By Shelly Palmer
May 17, 2012 03:01 AM EDT
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By Shelly Palmer
May 16, 2012 03:41 PM EDT
Pinterest
In just a few months, Pinterest has blossomed from a little-known Internet
start-up into an online force, adding millions of users over the course of
six months.Pinterest was created a little more than two years ago, but it is
now one of the most popular and most addic... (more)
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By Shelly Palmer
May 16, 2012 03:35 PM EDT
Nintendo
For some inexplicable reason, Nintendo and Toyota have teamed up to turn the
Nintendo DS into a navigational remote control, thereby allowing drivers
(although I hope passengers do most of the fiddling) to set their routes
using their game consoles.The service, called K... (more)
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By Shelly Palmer
May 16, 2012 03:05 PM EDT
Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless subscribers who have held onto their $30-a-month unlimited
data plans will soon be forced to upgrade to a new tiered offering the
company plans to launch this summer, according to the Web site Fierce
Wireless.Speaking at the J.P Morgan Technolog... (more)
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By Shelly Palmer
May 16, 2012 02:32 PM EDT
iPhone
Apple plans to use a larger screen on the next-generation iPhone and has
begun to place orders for the new displays from suppliers in South Korea and
Japan, people familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. The new iPhone
screens will measure 4 inches from corner to c... (more)
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By Shelly Palmer
May 16, 2012 03:01 AM EDT
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By Shelly Palmer
May 15, 2012 11:00 PM EDT
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Shelly Palmer chats with Ernie Anastos and Dari Alexander on Fox 5 News at
Cellphones on Virgin Atlantic ... (more)
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By Shelly Palmer
May 15, 2012 03:45 PM EDT
Word of Mouth
Originally posted at Keller Fay.
As far as we have been able to determine, the phrase “Word-of-Mouth
Advertising” was coined by Ernest Dichter who, in 1966, published an
article in the Harvard Business Review entitled, “How Word-of-Mouth
Advertising Works”
Dichte... (more)
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By Shelly Palmer
May 15, 2012 03:16 PM EDT
Microsoft
Microsoft will charge users who buy a new Windows 7 PC $14.99 for an upgrade
to Windows 8, according to a report.The cost of the upgrade was revealed
yesterday by Paul Thurrott, a popular blogger who writes SuperSite for
Windows. Read the full story at Computer World.
... (more)
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By Shelly Palmer
May 15, 2012 02:31 PM EDT
Facebook
This week Facebook has been announced as purchasing Lightbox, this purchase
topping off their recent $1 billion dollar grab of Instagram and coming up
right behind their summer IPO. This service purchase will have lightbox.com
shutting down sign-ups immediately and will... (more)
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By Shelly Palmer
May 15, 2012 02:00 PM EDT
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Shelly Palmer chats with Fox 5′s Steve Lacy & Heather Nauert about
Apple’s iCloud on Good Day Wake Up.
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By Shelly Palmer
May 15, 2012 01:42 PM EDT
Google Chrome
Besides the usual bug fixes and performance improvements, the highlight of
today’s Google Chrome release is the addition of tab syncing to Chrome.
With this, Chrome users can now have their open tabs synced across all of
their devices, including tablets and phones ... (more)
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By Shelly Palmer
May 15, 2012 01:31 PM EDT
Lenovo logo
Lenovo announced a wave of notebook updates this morning, including new range
of ultrabooks set to run Intel’s brand new third-generation Ivy Bridge
processors. Among the models released is a new 14-inch ultrabook, the
ThinkPad X1 carbon, which the Chinese firm claim... (more)
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By Shelly Palmer
May 15, 2012 06:00 AM EDT
“In the past year, one in seven large organizations detected hackers within
their systems.” This is the highest level recorded, said the recently
released PwC 2012 Information Security Breaches Survey. It was completed in
conjunction with Infosecurity Europe and supported by the... (more)
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By Shelly Palmer
May 15, 2012 03:01 AM EDT
Click to play ...
Here’s my favorite mac rumor of the day. 9to5mac.com says that Apple is
getting ready to release a new 15″ MacBook Pro that will be almost as thin
as it’s 13″ MacBook Air and even more powerful. New features will
include a retina display, like the stunning s... (more)
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By Shelly Palmer
May 14, 2012 05:01 PM EDT
Virgin Atlantic
Talk about long distance. Virgin Atlantic has announced that it’s letting
customers make calls with their own cellphones — provided they’re on the
airline’s new Airbus A330 flying between London and New York.According to
the Daily Mail, the service will expanded ... (more)
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By Shelly Palmer
May 14, 2012 04:40 PM EDT
Gadgets
Read the full story at Davide Houle.
I am frequently asked about what technology I carry and use. This is due in
large part because I am a futurist and to many people technology and the
future are close to synonymous. That of course is not wholly true, but
certainly ... (more)
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By Shelly Palmer
May 14, 2012 04:05 PM EDT
Facebook
Facebook is updating its mobile app to make photos appear more prominently in
users’ News Feeds. The social network, on the verge of becoming the most
valuable U.S. tech company after its IPO this week, announced the redesign
Monday via the Facebook Mobile Page. Read th... (more)
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By Shelly Palmer
May 14, 2012 03:34 PM EDT
Macbook Air
Apple is readying a brand-new, 15-inch MacBook Pro that will sport an
ultra-thin design, a higher-resolution Retina display, and USB 3.0 ports,
according to a new report.Citing unnamed supply chain sources, 9 to 5Mac said
the updated laptop is currently in test produ... (more)
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By Shelly Palmer
May 14, 2012 03:24 PM EDT
iCloud
WWDC 2012 is only a few weeks away, and as such, all manner of Apple software
rumors are starting to make the rounds. Today, the Wall Street Journal is
reporting that iCloud will gain some new features, most notably a way to
share galleries of photos with other iCloud use... (more)
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