Category: Cloud

Cloud Culture Microsoft

Microsoft is announcing an ‘intersection of cloud and mobile computing’ later this month

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As reported on Engadget. BY SEAN BUCKLEY How does Satya Nadella run a Microsoft press event? We’re about to find out: the company’s new CEO will is coming to San Francisco later this month to talk about “news focused on the intersection of cloud and mobile computing.” The topic certainly plays to his strengths. Before taking the helm as the company’s new chief executive, Nadella played a major role in launching Office 365, Microsoft’s subscription and cloud-based Office platform. While that application…

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Business Cloud

Amazon might launch Kindle-powered checkout system and cloud-based payment service

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As reported on Engadget. BY MARIELLA MOON Amazon might still be working away on its far-out delivery drone project, but it’s also reportedly cooking up something else, admittedly a little tamer, too: a Kindle checkout system and a P2P payment service. Yes, the former’s exactly what it sounds like — a Kindle tablet equipped with proprietary software and a credit card reader (like Square), at least according to the Wall Street Journal. Amazon supposedly acquired GoPago (a mobile payment platform for…

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Business Cloud Culture

Bill Gates supports Amazon drone delivery, but says Jeff Bezos may be ‘overly optimistic’

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As reported on The Verge. By Chris Welch Jeff Bezos faces many challenges in making Amazon’s Prime Air drone delivery a reality, but he’s got one notable supporter: Bill Gates. Speaking on CNN’s The Lead, Gates voiced strong support for using drones as a means of delivery. But he’s not quite as confident it will come as quickly as Bezos and Amazon would like. “Physical products delivered by drone, I’d say he’s probably on the optimistic or perhaps…

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Business Cloud Google

Google’s Compute Engine Hits General Availability, Drops Instance Prices 10%, Adds 16-Core Instances & Docker Support

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Alex Williams Google today announced the general availability of the Google Compute Engine, the cloud computing platform it launched in the summer of 2012. As part of the GA launch, Google also announced expanded support for new operating systems, a 10 percent drop in pricing for standard instances, new 16-core instances for applications that need a lot of computation power and a new logo to update its branding. Compute Engine is the cloud platform Google…

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Salesforce.com Launches Salesforce1, A New CRM Platform For Connecting Apps, Services Like Dropbox And the Internet of Things

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As reported on TechCrunch.  by Alex Williams  Salesforce.com is launching Salesforce1, its next-generation CRM platform that it has designed for developers, independent software vendors and customers to connect apps and third-party services such as Dropbox, Evernote and LinkedIn. The mobile first environment symbolizes the company’s focus as a platform provider with the promise of connecting the enterprise to the billions of things that are increasingly capable of being programmed through APIs. It’s a big promise, especially considering…

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Business Cloud Culture

IBM Is Not A Cloud King

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As reported on TechCrunch. IBM reported its third quarter financials this past week that showed a company struggling with its legacy hardware business and the problems that come with a confused cloud services strategy. Revenues were down $1 billion with hardware sales declining 17 percent. Overall revenues for the nine-month period totaled $72.1 billion, a decrease of 4 percent, compared with $75.2 billion for the nine months of 2012. The software division is not having tremendous success, either. This last…

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Business Cloud Culture Entertainment

40% Of YouTube Traffic Now Mobile, Up From 25% In 2012, 6% In 2011

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Josh Constine It’s hard to get people to concentrate long on anything on their phones and tablets, yet YouTube seems to be the exception. The video service is quickly going mobile, with small screens making up 40% of its traffic now compared to 25% last year, Google said on its earnings call today. In 2011, just 6% of YouTube traffic came from mobile. Google’s not the only one rapidly shifting a 1…

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Amazon’s Instant Video apps for iOS improve AirPlay support, let users multitask

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As reported on Engadget. By Richard Lawler Amazon added AirPlay support to its Instant Video (US) and Lovefilm (Europe, iPad only) apps for iOS devices in September, and now it’s pushed simultaneous updates to make it better. Both apps now support multitasking (the Instant Video app notes iOS 6+ is required, with AirPlay Mirroring disabled). That should make streaming to Apple TV boxes even easier, although Amazon’s lack of a generic app for Android and/or Chromecast support from the Kindle…

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Business Cloud Culture

The Cloud Washers Will Lose

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Alex William There are two camps in the cloud world. There are the cloud washers, which are the ones who put a cloud sticker on everything. They say, “Oh, yes, it’s a private cloud for big data.” Then they throw in a few dozen other buzz words for the new look on their legacy technology. The other camp, the cloud services providers, enable customers to innovate in less time than it…

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Cloud Hardware Dev

WD announces My Cloud, an external drive that connects to your home network for $150

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As reported on Engadget. By Edgar Alvarez Sure, there are plenty of physical storage options out there, but WD’s new My Cloud does a little more than the traditional external hard drives. For starters, and as the name would suggest, My Cloud can connect wirelessly to your own home (or office) network, allowing you to easily transfer files to and from it. What’s more interesting here, however, is that WD’s making it easy to access the plug-and-play device from anywhere —…

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