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Dropbox Dropquest scavenger hunt goes live

, May 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you want an extra gigabyte of storage on your Dropbox account, the online cloud service invites you to compete in its second annual "Dropquest" online scavenger hunt. While there is a prize involved, it's really more about having fun if you have nothing better to do this weekend. Company engineer Rajeev Nayak described it as "a gift to our users." The company did not say how long it will take to complete the challenge, though last year's event was finished in as quickly as three hours. Read The Full Story

Box may be going to IPO territory

, May 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

Even though it is now facing tighter competition than ever and its future may be facing a whole lot of uncertainty, cloud storage provider Box looks like it might be thinking about filing paperwork for an initial public offering. The company will have to prove that it is differentiated from more well-known cloud brands like Dropbox and exciting newcomers like Google Drive. Read The Full Story

Baidu Cloud set to launch next week

, May 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

Android and iOS may be seeing massive success in Europe and the United States, but Baidu is poised to compete against both in China. The search based company is planning to launch a new version of its operating system, Baidu Cloud, which will feature cloud-based products such as storage. Executives at Baidu have told Reuters that the company is in talks with “global” partners. Read The Full Story

Adobe Creative Cloud launches today: $49.99 per month

, May 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you don’t fancy dropping a large amount of cash on Adobe’s individual products, its new Creative Cloud subscription is probably your best bet. Adobe has officially launched the service today, which will give you access to the Adobe CS6 suite for $49.99 a month. That includes Photoshop, InDesign, lllustrator, Dreamweaver, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and a few more on top. Read The Full Story

CloudOn Microsoft Office support comes to Android

, May 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Nascent cloud platform CloudOn is bringing the same Microsoft Office functionality that it offered to the iPad version of its app last month, to Android tablets. CloudOn gives users a 'virtualization' of Office, allowing them to easily go in and access or modify Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. It also has support for viewing PDF files as well as picture files. It is basically a lite cloud-based operating system that gives users access to their most important documents anywhere. Read The Full Story

Pogoplug Team makes your server a personal cloud

, May 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Pogoplug continues to push its idea of the personal cloud, and its latest product, Pogoplug Team, targets businesses who might be wary of putting their data onto somebody else's servers. In effect a server-based version of the existing Pogoplug Software, Pogoplug Team is intended to be loaded onto a company's server system and, for $15 per user per year, offers all the typical streaming, remote access and file sharing individuals have had for some time. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Azure scrubbing on the back-end raises questions

, May 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

It has probably been quite a while since you last saw any sort of Azure branding from Microsoft. The once hopeful cloud service has been deemed a flop by analysts, although not officially by Microsoft. That doesn't mean the company is giving up on the cloud game. Not at all. But it does mean it has an identity crisis and needs to figure out what to do with the Azure moniker. But there may be a sign that the company is looking at scrubbing it altogether. Read The Full Story

Adobe CS6 on sale now; Creative Cloud looms

, May 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

Adobe CS6 has gone on sale, bringing new versions of Photoshop and more, while the company's new cloud and subscription services are expected to launch on Friday. Officially unveiled last month, CS6 includes fourteen apps in total - new or refreshed - with a brand spanking new Mercury Graphics Engine underneath that uses GPU acceleration to boost editing and processing speed. Read The Full Story

Google Docs explodes with new fonts

, May 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

This week the developers behind Google Docs have presented their newest update to their web-based environment for document editing: fonts galore! This update will allow web fonts in Google documents, one whole heck of a lot of them, each of them working to allow you fabulous looks for your documents both online and offline in print form. There are over 450 fonts available in Google docs now, with additional features coming up quick! Read The Full Story

LG Cloud looms for 2D/3D multimedia streaming

, Apr 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

LG has revealed its own multi-platform cloud media service, LG Cloud, squirting content between PCs, smartphones, tablets and smart TVs. Compatible with 2D and 3D content, the LG Cloud introduces the company's Real-time Streaming Transcoding technology to perform server-based media conversion to suit whatever device you're currently using; so, if you're on your Android smartphone but want to watch a Full HD .MKV file, the film will be automatically converted to suit the handset. Read The Full Story

Huawei to boost R&D for touch-free smartphones

, Apr 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Huawei may be more of an OEM manufacturer for various wireless carriers at the moment, but the China-based company is serious about expanding into the consumer market with its own branded devices and even beyond the realm of hardware. Huawei North America's general manager John Roese revealed that the company plans to increase spending in research and development in order to introduce "disruptive" technologies, which include touch-free devices. Read The Full Story

Dropbox update extends automatic photo uploading to PC, Mac

, Apr 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

A couple months ago, Dropbox rolled out an update to its Android app, making it possible for users to seamlessly and automatically upload photos to their cloud storage account without even thinking about it. Now, the company has made the same feature available to computers, giving users the option to push photos to the cloud whenever they plug in a camera or SD card. Read The Full Story
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