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Satirical newspaper The Onion recently described Facebook as a project of the Central Intelligence Agency. “After years of secretly monitoring the public, we were astounded,” a fictional agency deputy director told Congress. He was happy that Facebook users voluntarily post “alphabetized lists of all their friends” and “even status updates about what they were doing Continue Reading →

(Content originally posted on Discovery.com.) The phrase “digital footprint” might not mean much to you right now, but it should. Digital or viral footprint refers to the mass of content on the Internet that can be linked to you and, therefore, located by anyone doing a search on you. The list of possible places for Continue Reading →

Verizon Wireless will add 46 U.S. cities to its 4G LTE network on Thursday, for a total of 304 markets. The carrier first began deploying LTE in late 2010. While the number of locations has increased, Verizon is also pushing out coverage within existing areas, and today said it will also expand its existing LTE Continue Reading →

Microsoft’s Windows RT Surface tablet is expected to have a price tag of at least $600, according to a report from DigiTimes. Citing unnamed sources, DigiTimes also reported that the Windows 8 Pro Surface would be priced at $800 or more, making it significantly more expensive than any other big-name tablet currently on the market. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120621_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] It’s been a big week for Microsoft. At a press conference shrouded in mystery, the company announced its first tablet computer. Yesterday, it followed up by releasing details about its newest mobile operating system, Windows Phone 8. Since entering the mobile phone market, Microsoft has struggled to Continue Reading →

Just a few weeks ago, on May 30th, CNN published an Opinion article by Andrew Keen entitled “Facebook Threatens to ‘Zuck Up’ the Human Race.”  The title of this article was a quote from his article. It was so thought-provoking that I felt that I had to explore some of the issues he brought up. Continue Reading →

Keylogging has taking center stage, and it now deserves our proper attention. After all, keyloggers have been identified as the #1 Global Threat to consumers, corporations and government agencies in the recent 2012 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Symantec Corporation coined 2011 as “The Year of the Hack,” when they saw an 81 percent increase Continue Reading →

It’s sacrilege to some Apple fanboys. It’s also something none of Apple’s competitors have been able to claim since that “magical” day in early 2010. But when Microsoft unveiled the Surface tablet (actually a pair of them) Monday, the software company clearly had one ultimate goal: to make a tablet that’s better than the iPad. Continue Reading →

Windows Phone is finally living up to the name. On Wednesday, Microsoft announced Windows Phone 8, which replaces the old Windows CE core of Windows Phone 7 with the same kernel in its big brother, desktop Windows 8. That means big changes for a critically acclaimed platform that’s been struggling in the market. Microsoft’s announcement Continue Reading →

Earlier this morning, Amazon announced that it would open its Android Appstore, calling for developers to submit their apps for international distribution via its Amazon Mobile App Distribution Portal. It’s a big step for Amazon; the company had previously limited app sales to the US, because it chose that the only device that could run Continue Reading →