Kindle Fire

Kindle Fire
Movies, apps, games, music, reading and more, plus Amazon’s revolutionary, cloud-accelerated web browser 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, and books Thousands of popular apps and games, including Netflix, Hulu Plus, Pandora, and more Ultra-fast web browsing – Amazon Silk Free cloud storage for all your Amazon content Vibrant color touchscreen with extra-wide viewing Continue Reading →
Hulu Face Match
If you catch yourself watching television or movies and asking what else that actor has been in, Hulu’s newest feature will save you from guessing. By activating the face match feature, you can hover over an actor’s face and find out who they are and what else they’ve been in. Read more about the feature Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111209_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Twitter announced a massive redesign that hopes to make Twitter less confusing for new users. The new design simplifies Twitter’s features by consolidating them into separate categories. Downloading Twitter’s new mobile app will give you early web access to the new design. In other news, the National Continue Reading →

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YouTube
It has been about a month since YouTube announced that they want to get into the programming business in a big way.  That is, they are planning to offer their own lineup of channels.  So, they are going to be a bit of a hybrid, somewhere between Hulu and an MSO.  The difference is that Continue Reading →
Nook Tablet
Barnes & Noble announced the newest addition to its Nook devices, the 7-inch Nook Tablet. The device is comparable to Amazon’s Kindle Fire, but has slightly better hardware, battery life and storage capabilities. The tablet costs $250 and has access to the popular apps Pandora, Netflix and Hulu Plus. Read the full article at PCMag.com Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111108_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Barnes & Noble announced the newest addition to its Nook devices, the 7-inch Nook Tablet. The device is comparable to Amazon’s Kindle Fire, but has slightly better hardware, battery life and storage capabilities. The tablet costs $250 and has access to the popular apps Pandora, Netflix and Continue Reading →
Steve Jobs
“I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use,” Steve Jobs told his biographer, Walter Isaacson. “It would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud.” Everyone assumes that Apple is working on iTV or whatever it will be called. It’s in his biography, pundits speak about Continue Reading →
This semester my housemates and I decided to cut the cord and just get a high-speed Internet plan. At first, no one complained since we collectively have accounts on Netflix, hulu+, WatchESPN, EPIX, and HBO/MAX GO—we are the poster boys for TV Everywhere. However, once the NFL season started, we found ourselves unable to watch Continue Reading →
PlayStation 3
In hopes of catching up to Microsoft’s Xbox sales, Sony recently lowered the cost the PlayStation 3 by $50. The 160GB model will only run you $249. You won’t find a much better price for a videogame console, blu-ray player and set-top box that can stream Netflix and Hulu. Read the full article at PCMag.com Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110817_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Two men responsible for starting groups on Facebook to incite riots in London were sentenced to four years in jail. Although the Facebook groups did not lead to any rioting, law enforcement hopes the sentence will deter others from similar actions. In other news, AT&T recently announced Continue Reading →