Shelly Palmer Radio Report – December 6, 2010

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Want a cheap iPhone 4? RadioShack is selling the them at prices lower than any other retailer. In an effort to promote its wireless business, RadioShack has discounted the iPhone 4 by $50 and with a trade-in, the smartphone can be purchased for as low as $24. RadioShack will be running the promotion through December 11th. In other news, PayPal is the latest company to suspend service to WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks was using PayPal to accept donations in order to fund its operations, but PayPal has permanently disabled the account. If you remember, Amazon dropped WikiLeaks from its servers last week. But it’s back up as WikiLeak.ch which is a URL hosted on Swiss servers. And finally, have you noticed that several of your Facebook friends have recently made their profile pictures a cartoon? The Campaign to End Violence Against Children is encouraging users to make their profile pictures cartoon images. The goal is to help raise awareness of the cause.

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).