Software

THE GOOGLE INVESTOR: Is Google Becoming A Public Utility Company? – The Business Insider

Just six days prior to Apple officially launching iCloud and Siri, Google was rushing their patent application to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office covering a new Google TV remote and / or application. The user will be able to … Continue reading

App Privacy Issues Deeply Troubling – Huffington Post

Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, and G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, that questioned “whether Apple’s iOS app developer policies and practices may fall short when it comes to protecting the information of iPhone users and their contacts.” Apple followed up …

Apple iOS Devices Sold in 2011 Outnumber All Macs Ever Sold – CIO Insight

Since the April 2010 introduction of the iPad, Apple has sold 55 million of the tablets, said Apple CEO Tim Cook during a presentation at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco Feb. 14. Put in context, … Continue reading

Microsoft SkyDrive aiming to outcloud iCloud – CNET News

Beyond tight integration with Windows 8, SkyDrive could be due for a slew of new features and enhancements in its next version. Microsoft is targeting a host of improvements for SkyDrive, potentially giving iCloud and similar services some …

Huddle goes all Dropbox on users with new Sync service – CNN Money

(gigaom.com) — There’s no doubt that synchronization has rapidly become one of the cloud’s killer apps, breeding smash hit startups like Dropbox as well as underscoring big services such as Apple’s iCloud. Now collaboration outfit Huddle …

Microsoft SkyDrive app takes on iCloud – CRN Australia

DropBox doppelganger to come pre-loaded with Windows 8 apps. Microsoft has announced plans to revamp its web-based data storage platform SkyDrive such thart it can be the default “device cloud” for all apps and files on a Windows 8 machine. … Continue reading

You’re a Feature, Not a Product – Wirelessweek.com

So said Steve Jobs to Drew Houston, founder and CEO of Dropbox. And Steve wanted that feature badly. But Dropbox did not sell and Apple created iCloud. The iCloud is a feature for Apple. But Dropbox is a product for … Continue reading

Major iOS 5 Security Flaw Discovered – Softpedia

Saba doesn’t specify whether or not he has alerted Apple that they need to patch this issue in the next iOS release. Yet he is confident that the problem will be resolved in March, presumably based on the same iPad … Continue reading

Apple OS X Mountain Lion: Top 5 Features Explained – International Business Times

Apple’s own cloud storage, named iCloud, was introduced last year along with iOS 5. Now iCloud is going to be a key feature in Mac too, as it was in iOS 5. Mountain Lion has a deep iCloud integration offering … Continue reading

Microsoft SkyDrive app to take on iCloud – ITnews

DropBox doppelganger to come pre-integrated with Windows 8 apps. Microsoft has announced plans to revamp its web-based data storage platform SkyDrive such thart it can be the default “device cloud” for all apps and files on a Windows 8 machine. … Continue reading