Shelly Palmer

Weapons of Mass Disruption - The Super Cyber Wars Have Begun - Shelly Palmer

While we are busy worrying about Kim Kardashian, sound bite politics and banning 64 oz. cups of sugary soft drinks, the first super-cyber weapon has been quietly spying on and attacking things it doesn't like. Huge stealthy computer viruses with capabilities that sound like the stuff of science fiction have been hard at work, collecting data and data and more data, waiting to strike. It is now clear we live in a world at war, cyber war ... and this is just the beginning.

BlackBerry is Truly Over - 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 more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet its maker! It's a stiff! Bereft of life, it rests in peace! If you weren't holding it in your hand it'd be pushing up the daisies! Its metabolic processes are now history! It's off the twig! It has kicked the bucket, shuffled off its mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! This is an ex-Parrot! Err, um ... smartphone.

Facebook: Translating Value Into Wealth- Shelly Palmer

Facebook is going public today. The share price is set at $38, which should put approximately $18.4 Billion dollars into Facebook's treasury, and value the company somewhere in the $104 Billion neighborhood. No matter who you are, that's big money.

Cyberwar 1.0: China vs. The USA ... We're in Trouble! - Shelly Palmer

"In the past year, one in seven large organisations 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 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The survey goes on to say; "This year's results show that security breaches remain at historically high levels, costing UK plc billions of pounds every year." The additional summary stats are compelling as well:

The FiOS Chronicles - Shelly Palmer

I have waited about 18 months for FiOS to finish wiring my apartment building in midtown Manhattan. It was worth it. After a short, truly painless, 7-hour conversion, I can say goodbye Time Warner Cable, so long old-fashioned Verizon landlines, adiós cable modem, hasta la vista backup DSL modem – hello 150 Mbps down, 62 Mbps up – awesome!

Google Drive: Business with a Single Point of Failure - Shelly Palmer

You could think of Google Drive as Google's answer to Dropbox or Microsoft's SkyDrive or any one of a dozen cloud storage systems, but it's not. Google Drive is so integrated with Google Apps for Business, Google Docs and Google that it is destined to become the seminal point of "the" paradigm shift to business in the cloud. Or, as I like to think of it, business with a single point of failure.

Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings - Shelly Palmer

The idea of ratings for online campaigns has been talked about for years. Some people, especially media buyers who work for brand advertisers have practically been demanding it. But how would it work? Panels, surveys, census? What would be the best methodology for such measurement and who is in the best position to do the job?

Verizon To Charge Upgrade Fee ... Because It Can - Shelly Palmer

It's near the end of your obligatory two-year contract and you're all excited about upgrading to a new phone. Awesome! What's this ... an upgrade fee! Yep, for the honor of getting a new phone, Verizon is going to charge you a $30 upgrade fee.

AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone Review - Shelly Palmer

On April 8 Nokia will bring its Windows Phone Lumia 900 to AT&T for only $99.99. It integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Exchange, and the Windows Phone 7 interface is an effortless one. The user experience of this Windows phone is decidedly different from Android and iOS, and if you're all-Microsoft the way many iPhone users are all-Apple, and many Android users are all-Google, this phone will work for you.

Transparency vs. Information Asymmetry - Shelly Palmer

The asymmetry of knowledge (where one party has more knowledge than the other) has been the distinguishing characteristic of profitable transactions for all of recorded history. Actually, I'm sure it predates recorded history; I just can't prove it.