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Amazon Web Services gets green light for government use

, May 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Back in March, we heard rumors that Amazon was working on building a private cloud service for government agencies (specifically the CIA in that case), and it turns out that's now getting the green light -- sort of. Amazon and the US government signed a three-year deal that would see the government using Amazon Web Services for various government organizations. Read The Full Story

Google unifies 15GB of shared storage for Gmail, Drive and Google+

, May 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google has announced that it'll be changing the way it does cloud storage across Gmail, Google Drive, and Google+. Instead of each service having it's own allotted amount of space. All three will be joined together and will share a pool of 15GB of cloud storage space, allowing Google Drive users to essentially have more free space than the previous 5GB that was originally offered. Read The Full Story

Amazon Cloud Drive Photos for iOS takes on Google, Dropbox and Apple

, May 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

Amazon has launched its Cloud Drive Photos app on iOS today, joining the Android app as a solution for avid mobile photo snappers to automatically have their creations uploaded in the cloud and organized for sharing and viewing. The app looks to take on Apple's Photo Steam iCloud feature, as well as Google's and Dropbox's solutions. Read The Full Story

Rovio Account is your cross-platform solution to Angry Birds

, May 7th 2013 Discuss [0]

The one caveat to mobile gaming is that a lot of smartphone games don't come with the ability to save your progress across multiple devices, leaving gamers to start over on a game if they end up buying a new tablet. However, Rovio looks to solve that issue in Angry Birds with a new feature called Account. Read The Full Story

Dropbox hosting first developer conference in July

, May 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

What once was just a small startup looking to revolutionize cloud storage, is now a company getting ready to host their own developer conference. Dropbox has announced "DBX," which will be the company's first developer and partner conference, and it will take place on July 9 this year in San Francisco. Read The Full Story

Dell acquires Entratius for multi-cloud computing

, May 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

This morning the teams at Dell and Enstratius (also known as enStretus pre-name-change) have announced that the former has acquired the latter in a bid to increase the power of the company's Cloud Computing sector. Enstratius is a company known as an "early cloud pioneer", working with cloud management for enterprise groups and delivering services for both single and multi-cloud setups for businesses. This company has made it clear that their "cloud agnostic" abilities make them unique - though how they'll be working inside Dell's fold is not yet crystal. Read The Full Story

iCloud and iTunes hit by another outage

, Apr 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

It seems that Apple's iCloud service and the iTunes Store are experiencing yet another outage. Apple's system status webpage confirms that some users may experience issues with account & sign in for iCloud as well as purchases for iTunes. Other users are also reporting problems with Game Center and Apple ID. Read The Full Story

HP launches Moonshot cloud server system

, Apr 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

HP is looking to make a splash in the enterprise industry again with the announcement of the company's new line of Moonshot servers running Intel Atom chips. These new servers are a part of a multi-year plan by HP to cut down on space and power needs when it comes to big data storage. The company says that these new Moonshot servers will help with that initiative. Read The Full Story

Google Drive for iPhone updates with landscape mode and better performance

, Apr 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google Drive and iPhone users rejoice. Google just updated their Google Drive app for the iPhone, and it comes with one new feature that completely changes how you edit documents on your smartphone. The updated app now includes landscape mode for both document editing and spreadsheet editing, making it easier and quicker to type out those reports on the go. Read The Full Story

Yahoo Mail brings Dropbox integration for easier attachments

, Apr 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Dropbox is one of the most popular cloud storage services on the internet today, and in an effort to bolster its email capabilities, Yahoo has included Dropbox integration with Yahoo Mail, making management of your various email attachments much easier and quicker than before, allowing you save and retrieve attachments from the cloud. Read The Full Story

Nebula launches OpenStack-based cloud computer

, Apr 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Cloud storage is becoming all the rage nowadays, but some people are wanting to take it to the next level. That's what Nebula is for, a new startup company that was founded a couple of years ago, and they officially launched the Nebula One, which is what they call a "cloud computer" that's based on OpenStack. Read The Full Story

Amazon Cloud Drive updates with file syncing

, Apr 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

Amazon's Cloud Drive service hasn't been around for too long -- about a year now, but it's already starting to feel like a viable replacement for Dropbox, especially considering that the company just added file-syncing capabilities to Cloud Drive today, allowing you to access your files from different devices anywhere. Read The Full Story
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