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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 →

BlackBerry’s first 4G smartphone, the Bold 9900 is making its way to T-Mobile. Unfortunately, with a $50 mail-in rebate the phone still costs $250, above the cost of most every subsidized smartphone. RIM isn’t helping consumers pick its products. Read the full article at CNet.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110818_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] A new study found that for every hour of television watched after the age of 25, your lifespan decreases 22 minutes. On average, six hours of TV a day will cut five years off your life. But, it’s not the television that’s killing you; it’s the lack Continue Reading →

Thinnest BlackBerry Smartphone Features Power and the Perfect Union of a High Performance Keyboard and Touch Display On the Nation’s Most Reliable Network BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Verizon Wireless today announced the new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9930 smartphone is available online at www.verizonwireless.com, and will be available in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on August 25. The Continue Reading →

An investigation by the Scotland Yard police states that RIM’s popular BlackBerry Messenger, was a main ignitor for organizing the London riots. Law enforcement has difficulty tracing messages to the sender’s phone because most are encrypted on the way out. Research In Motion stated it would comply with any request made during the investigation. Read Continue Reading →

First China Location Where Avid Readers Can See and Buy the New Sleek, Light, Revolutionary Kobo eReader Touch Edition TORONTO, July 22, 2011 — Kobo, a global leader in eReading with more than 4 million users worldwide, announced today that Swindon Book Co. Ltd. in Hong Kong is rolling out the revolutionary new Kobo eReader Continue Reading →

TORONTO – July 19, 2011 – The management of Kobo, a global leader in eReading with over 4.2 million users in more than 100 countries worldwide, has issued comments relating to the ongoing liquidation of Borders to clarify misconceptions about Kobo that have been inaccurately reported by the media and misunderstood by consumers. Kobo management Continue Reading →

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion recently announced severely lower revenue expectations and plans to make layoffs. The company’s shares fell 15% in one night, hitting their lowest numbers in nearly five years. With the limited success of recent RIM products, don’t expect a turnaround anytime soon. Read the full article at WSJ.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110617_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] BlackBerry maker Research In Motion recently announced severely lower revenue expectations and plans to make layoffs. The company’s shares fell 15% in one night, hitting their lowest numbers in nearly five years. With the limited success of recent RIM products, don’t expect a turnaround anytime soon. In Continue Reading →

Next on Live Digital: How does Sony plan on restoring customer satisfaction? Does a larger number of apps make a better app store? Will we be trading our wallet for our cell phone? And, will Microsoft’s partnership with BlackBerry push Bing ahead of Google? Plus, I’ll chat with productivity expert David Allen about getting things Continue Reading →