Software

Google Drive privacy policies are extremely similar to Dropbox, SkyDrive, & iCloud – Venturebeat.com

After Google Drive finally launched Tuesday, it was only took a day for people to begin prodding Google about just how private stored files would be using the service. However, Google’s policy is quite similar to already established rivals …

Apple announces 2012 Apple Design Awards – Apple Insider

Apple on Wednesday announced that nominations are now open for its annual Apple Design Awards which honor the iOS and OS X apps that best exemplify the height of design, technology and innovation. According to the company’s website, the yearly … Continue reading

Rovio Adds 10 Free Levels to Angry Birds Space – PC Magazine

Rovio has added ten extra levels to the best-selling Angry Birds Space title for mobile devices running Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems. The additional levels are being distributed free of charge through Apple’s App Store and Google Play … Continue reading

Popular Children’s App Kandoobi Animals is Now Available for the iPhone – Seattle Post Intelligencer

… has released their top-rated creativity and educational app Apple App Store”>Kandoobi Animals for download on all Apple iOS devices including iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Formerly only available on the iPad, Kandoobi Animals is an update of the …

WWDC Sells Out in 2 Hours, Leaving Many Devs Ticketless — And Outraged – Wired News

The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, better known as WWDC, is an annual, must-attend event for serious iOS and Mac developers. Tickets are coveted, command a hefty price tag, and sell out quickly. But this year, tickets sold so rapidly …

Study: Apple’s iOS And Mac Platforms Drive The Most Search Requests; Linux the Least, Says Chitika – TechCrunch

Google is the undisputed search giant at the moment, with some 92 percent of all searches passing through its engines worldwide at the moment. But when it comes to what browsers seem to be driving the most search queries, Google’s … Continue reading

Hands On With Google Drive: Cloud Storage for Google Loyalists – Wired News

But if you’re already using a cloud service, or maybe even a couple of services — I actually use a combination of existing Google products, Dropbox and Apple’s iCloud — the question undoubtedly becomes, Do I really need another cloud … Continue reading

Apps not using UDID data willl see 24% less ad revenue, study says – Apple Insider

Apple first addressed the UDID issue in August 2011 when it was announced that planned to remove app publishers’ access to the data in iOS 5, though the functionality remains in the latest version 5.1. It was reported in late … Continue reading

365 million iOS devices ‘in play,’ iPad taking off in education and government markets – engadget

After the most recent quarter Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer was proud to let us all know that there are now 365 million iOS devices “in play,” with over 50 million sold just in Q2. With the iPhone now available in … Continue reading

Google Drive files can end up in ads, even though you still own them – Ars Technica

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 raised the alarm …