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I came across this comic the other day by Manu Cornet. Besides my initial reaction of “I hate how I can’t share my instant amazon videos within iTunes”, I then thought – could this be bad for the cloud? In essence, if taken the wrong way, of course. The first thought is any ecommerce, when in the [...]

Let’s say you are working on a business presentation before you head to the office, you store the presentation in a cloud computing application and take the bus to the office. While on the bus, you access the saved presentation on your smartphone as you look for any changes you need to make. Once you [...]

On August 3rd Gizmodo’s Mat Honan’s iCloud account was hacked, the hacker managed to wipe his Macbook, iPad, and iPhone – to any person this would be a tough hit, but to someone who writes for a tech website it’s pure tragedy. While his iCloud hack managed to make headlines, it wasn’t just the event [...]

It’s hard to imagine how anything can compete with Google, especially in the world wide web. But, what about cloud services? Has Google managed to stamp their name on it, claiming the number one spot?  Though they may not be the automatic number one choice, that could be changing. With their new IaaS offer in the back [...]

When most think of the cloud they often assume there is endless amounts of storage. But how much can you truly store in the cloud? Well, visual.ly got data on three of the most popular cloud storage solutions, iCloud, Dropbox, and Google Drive, and found out.  Looking at the amount of users each solution has: iCloud [...]

When most think about the cloud, two things come to mind: iCloud from Apple, and the white fluffy things that live in the sky. Once they realize we’re talking from a technical stand point they then rave about how amazing the storage capability is, and how great it is to share documents online. Which is great, it’s nice to [...]

It’s not always easy to decide where to store your personal data, especially when it comes to finding something large enough to store your music library. But, have no fear, we’ve search the Inter-webs to find the best personal cloud storage solutions and came up with these awesome choices. Let us know what you think, [...]