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FaceVault App Brings Facial Recognition Unlocking to iOS – Wired News
FaceVault, which only works with iOS devices that have a front-facing camera, is $1 in the App Store. Christina is a Wired.com staff writer covering Apple, robotics, and everything in between. She’s also written for Gizmodo and Wired magazine.
New tracker tool reveals Apple’s iOS dominates mobile traffic – PC Advisor
A new Android vs iOS real-time tracker shows that Apple’s mobile operating system is dominating mobile traffic in the US. Chitika Insights explains that its Mobile Dominance Tracker “performs an analysis of the unique impressions seen originating from …
Macs contribute record-low 13% to Apple’s revenue – Computerworld
“They’re more than willing to keep the Mac going,” he argued. “It’s strategically important — they want a certain amount of cross-fertilization between OS X and iOS — and it’s a development platform that lends itself better than others to … Continue reading
Apple, C. Ore. officials make data center tax deal – Yahoo Finance
Apple needs storage capacity for its iCloud service to store customers’ photos, music and movies. It has a large data center in North Carolina and is building a 100-acre, 20-megawatt solar array there. PacifiCorp has said it will provide power … Continue reading
Snow Leopard DVDs Begin to Arrive in the Mail – Softpedia
Apple is getting MobileMe customers to hop aboard the iCloud by offering them free copies of Mac OS X version 10.6 aka Snow Leopard. The software is the interim step between OS X Leopard (v.10.5) and OS X Lion (v. … Continue reading
Online Storage and Sharing Space Sees Growth in Revenue, Solutions Providers – TMCnet
“They have not been effective in addressing the threat that comes from more cloud-based infrastructure like the iCloud from Apple or cloud-based solutions like Dropbox.” In reporting financial results for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2011, Carbonite …
Storage service Google Drive launched – Denver Post
The curtain was raised Tuesday on Google Drive, the online-search giant’s answer to storage services such as Apple’s iCloud and DropBox. About 20 technology companies have partnered with Google to launch applications that will work with the long …
iCloud Now Has over 125 Million Users – Techie Buzz
Whoa, that was fast! Just in January, Apple reported that iCloud had 85 million users. Today, during Apple’s quarterly earnings call, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer revealed that the company’s iCloud service has attracted 125 million users in the roughly …
Apple Announces Developer Confab Dates – Wall Street Journal
Apple says its annual developer conference, WWDC 2012, is set for June 11-15 in San Francisco. Attendees will get to “look at the latest iOS and OS X,” with over 100 sessions that cover graphics, media and developer tools. Apple also … Continue reading
Apple: iCloud continues growing, now over 125M users – MacNN
Apple’s high sales of iOS devices, along with continuing Mac growth, continues to push the free iCloud service to remarkable levels of membership, with CFO Peter Oppenheimer revealing during the March quarter analyst conference call that iCloud had reached …
