boomers left college and stepped on lower rungs of a “career Continue Reading →
4G LTE and Wi-Fi Models Available; 8.6 Millimeters Thin and Weighing in at 1.25 pounds   BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Verizon Wireless and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) today announced that the enabled Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 10.1 with 4G LTE will be available July 28 in either Metallic Gray or Glossy White in Verizon Wireless Continue Reading →
October 2-4, 2011 in San Jose, CA WITI (Women in Technology International), the leading global organization for professional, tech-savvy women, announces the Annual WITI Women Powering Technology Summit, which will take place October 2-4th, 2011, in the heart of the Silicon Valley, at the Doubletree by Hilton® Hotel in San Jose, California. The WITI Summit Continue Reading →
National Security Agency
The U.S. military announced that it would provide cyber-protection for key institutions and utility companies. The National Security Agency will provide intelligence and help eliminate malicious threats. It’s still uncertain how exactly the government plans on monitoring the networks. Read the full article at CNet.com Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110715_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Amazon is trying to push a voter initiative in California that would prevent the state from collecting sales tax on Internet purchases. The company fears that California’s new laws to collect Internet retail tax will be adopted by other states. Internet retailers could bring the state around Continue Reading →
field-of-dreams
There are few times in the economic history of man when so many people have been led astray by a meme as misguided as “long tail marketing”.  Considering that this ill-advised philosophy draws its intellectual inspiration – “build it and they will come” – from a Kevin Costner fantasy film, Field of Dreams, it should Continue Reading →
President Obama
Originally posted at MediaBizBloggers.com Frank Rich made his debut in New York magazine in its July 11th issue with a brilliantly written, well-reported, and penetrating article titled “Obama’s Original Sin,” and it was a Ruthian home run. Rich’s theme was: “The president’s failure to demand a reckoning from the moneyed interests who brought the economy Continue Reading →
Cyborg
The US Government says they have credible intelligence that al-Qaida’s newest bombs are people with surgically implanted explosives or explosive components. This is the logical extension of the current arms race. They use metal weapons, we install metal detectors, they escalate the race by using non-metallic weapons, we create better scanners … now, we have Continue Reading →

Google+: An Overview

Re-syndicated from MediaBizBloggers.com Trying to leave the disastrous Buzz and Wave launch behind, Google, THE search company, is formally making a pitch to become a major social networking force. What is Google+? Contrasting Facebook, Google+ doesn’t focus on a massive friend list. Instead, users collect each other into groups, such as family, work and friends, Continue Reading →
L.A. Noire
Re-syndicated from NY Videogame Critics Circle To spend tens of millions of dollars on a brand new adventure game, one that evokes everything from Grim Fandango to Police Quest: Open Season, is a big gamble these days. But when I played about eight hours of L.A. Noire yesterday, I felt the gamble had paid off. Continue Reading →