It’s quite hard to understand that despite the advances in technology, the Internet, which is the keystone of free communication, is still delimited by geographical restrictions. We are referring to Amazon’s two newest offerings, both of which are only offered in the US. Together with Cloud Player, Amazon also tossed Cloud Drive, which mainly functions…
Cloud computing is spreading like wildfire. The number of enterprises moving their IT operations to the cloud is tremendously growing. Established vendors like Salesforce, Amazon and Google, including other startup firms that provide tools and services for cloud computing continues to increase and clamors for attention. In this emerging industry, here are the lists of…
The media-sharing application Color was launched amidst much hype – and criticism – at the end of March. Color allows users to make and share photos, videos and commentary, and stores the content in the cloud. This content is considered “public” and instantly shared with anyone also using Color in the user’s immediate vicinity, as…
Facebook has agreed to acquire London based Israeli startup, Snaptu, that makes apps for feature phones, for an estimated $70 million. Snaptu offers a service that makes social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn easily available on regular, non-smartphones, that make up more than 80 per cent of handsets sold globally. According to market…
Hackers have discovered that Google’s rumored cloud-based music service is up and running. Members of a XDA developers’ message board found that if they installed the Honeycomb music player app on Android they could sync their music collections with Google’s servers. Those willing to install the latest build, which isn’t yet supported by Google, have…