Politics

President Obama has already kicked off his re-election campaign and is again counting on social media to help spread the word. Obama’s last election successfully mobilized youth voters, with nearly 19 million people “liking” his Facebook page. The new social media campaign slogan is “Are you in?” Read the full article at mashable.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110405_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Twitter finally launched a new way to sort through its sea of tweets with interest-based search. You can now search within a category and Twitter will return relevant accounts based on their tweets. The “who to follow” page is now broken down by interest, displaying the top Continue Reading →

The Obama administration is pressuring Congress to pass a “privacy bill of rights” to protect users from being targeted online. The rules would expand the Federal Trade Commission’s power to enforce a do not track tool that would prevent companies from gathering data unless you give them the right to. If a law passes, will Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110317_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The Obama administration is pressuring Congress to pass a “privacy bill of rights” to protect users from being targeted online. The rules would expand the Federal Trade Commission’s power to enforce a do-not-track tool that would prevent companies from gathering data unless you give them the right Continue Reading →

This week on Shelly Palmer Digital Living, we talk online security with expert Hemu Nigam, co-chair of President Obama’s Online Safety Technology Working Group. We chat with Motorola’s Christa Smith and Rick Hartwig about their new tablet, the Motorola Xoom. Our cool website this week is Contxts.com and we’ll chat with its founder Danny Newman about how Continue Reading →

President Obama met with Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Eric Schmidt to talk about future investment in technology. Obama spoke with them about ways the government can work with the private sector to help bolster the economy. The president’s newest budget is said to contain billions for tech research and development. Read the full article Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110221_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] President Obama met with Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Eric Schmidt to talk about future investment in technology. Obama spoke with them about ways the government can work with the private sector to help bolster the economy. The president’s newest budget is said to contain billions for Continue Reading →

A recent speech by President Obama stressed the importance of wireless Internet expansion. He stated that providing access in even the most rural of locations is imperative to future economic growth. Obama’s wireless proposal claims that it will cut the deficit by $9.6 billion in a decade, while doubling the wireless broadband spectrum. Read the Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110211_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] A recent speech by President Obama stressed that providing wireless Internet access in even the most rural of locations is imperative to future economic growth. Obama’s proposal claims that it will cut the deficit by $9.6 billion in a decade, while doubling the wireless broadband spectrum. In Continue Reading →

The Obama administration is granting the U.S. Commerce Department authority to create an Internet ID program. You won’t be receiving national ID cards linking you to an online identity, but “perhaps eliminating the need to memorize a dozen passwords,” said Commerce Secretary Gary Locke. Who should be responsible for our cyber identity? Continue Reading →