A Round of Applause for Google Drive Just as iCloud is cresting in popularity and trending well with its users, Google has flown in, to upstage Apple, to steal its thunder, to stop the show — insert your own “oh no they didn’t” cliché here. Bottom line: Google has taken quite the inviting Drive into the competitive, and increasingly crowded, cloud computing sphere. The latest expansion of the Google brand looks upward into the cloud. Deemed Google Drive, this new service from the world’s most powerful Internet organization will provide users with five gigabytes’ (5GB) worth of storage and backup
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Cloud Apps of the Week: Comondo Cloud From sexy Emmy winners to tip-top security, this week’s selection of apps keeps both entertainment and assurance at the fore. Let’s not get started on the heated discussion of whether (or not) Crocs count as viable footwear. For every detractor, it seems like two Croc-oholics come along right on cue. A brand new app is targeted squarely at such connoisseurs of Crocs, called Crocs Mix & Match. (Search for the most recent app using your smartphone now.) This application, available on both the iPhone and the Android, allows users to virtually sample and
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Toshiba Introduces Cloud-Based Backup Capabilities Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD) has introduced its Canvio 3.0 portable hard disk drive (HDD) line featuring cloud-based backup capabilities and storage capacities of 500 gigabytes (GB), 750GB or one terabyte (TB). Equipped with pre-loaded backup software, the new Canvio 3.0 line comes with simple plug-and-play operation and is compatible with personal computers and other devices equipped with USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 ports. Toshiba has designed this line to address the requirements of those who use the cloud for digital storage. Because the Canvio 3.0 drives are pre-loaded with Windows-based NTI BackupNow EZ software,
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by Anuradha on August 2, 2011
in Backups, Cloud Computing, Companies, Computing, News, Press Release, SaaS, Smart Phones, Startups, Storage
Nuance Cloud Bridges Content Gap between Paper and Digital Documents A new cloud-based service from Nuance enables users to easily organize, access and share documents from nearly any PC and mobile device. Known as PaperPort Anywhere, the new offering allows users to manage and access their documents in the cloud using web browsers. In addition, it enables using free apps from Nuance for Apple and Google Android mobile devices. What makes the solution work effectively is the Nuance OmniPage OCR (optical character recognition) engine that has been designed to automatically create searchable documents from scanned and camera-captured documents, as well
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by cloudtweaks on July 28, 2011
in Business, Cloud Computing, Companies, IT, News, Phone, Press Release, SaaS, Security, Stocks, Storage, Technology
Alibaba Cloud Computing Unveils Mobile Cloud Operating System BEIJING July 28th, 2011–Alibaba Cloud Computing (“AliCloud”), developer of advanced data-centric cloud computing services and a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, has unveiled its internally developed cloud-based mobile device operating system, “Aliyun OS.” The K-Touch Cloud-Smart Phone W700, the first mobile phone powered by the cloud OS, was also unveiled here today and will be introduced to the Chinese market at the end of July. AliCloud also plans to integrate the OS with other devices including mobile phones with larger screens and tablet computers in the coming months. “Mobile users want a more
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by cloudtweaks on December 10, 2010
in Amazon, Cloud Computing, Computing, Host, IT, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology, Web Hosting
Amazon Blog Update: A number of our customers want to store very large files in Amazon S3 — scientific or medical data, high resolution video content, backup files, and so forth. Until now, they have had to store and reference the files as separate chunks of 5 gigabytes (GB) or less. So, when a customer wanted to access a large file or share it with others, they would either have to use several URIs in Amazon S3 or stitch the file back together using an intermediate server or within an application. No more. We’ve raised the limit by three orders
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