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Shelly Palmer talks with Richard Quest about Apple's Q3 2019 earnings on CNN’s Quest Means Business. With the iPhone now making up less than half of Apple's business, can wearables and services pick up the slack? Airdate: July 31, 2019. Continue Reading →

What do you really need to know? Would a sixth-grade education give you enough basic skills to enable you to use online tools to learn a trade or become a service worker or a knowledge worker? Would you need eighth-grade skills? Tenth-grade? Perhaps a four-year college degree? Continue Reading →

The lawsuit filed against Amazon’s Alexa Voice Services this past Tuesday fascinates me. It alleges that Amazon is recording children who use Alexa without parental consent. Excuse me? Mom or Dad bought the Echo, put it in the house, and taught the kids to talk to it. How much more parental consent do you need? That said, there is more to the story. Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer talks with Paula Newton about big tech regulations and breaking up big tech corporations like Google and Amazon on CNN’s Quest Means Business. Airdate: June 14, 2019. Continue Reading →

I was checking out my Twitter feed the other day and I came upon a tweet from Richard Dawkins. He is one of my favorite writers and I’ve been following him for years. The tweet was a link to an article, but was it true? Time to find out. But how much time? Continue Reading →

On Thursday’s edition of CNN’s Quest Means Business, Shelly Palmer and Richard Quest discuss the growing concerns about whether Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has too much power over Facebook. Original Airdate: May 30, 2019. Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer talks about facial recognition and technology with Sukanya Krishnan and Jennifer Lahmers on Fox 5’s Good Day Wake Up. Original Airdate: May 28, 2019 Continue Reading →

Cumulus Media confirmed that New York City's iconic FM radio station 95.5 PLJ will sign off for the last time on Friday, May 31. Clearly, there was no longer a profitable business to be made using FM radio broadcasting technology to aggregate and monetize the PLJ audience. Radio stations change ownership all the time and, as you know, media M&A has become a blood sport in the past 24 months. Still, this particular sign-off signals something significant. Continue Reading →

With Podcasting growing in popularity, finding the one you will enjoy from the many available is overwhelming. Today on Fox 5’s Good Day Wake Up with Sukanya Krishnan and Jennifer Lahmer, Shelly Palmer talks about how you can find your ideal Podcasts. Original Airdate: May 14, 2019 Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer discusses the latest free music streaming options available on Amazon and Google, and Apple's affordable monthly options for music with Jennifer Lahmer and Robert Moses on Fox 5's Good Day Wake Up. Original Airdate: April 23, 2019 Continue Reading →