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Re-syndicated from XfinityTV.com In an unusually active August for big news stories, Fox News Channel once again came out on top of the cable news ratings race. While FNC’s dominance vs. its rivals in cable news – CNN and NBC-owned MSNBC – is not exactly surprise news (since FNC has enjoyed a huge lead over Continue Reading →

Google launched an offline version of Gmail that lets users organize their mail and draft messages that will send once you go online. Offline versions of Google Docs and Calendar will roll out soon, with offline document editing in the works for a future release. Read the full article at Mashable.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110901_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The U.S. Justice Department is suing to block the potential merger between AT&T and T-Mobile. It’s argued that the $39 billion merger would be a violation of antitrust policy by limiting wireless competition. AT&T still wants to pursue the deal and will have to spend an eternity Continue Reading →

Google TV’s chances for a second coming, showcased a few months ago in this column, may have turned brighter. If so, you can thank a $12.5 billion bet in of all things, hardware. The hardware bet is Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the side of Motorola normally associated with mobile phones and smartphones. Naturally, most Continue Reading →

A good friend of mine just left her job.  She’d been with the company for more than 15 years and it was time.  What will she do now?  Actually she has a bunch of options, but that’s not what this story is about.  As we were talking, she said that she needed to “figure out Continue Reading →

Originally posted at XfinityTV.com “TBS’s pricey Conan O’Brien experiment is flopping.” If Conan O’Brien opens up Thursday’s Wall Street Journal, that blunt sentence will be the first thing he’ll see if he decides to read the Journal’s story about how his show, “Conan,” is faring following its first season, and heading into its second. How Continue Reading →

Exclusive Post Content Available Including News, Sports, Business, Page Six® and More New York, NY  (August 17, 2011) – The New York Post app for Android, which makes content – including breaking news, sports, business, opinion and Page Six – available to Android users, makes its debut on Android Marketplace today. New York Post app Continue Reading →

CEA’s Karen Chupka Named TSEA’s Best Show Manager Arlington, Va., August 16, 2011 – The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced that the 2010 International CES® was named Favorite Show by Trade Show Exhibitors Association’s (TSEA) Exhibitor’s Choice Awards. CEA’s senior vice president of events and conferences, Karen Chupka, was also named TSEA’s Best Show Continue Reading →

August 15, 2011—New York, NY—SELF, the women’s well-being and fitness magazine published by Condé Nast, introduces the SELF Diet Tapper, the first ever consumer text-based diet program. The program, created by Editor-in-Chief Lucy Danziger, will provide SMS texts five times daily to send a friendly reminder for users to simply “Eat! Drink! Move!” during the Continue Reading →

The mobile app that gets you addicted to something useful for a change. iTunes WordWit NORWALK, CT, August 16, 2011 — WordWit from Ballpoint, Inc. pairs misused words with their evil twins, explains them clearly, and provides entertaining examples from literature and the media. If that’s not enough, you can master those troublesome duos with Continue Reading →