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HTC makes no Sense

, Mar 26th 2012 Discuss [13]

You have to ask yourself whether HTC enjoys floundering. The company was doing so well, with an eye-catching range of appealing new devices that didn’t feel like yesterday’s hardware, along with the promise of a more proactive approach to software and services. Now it has dropped the bomb on HTCSense.com, its web-based hub for smartphones and tablets: after April 30, Sense online syncing of Contacts, Messages, Footprints and Call History will all be wiped out. There’s “renovation” incoming, HTC claims, but it’s hard to think of a much worse way that the company could’ve handled it.

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Dropbox Facebook integration goes live

, Mar 19th 2012 Discuss [3]

It is now possible for users who have both a Facebook account and a Dropbox account to send files and folders to one another in a seamlessly integrated social capacity. In other words, users can choose to share their Dropbox files with friends and colleagues through a newly implemented Facebook integration platform. This comes after the cloud-based company hired former Facebook executives. Read The Full Story

Space Monkey puts your cloud on other users’ desks

, Mar 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

The cloud is getting complicated: Space Monkey wants to give you all the benefits of a hosted cloud-storage account, like ease of access and data security, but with pricing more akin to a local drive. An apparent hybrid of DropBox, Pogoplug and BitTorrent, Space Monkey is an oversized external 2TB drive that offers half its storage for you and the rest for hosting tiny chunks of other users' encrypted data. Rather than storing a copy of your content in some random server somewhere, it's distributed among other Space Monkey users' boxes. Read The Full Story

Intel launches Xeon E5-2600 server chips for cloud computing

, Mar 6th 2012 Discuss [1]

Intel has launched its Xeon E5-2600 server chips, which are designed to tackle web-based cloud computing. This market is estimated to have an annual growth of 33 percent through 2015 thanks to the proliferation of mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, for accessing the internet or otherwise requiring internet connectivity for cloud-based services. Read The Full Story

EA confirms Mass Effect 2 cloud saves won’t work in Mass Effect 3

, Mar 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

The ability to save Xbox 360 game saves to the cloud is pretty cool. It means you can create virtual backups of all your save files, open them on another player's system, and never lose your progress if you had to replace your Xbox 360. Unfortunately, cloud stuff always has hiccups, and that's being demonstrated with the new release of Mass Effect 3. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Azure cloud spent eight hours off-line this week

, Mar 1st 2012 Discuss [2]

Users of Microsoft's Azure cloud service were not happy earlier this week when service was down for roughly 8 hours around the country. Microsoft was working hard to get the Azure cloud service back up and running. Apparently, Microsoft did a decent job of keeping users informed. Apparently, the software giant alerted users via the platforms online service page roughly each hour. Read The Full Story

Apple iCloud Harmony ad launches

, Feb 27th 2012 Discuss [2]

Apple has released a new commercial for its emerging cloud service and, in typical Apple fashion it features a whole bunch of videos of Apple products in different locations, showing a whole bunch of different screenshots showcasing the product in question. The ad, entitled iCloud Harmony, has no voice-over at all. That's an interesting move considering the average consumer might need a bit of clarification on exactly what iCloud is. Read The Full Story

Box gives 50 GB cloud storage to all Android users

, Feb 23rd 2012 Discuss [12]

Attention anyone with an Android phone or tablet - sign up for a Box account right now because you'll get a whopping 50 GB of cloud storage absolutely free. This special offer is only available for the next 30 days, and it is definitely not just some gimmick. Box is not a free cloud service, but with all that's been happening in this space recently, the company decided this was the way to get a jolt of attention. Read The Full Story

OnLive Desktop Plus gives iPad superspeed Flash

, Feb 23rd 2012 Discuss [8]

OnLive Desktop may have stumbled upon the best way to get Flash content on an iPad: host the CPU-hungry tech on a server as far away as possible from your tablet, and simply stream over the results. In an update to the OnLive Desktop remote access app, first released last month, OnLive Desktop Plus adds gigabit-speed accelerated browsing with full Adobe Flash support, delivering what the company says isn't just the fastest full-browsing experience when mobile, but the fastest experience on any platform. Read The Full Story

Microsoft snipes at Google Apps in latest ad

, Feb 22nd 2012 Discuss [11]

Microsoft can't seem to stop taking pot-shots at Google, and following the privacy-fear-flogging Gmail Man video comes an attack on the Office-rivaling Google Apps. The new video - which you can see after the cut - pits a sleazy Google Apps salesman against the enterprise market and, somewhat bizarrely, some soulful crooning about how we should fear the "Googlighting" man and the possibility that Google could simply pull the plug on features we're reliant on or, in fact, whole services. Read The Full Story

Evrythng to connect physical objects to the internet

, Feb 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

Can you imagine a world where every physical object around you is somehow connected to the internet? A world where your toaster warns you about inclement weather, your digital camera suggests when it's best to go out for a shoot, and your musical instrument connects you with other same-level musicians in your area. This initiative is so called "The Internet of Things" and a new company called Evrythng has plans to really start pushing the envelope in this arena. Read The Full Story

Google promises less frustrating Chromebooks

, Feb 18th 2012 Discuss [9]

Google's Chromebooks, web-centric ultraportables intended to drive adoption of cloud-computing, are set to get faster, the company has confirmed, as it makes a second try at the notebook market. "We are really looking forward to the next generation of Chromebooks" Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Chrome, told CNET, "we will improve on the dimensions of speed, simplicity, and security." It's speed that has been one of the primary complaints, Google concedes, and it's there that the search giant has focused its efforts for the new generation. Read The Full Story
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