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Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at the Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with tech strategy & solutions.
Named LinkedIn's Top Voice in Technology, he covers tech and business for Fox 5's Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN, and writes the popular daily business blog, Think About This.

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Google’s Free Photo Studio

Google Labs just launched Pomelli Photoshoot, a free tool that turns any product photo into a professional studio or lifestyle shot. Pick a product image, choose a template, generate, and refine. The tool applies your brand's visual identity (what Google calls "Business DNA") to keep everything on-brand across campaigns. The target audience is small and medium-sized businesses that cannot afford professional product photography. I tested it. It works as described. Continue Reading →

Google’s Lyria 3 is a Very Good Parlor Trick

Google DeepMind just launched Lyria 3 in the Gemini app. Type a text prompt (or upload a photo) and you will get a 30-second track with auto-generated lyrics, vocals, and custom cover art. The model is available in eight languages to anyone 18+. YouTube creators worldwide can also access it through Dream Track for Shorts soundtracks. Every track carries a SynthID watermark. Continue Reading →

WebMCP: A Protocol for Marketing to Bots

An early preview of WebMCP, a standard co-authored by Google and Microsoft that makes it easy for agents to navigate websites, is now available in Chrome 146. This feature was added so quietly last week that a lot of people missed it. Continue Reading →

Cohere Bets on Small, Multilingual, and Offline

Cohere, the $5.5 billion Toronto-based AI company, just launched Tiny Aya: an open-source family of models that supports 70+ languages and runs entirely offline on devices. No cloud required. No API fees. While OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic fight over who can build the biggest brain, Cohere went small and wide. Continue Reading →