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Dirty’ Energy Co. Yanks Paper Bragging About Apple’s Power-Guzzling Ways – Wired News
The paper was a puff piece talking about the reasons that Apple chose to hook its iCloud data center up to Duke Energy’s power grid. It lays out the backstory of an Apple lobbying effort, dating back to 2006, that … Continue reading
Apple WWDC Begins 11th June – Itproportal
Apple have said that developers going to this year’s WWDC will be shown “the future of iOS and OS X, allowing them to build incredible new apps.” The conference will include in excess of 100 different technical sessions lead by … Continue reading
Clean Energy: If Apple Can’t Afford to Think Different, No One Can – Huffington Post
All pale and linear – clean clean clean. The irony is poignant. As we pointed out in our report, How Clean is your Cloud, Apple is in fact powering their iCloud with coal. Coal which is coming from Duke Energy, … Continue reading
Can Dropbox, other cloud providers survive Google Drive? – Computerworld
While Google Drive will no doubt compete with Microsoft’s SkyDrive and Apple’s iCloud, the companies more at risk are smaller specialized service providers, such as DropBox, Box, SugarSync and YouSendIt. Those sites have appealed more to technology …
The Decline Of Android Foretells The Rise Of A Total Apple Monopoly – Boston Globe
Microsoft asserted that IE was a Windows 95 feature rather than a standalone product much like Apple states the App Store is part of iOS. The Department of Justice successfully argued against Microsoft in stating that it was too hard … Continue reading
Google Drive files could end up in ads, even though you still own them – CNN
In a comparison piece, The Verge noted that the terms of service from four major cloud storage services — Dropbox, iCloud, Microsoft SkyDrive, and Google Drive– all claim no ownership of the files you give them. Several publishing outfits …
iCloud has over 125 million users, reveals Apple – CIO UK
Apple revealed that iCloud now has over 125 million users when it announced its second quarter earnings on Tuesday. Speaking at Apple’s Q2 financial earnings conference call, chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer said: “Customers are using all the …
Pod2g Needs You to Vote – Release JB Now, or Wait for iOS 6 – Softpedia
Those who believe iOS 6 is going to be a challenge can vote the opposite and keep the exploits untouched by Apple. There’s also a third option in the poll “Where’s my bottle of beer?” for those who can’t make … Continue reading
Google Drive Really Isn’t About the Files and Neither Will Be Dropbox, SkyDrive – Softpedia
Google may be late to the party with Drive, it may even be last, but it’s trying to present the service as something different from what Dropbox, SkyDrive, Box, iCloud and everyone else is offering. On the face of it, … Continue reading
The Internet Service CloudMe Wins Red Herring 100 Europe Award 2012 – msnbc.com
The service have close to 600 000 users in 170 countries. Previously Xcerion have launched services like a virtual cloud desktop and developed the iCloud brand, today used by Apple. CloudMe is a service for storing and sharing digital media … Continue reading
