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[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 →

Verizon’s CEO Lowell McAdam said that he expects the company to offer family data plans as early as next year. Until then, customers are forced to buy data plans for each device that requires connectivity. Verizon agreed that multiple data plans raise its own costs as well as consumers’. Read the full article at AllThingsD.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111208_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Verizon’s CEO Lowell McAdam said that he expects the company to offer family data plans as early as next year. Until then, customers are forced to buy data plans for each device that requires connectivity. Verizon agreed that multiple data plans raise its own costs as well Continue Reading →

According to a report by Reuters, Verizon plans to take on Netflix with its own streaming movie and television service. The service could roll out in 2012 and would be made available outside of Verizon’s broadband and TV markets. Verizon is currently in talks with numerous content providers. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111207_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] AT&T finished last in Consumer Reports’ annual customer satisfaction survey. AT&T has ranked last two years in a row, with customers complaining about poor voice quality and customer service. The survey found that those with prepaid plans and smaller service providers had the highest satisfaction ratings. In Continue Reading →

The Occupy Wall Street movement must be looked at from both a historical and future perspective.  If you have just received your information through the main stream media of this movement you do not have a clear picture of its significance. Occupy is a historically unprecedented movement.  In one month it went from several dozen Continue Reading →

Xbox is receiving a major software update that includes advanced voice control and streaming live TV through the console. The update rolls out on Tuesday with apps from ESPN, YouTube and HBO Go. A $60 Xbox Live gold membership and supported cable plan are required to stream TV. Read the full article at DigitalTrends.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111206_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Xbox is receiving a major software update that includes advanced voice control and streaming live TV through the console. The update rolls out on Tuesday with apps from ESPN, YouTube and HBO Go. A $60 Xbox Live gold membership and supported cable plan are required to stream Continue Reading →

I recently heard two folk singers inadvertently provide excellent career advice at Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs, NY, the longest running coffee house in America. Roy Book Binder, who’s been on the folk circuit for about 40 years, sang these 4 gems: 1)  “I wish I knew back then what I know now.” I’ve used a Continue Reading →

Looking for the current example of chicken-and-egg communications dilemma? Look no further than 3D television. With less than a month remaining in 2011, 3D’s on track to add between 3.5 and 4 million households to the community with such a set to watch, according to Consumer Electronics Association stats. Set prices are the lowest ever, Continue Reading →