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[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111018_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Research in Motion will offer BlackBerry subscribers $100 in select apps to compensate for its service outage. Starting Wednesday, users can download a selection of free paid apps including Photo Editor Ultimate and DriveSafe.ly. More selections will be made available over a month’s time. In other news, Continue Reading →

Have you already ditched your old phone for Apple’s iPhone 4S? The phone’s popularity has broken AT&T and Sprint’s single day sales records. 25% of people surveyed were switching to the iPhone 4S from manufacturers like BlackBerry and Nokia. Read the full article at Reuters.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111017_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Doctors are turning to specially approved apps to make hospitals and physicians more efficient. The F.D.A. has approved a handful of mobile applications that let doctors quickly share a patient’s MRI results. Government approval of this app took over two years, a problem that’s persistent in digitizing Continue Reading →

BlackBerry users around the world have been left with sporadic Internet service due to equipment failures. The outage recently spread to the United States, limiting email, BlackBerry Messenger and web browsing abilities. If Research In Motion can’t fix this as soon as possible, it will have a hard time stopping customers from fleeing. Read the Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111013_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] BlackBerry users around the world have been left with sporadic Internet service due to equipment failures. The outage recently spread to the United States, limiting email, BlackBerry Messenger and web browsing abilities. If Research In Motion can’t fix this as soon as possible, it will have a Continue Reading →

News of Amazon’s keeps surfacing as the company is expected to make a big announcement this Wednesday. New information confirms a 7” backlit touch screen and a look similar to BlackBerry’s PlayBook. Amazon has named it the Kindle Fire, to differentiate it from its other e-readers. Read the full article at TechCrunch.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110927_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Netflix struck a multiyear dear with the DreamWorks Animation studio, bringing animated movies like Shrek and Kung Fu Panda to the streaming service. The deal won’t completely make up for Netflix’s loss of Disney and to make matters worse, the new content won’t be available until 2013. Continue Reading →

A report by Nielsen found that among recent purchasers of smartphones, those running Android OS captured 56% of the market. IPhones held steady at 28%, while BlackBerry phones dropped to 9% of total respondents. With more devices running Android than ever, it’s no surprise that BlackBerry use continues to wane. Read the full article at Continue Reading →

According to Bloomberg, BlackBerrys being launched in early 2012 will have the capability to run Android applications. RIM is desperately trying to regain sales and the addition of over 250,000 apps could help save fleeing consumers. RIM’s QNX software makes the app ports possible and is the same technology that was supposed to bring Android Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110826_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] A survey by the American Red Cross reveals that people are turning to social media for disaster response. Victims are using social media to report disasters, communicate with loved ones and ask for help. 39% of online users expect first-responders to arrive in under an our of Continue Reading →