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May. 15, 2012 11:00 PM EDT
Latest Blogs from Shelly Palmer
 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”
Dichter was a psychologist by training. His firm focused on ...May. 15, 2012 03:45 PM EDT Reads: 128 |
 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.May. 15, 2012 03:16 PM EDT Reads: 204 |
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 have current us... May. 15, 2012 02:31 PM EDT |
Shelly Palmer chats with Fox 5′s Steve Lacy & Heather Nauert about Apple’s iCloud on Good Day Wake Up. May. 15, 2012 02:00 PM EDT |
 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 that run the Ice Crea...May. 15, 2012 01:42 PM EDT Reads: 187 |
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 claims is the R... May. 15, 2012 01:31 PM EDT Reads: 107 |
 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 screens on the new iPad, an...May. 15, 2012 03:01 AM EDT Reads: 300 |
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 to about 20 planes in V... May. 14, 2012 05:01 PM EDT Reads: 126 |
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 understandable a... May. 14, 2012 04:40 PM EDT Reads: 216 |
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 the full story at ... May. 14, 2012 04:05 PM EDT Reads: 193 |
 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 production, and is slate...May. 14, 2012 03:34 PM EDT Reads: 589 |
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 users. Read the f... May. 14, 2012 03:24 PM EDT Reads: 168 |
 There are some big changes at Yahoo! In what can only be described as a stunning victory for Dan Loeb and his hedge fund Third Point, Scott Johnson will resign as Yahoo’s CEO and three of Mr. Loeb’s hand-picked directors will join Yahoo!’s board. Although the official announcement wi...May. 14, 2012 03:01 AM EDT Reads: 310 |
 Far from the first time Apple’s Siri has made headlines, new reports have suggested that asking the voice commanded service the seemingly self evident question “What is the best smartphone ever” has seen a number of surprising answers. Read the full story at T3.May. 14, 2012 12:42 AM EDT Reads: 561 |
If you’re traveling abroad, your laptop could be attacked. That much, is certain, according to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, which warned this week that hackers are “targeting travelers abroad through pop-up windows while establishing an internet connection in t... May. 14, 2012 12:28 AM EDT Reads: 162 |
The first wave of Intel-based Windows 8 tablets are expected to land in retail stores in November …”more than 50 percent” of the “more than a dozen” designs will be hybrids, aka convertibles, the source said. Those designs combine aspects of a traditional ... May. 14, 2012 12:15 AM EDT Reads: 428 |
 According to trusted sources, Apple has an incredible headline feature in development for iOS 6: a completely in-house maps application. Apple will drop the Google Maps program running on iOS since 2007 in favor for a new Maps app with an Apple back end. Read the full story at 9 to 5 M...May. 14, 2012 12:05 AM EDT Reads: 607 |
 Mass Marketing dominated the last century: You need to reach the masses through as many channels as possible. You need retail stores, fliers, website, PR, Ads, Social Media, and and and and and…until you finally reach critical mass and you succeed. Target is a mass marketer, Huyndai an...May. 12, 2012 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 521 |
Facebook has started testing a system that lets users pay to highlight or promote posts. By paying a small fee users can ensure that information they post on the social network is more visible to friends, family and colleagues. Read the full story at BBC News. May. 11, 2012 12:45 PM EDT Reads: 132 |
The FBI is warning travelers to beware of software updates offered while logging in to hotel or public networks. The bureau says that users are being tricked as follows: You’re in a hotel, you complete the login process, then you’re offered a software update. If you clic... May. 11, 2012 03:01 AM EDT |
A smaller version of the iPad will be less expensive and offer less storage than Apple’s full-sized model, but will have the same resolution, according to a new report. Citing a previously reliable source, iMore today adds to the handful of existing iPad mini rumors, with somethi... May. 10, 2012 05:36 PM EDT Reads: 430 |
More evidence that Microsoft is increasing its lead in the digital living room race: Data that shows its Xbox gaming console is the most popular non-PC device to watch Web video. That is, more people are watching Web stuff on Microsoft’s machine than on the iPad, iPhone or any Android ... May. 10, 2012 04:24 PM EDT Reads: 599 |
Mozilla and Google have hit back at Microsoft over what they consider to be restrictive browser settings within the Windows on ARM version of the upcoming Windows 8 OS. In a Wednesday blog post, Harvey Anderson, Mozilla’s general counsel, argued that “Windows on ARM –... May. 10, 2012 03:46 PM EDT Reads: 365 |
Apple has pushed out OS X Lion 10.7.4 addressing over 30 vulnerabilities, including a password-exposing bug in FileVault. Apple also added a new feature in Safari that auto-disables outdated Adobe plugins. Read the full story at PCMag May. 10, 2012 02:50 PM EDT Reads: 347 |
Facebook has revealed to Mashable that all Groups will now offer the ability to send files. This update rolls out to a small percentage of groups Thursday, and will become available to others during the following days. If you don’t have the feature already, Facebook wants you to know y... May. 10, 2012 02:39 PM EDT |
 When Facebook goes public in the coming weeks, there will be a lot of winners. Among them is one of the stalwarts of the tech industry, Microsoft, which has a small stake in the company. But Microsoft has an even bigger bet on Facebook through an alliance between its Bing search engine...May. 10, 2012 01:33 PM EDT Reads: 551 |
 The rumors of a Facebook app store were true, it appears, as the company has announced an app-pushing portal that will be accessible both by mobile users and by those on the web.But earlier talk of Facebook pushing HTML5 apps to Apple’s iOS platform and thereby circumventing the iTunes...May. 10, 2012 11:23 AM EDT Reads: 481 |
 Google seems to be eking out a major new tweak to its search results. Reportedly spotted by several users, the search pages are now displaying semantic data nestled to the right of the regular results. Such information tries to tie in relevant facts related to the subject of your searc...May. 10, 2012 05:30 AM EDT Reads: 436 |
Originally posted at Media Biz Bloggers. When I became VP of Sales Strategy and Development at AOL’s Interactive Marketing division in 1998, I was asked to become active in a membership that the division had in the Sales Executive Council (SEC), part of the Corporate Executive Board. I... May. 10, 2012 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 151 |
Are you really going to buy high-fashion clothing online? Couture dresses, designer suits? Amazon thinks so. The world’s most famous online retailer has signed up a whole bunch of high-end designers including Michael Kors, Vivienne Westwood, Catherine Malandrino, Jack Spade and... May. 10, 2012 03:01 AM EDT |
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning travelers to be in the lookout for fake software updates booby trapped with malware that are being pushed through hotel internet connections. Read the full story at Forbes May. 9, 2012 05:05 PM EDT |
Amazon is so serious about its next big thing that it hired three women to do nothing but try on size 8 shoes for its Web reviews. Full time. The online retailer is shooting 3,000 fashion images a day in a photo studio using patent-pending technology. Read the full story at The New Yo... May. 9, 2012 04:39 PM EDT |
Originally posted at TV HOWL. Oprah Winfrey’s OWN isn’t working for the simple reason that Oprah herself seems passé. Why opine on this subject today? Because the news is all over the place that losses are mounting at OWN. Among other places, a front-page story in the Wall Street Jour... May. 9, 2012 03:50 PM EDT Reads: 215 |
Paula Latshaw is eager to get behind the wheel of her new Lexus CT 200h hybrid at Sewell Lexus in Dallas. But first, she needs some training. Her new car isn’t the most technologically advanced car Lexus sells, but the navigation system, the voice-controlled hands-free phone sys... May. 9, 2012 03:00 PM EDT |
 Microsoft confirmed that there will be a $99 xbox. It’s the 4GB model and they will be selling them at 16 of the 21 Microsoft retail stores. What’s the catch. Actually, there are several. First, you will have to agree to a two year $15 per month contract, bringing the p...May. 9, 2012 03:01 AM EDT Reads: 273 |
Hackers claiming to be affiliated with the hacktivist group Anonymous claimed this week to have accessed and published the details of about 55,000 Twitter accounts. Read the full story at Mashable May. 8, 2012 10:37 PM EDT Reads: 105 |
AT&T’s version of the family data plan may be coming sooner than you think. The company has a firm hold on what type of plan it will offer and intends to offer one soon, said Ralph de la Vega, CEO of AT&T’s mobile business. Read the full story at CNET May. 8, 2012 04:58 PM EDT Reads: 135 |
 Microsoft has pledged to make all of its data centers, software development labs and any other direct operations carbon neutral, starting in fiscal 2013. Read the full story at The Washington PostMay. 8, 2012 04:47 PM EDT Reads: 311 |
Microsoft Research has developed a new gesture-based motion controller that makes use of the Doppler effect to detect in-air gestures done around the device. The project is called SoundWave and what’s particularly interesting about it is that it doesn’t need any additional hardware in ... May. 8, 2012 04:42 PM EDT Reads: 147 |
