[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110725_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Traveling back in time to change the course of history is officially an act of science fiction. New studies by Hong Kong physicists have proven Einstein’s claim that a single photon cannot travel faster than the speed of light. Previous observations of particles moving faster than the Continue Reading →
Near-Field Communication
Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express recently made a deal with will allow customers of Isis carriers to make mobile phone payments. Isis is the mobile-commerce venture formed by the carriers AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile to develop a mobile payment solution. Customers will be able to make point-of-sale purchases using a near-field communications chip. Read Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110720_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The FBI recently arrested over a dozen people in the United States suspected of being members of the hacker group Anonymous. The nationwide investigations pulled hackers out of New York, California, New Jersey and Florida. Alleged members of Anonymous have been arrested worldwide for attacking government and Continue Reading →
Samurai Vengeance 2
Originally posted at: NY Video Game Critics Circle Recently on Live Digital, Shelly Palmer’s NBC television program, I talked about a new Android phone with 4G T-Mobile service. The G2X from LG has a dual core processor, which makes it really quite speedy for games. That means car racing games don’t drop frames, and it Continue Reading →
Verizon Wireless
ComScore says that there are 77 million people in the United States with smartphones and Nielsen Media Research says that in Q1 2011 data usage grew to an average of 435 MB per user/per month.  I’ve seen studies that say these numbers are likely to double every year for quite some time. Give ‘em the Continue Reading →
International Cell Service
Ever wonder where old cell phones go to die? Well, earlier this week I found a fair amount of them in a little Internet Café on Vauxhall Road in Westminster, and the rest of them in a little independent phone shop (Handyshop) on Bahrenfelder Steindamm in Hamburg. Old flip phones, candy bars and feature phones Continue Reading →
Pay by Phone
The group called Isis, consisting of wireless providers AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile have decided to back off the creation of its own pay-by-phone infrastructure. The companies originally wanted to develop its own network to make and receive payments using your phone. Instead, they will most likely form alliances with established creditors like MasterCard and Visa. Continue Reading →
T-Mobile
T-Mobile is rolling out a service that will let you make voice calls to your Facebook friends through the social networking site. Using Facebook’s chat feature, the T-Mobile app called Bobsled will facilitate voice chat and messages internationally. T-Mobile plans to also release video chatting soon. Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110420_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Google introduced a new way to make its mapping service even more accurate in the US. Google Map Maker is a crowd-sourced tool where users can modify roads and structures using an approval system. If enough people agree that your correction is accurate, the changes will appear Continue Reading →