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Sony, you are officially off the hook with the PS3’s interminable, poorly timed and mandatory system updates. It’s not like Nintendo’s just fixing typoes in the help file, either. This update lets you access online features, transfer data from a Wii, visit the Miiverse and use other online features. So, basically, you’re bringing home an Continue Reading →

Twitter added the ability to share tweets via e-mail Thursday, the company announced in a blog post. The feature will be rolling out to all users in the coming weeks. While Twitter had previously expected users to share tweets simply by passing them on to their own followers, many users wanted a way to share Continue Reading →

Naan Studio has announced the launch of Echofon for Android, making it the second platform the app has arrived on after iOS. You can find the app on Google Play, and it’s free. Right now it looks fairly functional, with dashboard widgets, Echofon app sync across devices, push notifications, multiple Twitter accounts and more. There Continue Reading →

(This content was originally posted on Keller Fay.) “Dark Social: We Have the Whole History of the Web Wrong.” That’s the provocative headline of Alexis Madrigal’s fascinating story in The Atlantic. The premise of the piece is that most marketing people assume that the social web equals Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites. This assumption Continue Reading →

NBA fans who want to get their favorite player into this season’s All-Star game will for the first time be able to cast votes through Twitter and Facebook, the league announced Tuesday. Here’s how it works on Twitter: simply tweet the player’s first and last names with the #NBABALLOT hashtag. Fans’ tweeted votes are limited Continue Reading →

These are tough times for plagiarists and would-be academic cheaters. That may seem a counter-intuitive statement, given how much material is online, just waiting to be copied-and-pasted, and how many services are ready to write your papers for you for a nominal (or not so nominal) consideration. But just as authoritarian governments can use Twitter Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121113_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve probably seen me ask you to follow my boards on Pinterest. Since Pinterest just recently opened up their site so that anyone can join, you might be wondering, “What exactly is Pinterest?” Great question! Think of Pinterest as a digital Continue Reading →

The Pope is coming to Twitter. The 85-year-old Pontiff, who doesn’t use a computer and who writes everything in longhand–so, no LOL-speak for him, then–is expected to sign off on his first tweet by the end of the year. The head of the Catholic faith is, however, playing catch-up to his Anglican counterpart, the Archbishop Continue Reading →

It’s been a busy month. My Twitter feed keeps me informed as news breaks, and I’ve been lucky to have a front row seat to many big stories this month. Here are a few: The death of actor Morgan Freeman. Teen sensation Justin Bieber’s cancer diagnosis (and encouragement of head shaving in unity). The death Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121109_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Hundreds of millions of people have Twitter accounts… but how many know how to use them effectively? You know how to tweet at someone with the @ symbol and their user name, but did you know that if you start your tweet with an @, the only Continue Reading →