Tech Biz

This week on Shelly Palmer Digital Living, Actor/Comedian, Orlando Jones talks with Shelly about digital parenting. John Abell, wired.com’s NY Bureau Chief and Shelly discuss Google’s accusations that Bing is stealing their search results and calling them its own. Shelly’s got some cool websites, great Google tips, important information about backing-up your computer, advice about Continue Reading →

The hacktivist group ‘Anonymous’ took down the websites of the Egyptian Ministry of Interior with DDoS attacks. They were successful in taking down Mubarak’s site and bragged about it on Twitter, with a statement of support for the Egyptian people. ‘Anonymous’ previously took down government sites in Tunisia, including the stock exchange’s. Continue Reading →

Google recently acquired SayNow, a social voice platform, and is using the technology to help Egyptians communicate. The service lets users leave voicemails on several international numbers, turns them into text and sends them over Twitter using the hashtag #egypt. The service is free and has already seen ample use providing news and commentary. Read Continue Reading →

Micro-blogging platform Twitter could generate as much as $250 million in ad revenue by 2012, according to a report by research firm eMarketer. Twitter, now valued at $3.7B, has over 175 million users but has failed to monetize its success until recently. With $45 million in ad revenue in 2010, the privately held company will Continue Reading →

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color e-reader has brought the company over 650,000 subscriptions and single copy sales of their newsstand publications. With over 120 popular publications available, 150% more subscriptions were sold since Christmas than in the past 12 months. The Nook series now sells more e-books than Barnes & Noble sells physical books, thanks Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110125_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] According to a recent report, Twitter could generate as much as $250 million in ad revenue by 2012. Now valued at $3.7B, Twitter has failed to monetize its success until recently. With $45 million in ad revenue in 2010, the privately held company will introduce a self-serve Continue Reading →

The US Justice Department and FCC approved Comcast’s purchase of NBC Universal, with GE dropping their ownership to 49%. The FCC was cautionary, stating that such a deal could threaten “the development of innovative online video distribution services.” Comcast will lose its management rights of Hulu and neither company can restrict “unreasonable” online distribution of Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110119_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The Comcast and NBC merger has finally been approved. The FCC was cautionary, stating that such a deal could threaten “the development of innovative online video distribution services.” Comcast will lose its management rights of Hulu and neither company can restrict “unreasonable” online distribution of its video. Continue Reading →

Prosecutors investing the WikiLeaks scandal are demanding access to the Twitter accounts of people linked to the organization. The subpoena demands access to Julian Assange’s account as well as Bradley Manning’s, who gave WikiLeaks the documents. The inquiry is another attempt to find legal rationale in order to charge Assange with the solicited leaks. Read Continue Reading →

Comcast plans to release an iPad application that will allow customers to view its on-demand content on the tablet. Comcast’s 3,000+ hours of on-demand content will be available at launch with future plans for real-time TV viewing. With cable providers needing to find ways to keep their subscribers, offering this flexible viewing platform is a Continue Reading →