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The journey to the outcome went longer than anticipated, but at last, Comcast has chosen the first players in its new assortment of independently-owned channels cleared among cable affiliates nationwide. The lucky quartet selected for national carriage, in order of their launch dates: BabyFirst Americas, a Latino-centric and managed adaptation of BabyFirst TV, the first Continue Reading →

Major tech companies including Apple, Google and Microsoft have agreed to improve mobile app privacy protections. Developers will be required to include a privacy policy with each app, specifying how your data is accessed and used. Will people actually read the privacy policies? Doubtful. Read the full article at CNet.com Continue Reading →

Apple’s in the news again. The company announced a new operating system launching this summer called OS X Mountain Lion. Apple is bringing many iPhone and iPad features to its PC counterparts like notifications, AirPlay streaming and iCloud storage. Read the full article at CNet.com Continue Reading →

New York, NY — Thursday, February 16, 2012. The 55th Annual New York Emmy Awards nominations were held this morning at the studios of CUNY-TV. Shelly Palmer was nominated for two New York Emmy Awards for WNYW Fox 5’s Shelly Palmer Digital Living. Mr. Palmer has six previous Emmy nominations. Shelly Palmer Digital Living received Continue Reading →

After uproar from privacy-concerned users, Apple now requires apps to explicitly tell you when it accesses your address book. Guess what? When an app like Twitter or Facebook asks if you’d like it to find your friends using your address book, that’s where it gets the contact information. It’s not magic. Read the full article Continue Reading →

Amazon is looking to branch out into producing original TV content. The company is hiring executives to help develop original series for both the web and network television. Similarly to YouTube’s original content, Amazon wants to turn crowdsourced ideas into professional productions. Read the full article at Wired.com Continue Reading →

The three forces of the Shift Age are the Flow to Global, the Flow to the Individual and the Accelerated Electronic Connectedness of the planet. There are 7 billion humans alive today and 5.3 billion of them have cell phones. 3 billion people connect to the Internet every day. These are the forces and the Continue Reading →

PayPal is making its way into retail stores, RedBox Kiosks are the most popular rental location and Apple owns exclusive distribution rights for iBooks you sell. Continue Reading →

A survey of over 100,000 people found that RedBox kiosks have become the most popular source for renting DVDs and Blu-rays. RedBox’s kiosks have become so popular, it now owns 37% of the physical rental market; edging out both Netflix and Blockbuster. Read the full article at PCMag.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120123_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] PayPal is making its way into retail stores and is now being testing in a few Office Depot locations. Office Depot becomes the second major retailer to start offering PayPal’s point-of-sale system, already in use by 51 Home Depot stores. PayPal plans to be available in 20 Continue Reading →