Consumer Electronics & Product Reviews

I have been in an abusive relationship with Apple since the mid 80s. They keep torturing me and I keep buying their products. From the Apple II to the present, I have only cheated on them with some PCs in the 90s and some Samsung phones in the smartphone era. They are the company I love to hate, so you can imagine how weird it was for me to be defending Apple on television yesterday. Me? Defending Apple? Continue Reading →

Are Apple's new iPhones (11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max) innovative or just variations on a theme? Shelly Palmer speak with Amara Walker on CNN Today about the state of the smartphone business and what Apple and Samsung are doing well (and not so well). Original Airdate: September 10, 2019 Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer speaks with Richard Quest about Apple's newest line of iPhones, the Apple Watch, iPads, Apple TV+ and its other new products and services. Original Airdate: September 10, 2019 Continue Reading →

How can we protect the 2020 election from deepfakes? Shelly Palmer speaks with Kerry Drew and Robert Moses on Fox 5 New York's Good Day about what Facebook, Microsoft and others are doing to help solve the problem. Original Airdate: September 10, 2019 Continue Reading →

According to Wedbush, “This Tuesday at its HQ in Cupertino Apple is set to unveil its trifecta of iPhone 11s which represent the next step in the company’s ability to put a fence around its unparalleled consumer installed base. With roughly 1/3 of the company’s 900 million active iPhones globally currently in a ‘window of Continue Reading →

It has been just a week since my essay, Deepfakes 2.0: The Sequel Is Even Scarier. Now, Bloomberg is reporting about Zao, a next-generation deepfake facial replacement tool (a la FaceApp) that is taking China by storm (details below). When you see the results of this “anyone can do it at the tap of a Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer talks with Kerry Drew about the new Samsung Galaxy Note 10 on Fox 5 New York's Good Day Wake Up. Original Airdate: August 20, 2019 Continue Reading →

Amazon says its Rekognition facial recognition software can now identify fear and seven other emotions including, happy, sad, angry, surprised, disgusted, calm and confused. What Amazon is not telling you is that facial recognition when combined with other data will be able, in short order, to take a pretty good guess about lying, cheating, jealousy, and other emotions that you do your best to hide with your "poker face." Lie detectors are so last century. Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer reviews some cool tech for back to school on Fox 5 New York's Good Day with Kerry Drew and Raegan Medgie. Original Airdate: August 13, 2019 Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer talks with Zain Asher about Samsung's new Note 10+ and Note 10 on CNN International's Quest Means Business. Original Airdate: August 8, 2019 Continue Reading →