Shelly Palmer Radio Report – January 13, 2012

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Facebook is rolling out a new feature that lets you listen along to a song with any friend. Called “Listen With Friends,” the feature is available to friends who both listen to music using Spotify and Rdio. Over the next few weeks, you’ll begin to the see the new option in your chat menu. In other news, Amazon released free software that lets Windows users send documents from their computer to their Kindle. In just a click, Send to Kindle lets you share word documents, PDFs, pictures and more. You can even save documents straight to your Kindle Archive. A Mac version is coming soon. And finally, Target is testing store-within-a-store boutiques, selling exclusive merchandise from other retailers in dozens of locations. Target is also adding 25 prominent Apple displays, potentially expanding the variety of Apple products it currently offers.

About Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” he covers tech and business for Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular daily business blog. He's a bestselling author, and the creator of the popular, free online course, Generative AI for Execs. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.

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