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[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/101216_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Google has hired networking expert, Milo Medin, as vice president of access services. The move comes with a push for the completion of Google’s own high-speed fiber network that will be ready for trial in select communities early next year. Boasting Internet speeds up to 100 times Continue Reading →

Lady Gaga the self-proclaimed “Queen of Twitter” is done with social networking, temporarily. Stars like Gaga, Usher and Justin Timberlake have given up social networking to raise money for Alicia Key’s charity “Keep a Child Alive.” The stars will return to the tweetesphere after $1 million has been raised for the cause. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/101129_SHELLY_PALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play” dl=”0″] The US Government sure does like to play whack a mole. The Dept of Homeland security shut down a bunch of websites for violating US copyright laws. Of course, as soon as the sites were taken down, new sites quickly popped up to take their places. Not a big Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/2010/11/101122_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play” dl=”0″] Seventeen magazine has released a new study about the impact of Facebook on relationships of 16 to 21 year olds. The study revealed almost 80 percent of people ‘friend’ a love interest within one week, and 60 percent check the profile of their crush at least once a day. Continue Reading →

Gawker Media published unauthorized excerpts of Sarah Palin’s new book on its popular blog, until a federal court ordered that Gawker remove the material. Palin’s new book, “America By Heart”, is being released this Tuesday by Harper Collins. Palin personally responded to the leak on Twitter by tweeting, ‘The publishing world is LEAKING out-of-context excerpts Continue Reading →

Chinese Flag A Chinese woman will be imprisoned for retweeting a message on Twitter. The message was clearly satirical and mocked participants of an anti-Japanese rally. The Chinese government, which blocks Twitter, has sentenced Ms. Cheng Jinaping to one year in a labor camp for “disturbing the peace.” Amnesty International believes this situation highlights “the Continue Reading →

Do you think Twitter is just a bunch of noise? Several companies see a lot of value in Twitter, especially in their data. That’s why Twitter has partnered with social data provider Gnip, to sell business customers access to the Twitter firehose. Access to the data feeds gives companies the opportunity to analyze Twitter’s data Continue Reading →

The sound of tweets just got much sweeter. Twitter has formed a partnership with Ping, Apple’s new music-oriented social network. Twitter users can now include song previews and links to buy songs on iTunes, directly in their tweets. Steve Jobs would have preferred a deal with Facebook, but will settle for Twitter’s 175 million registered Continue Reading →

Queen Elizabeth II has finally joined Facebook. Like the queen herself, her fan page is quite formal. The queen doesn’t share any  personal information, but does provide information about upcoming engagements and ceremonies the she will be attending. Her majesty already has over 77,000 fans on the site and also has a presence on both Continue Reading →

Where does most of email spam originate? The United States. A new report from Sophos revealed that the U.S. is responsible for 19 percent of the world’s spam, which is twice as much as India who came in 2nd place. The report also notes the significant growth of spam on social networking sites like Facebook Continue Reading →