Shelly Palmer

I very rarely call the "time of death" of a company. It's really not my place. But, after my customer service experience with RIM (Research In Motion, the makers of BlackBerry smart devices) the other day, I think it's safe to say that BlackBerry has passed on! RIM is no...

Back in April 2011 I wrote a scathing review of Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac. I was specifically distressed by the highly touted addition of Microsoft Outlook, because after careful testing, I could reach only one conclusion: it sucks. My solution for the total suckage of Outlook for...

The Shelly Palmer School of Connected Living has one primary thesis: "Technology is good." I believe that all technological progress is good and that the story of the evolution of mankind is inextricably linked to the story of the evolution of our technology. We are tool builders, and we are...

Choosing to not understand how the Internet works is no longer an acceptable option, especially for those tasked with regulating it. The late Ted Stevens made Congress's ignorance of the World Wide Web famous when he said the Internet isn't a dump truck, but a series of tubes. This...

The theme of this year's Consumer Electronics Show was "connected living." Everything from wrist watches to toaster ovens featured ways to connect to the Internet. Why? Because they could. Do you really need your wristwatch to connect to the cloud? Well, I don't know if "need" is the right word....

I had to take a one-day trip to Boca Raton, FL this week to attend a family event. During my trip, I met several people (of a certain age) who feigned interest in my profession. I was drawn into conversation after conversation where I had to defend the existential necessity...

Do you have community management skills? Can you set up and man listening posts? Are you an expert at setting up and processing Google Alerts? Can you cleanup, size and manipulate digital pictures and graphics? Are you a PowerPoint Ninja? Do you have more than half of the PC Keyboard...

There was an interesting article on the AP this week entitled, "Israel blocks airborne protest, questions dozens." It described how Israeli security used social media sites to compile a "blacklist" of undesirable individuals and then prevented many of them from entering the country. It's a good read if you're...

By Shelly Palmer and Jared Palmer -

Over the past few weeks, we've been discussing the concepts and constructs of Truth (with a capital "T"), truth (with a lower case "t"), truthiness (as coined by Stephen Colbert), reality, wikiality (also coined by Stephen Colbert) and facts as they apply to...

By Shelly Palmer and Jared Palmer

Last week, we started to explore the concepts and constructs of Truth (with a capital "T"), truth (with a lower case "t"), truthiness (as coined by Stephen Colbert), reality, wikiality (also coined by Stephen Colbert) and facts as they apply to our connected world....

By Shelly Palmer and Jared Palmer -

Over the next few weeks we are going to explore the concepts and constructs of Truth (with a capital "T"), truth (with a lower case "t"), truthiness (as coined by Stephen Colbert), reality, wikiality (also coined by Stephen Colbert) and facts as...

August 5, 2010 - Today's most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment:

U.S. Can Tap Your BlackBerry: U.S. authorities have the ability to tap communications made from BlackBerry devices, which is the same surveillance that The UAE and Saudi Arabia are requesting. Research In Motion, the company who...

August 4, 2010 - Today's most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment:

BlackBerry Steps Up: Research in Motion unveiled its new BlackBerry today, BlackBerry Torch, which you can buy from AT&T starting August 12th. The Torch features a touchscreen as well as a slide-out keyboard, plus lots of...

August 3, 2010 - Today's most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment:

BlackBerry Users Are Not Loyal: According to a recent Nielsen survey, 89 percent of iPhone users said they would buy another iPhone and 71 percent of Android owners said they would purchase another Android device. However,...

August 2, 2010 -- Today's most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment:

Hacked Calls, Affordable Price A hacker created a fake cell phone tower to intercept calls made from 2G GSM phones, record the calls and then forward them to their intended recipient. At a cost of only...

July 30, 2010 - Today's most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment:

YouTube's 15 Minutes of Fame --Starting today, YouTube will allow users to upload videos up to 15-minutes in length, up 50 percent from the previous 10-minute limit. Not only was extending the time the number one...

July 29, 2010 - Today's most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment:

Hacked ATMs: Do you think hackers are just interested in your computers? Think again. At the recent Black Hat conference, Computer hacker Barnaby Jack presented a way to force ATMs to spit out cash by remote...

July 27, 2010 - Today's most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment:

Do you wish your iPhone worked with another carrier? Would you like it to have access to an entire world of apps that aren't available from the Apple App store? If so, you're in luck, because...

July 26, 2010 - Today's most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment:

Chatroulette.com, the random video chat sensation, is trying to block users who expose themselves to minors. The company says it has captured and saved thousands of IP addresses of alleged offenders, along with logs and screenshots...

July 22, 2010 - Today's most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment:

Twitter & Facebook are currently a buzz over a new iPad app called Flipboard. Flipboard is a free app that turns your digital life into a magazine by combing through links your friends post on Facebook...