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Dropbox for Business lets you limit your coworkers’ access to shared files

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON FINGAS Dropbox for Business is good for collaborating on files stored in the cloud, but it hasn’t had fine-grained permission control — not great if you have a sensitive project you’d rather notshare with the folks in Accounts Receivable. You’ll be glad to hear, then, that Dropbox is introducing some much-needed access limits. You can now say which of your colleaguescan edit or view a given file, and you can both set expiry dates…

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Microsoft cuts 18,000 jobs as part of its largest layoff ever

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Asd reported on Engadget BY MATT BRIAN Microsoft today announced that it’s cutting 18,000 jobs, the biggest round of layoffs in its history, as part of ongoing restructuring efforts. In a release, the company says that Nokia’s Devices and Services business, which it acquired for $5 billion last year, will be most affected, with 12,500 “professional and factory positions” expected to go by the end of the year. In an email to employees, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella…

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RackWare Raises $2.3M For Its Cloud Management Solution

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Frederic Lardinois As businesses shift their data center solutions to the cloud, there is room for companies that don’t just help them migrate or create hybrid solutions, but also for those that help them utilize their existing solutions and scale them as needed by using private and public clouds.RackWare, which competes with companies like RightScale, offers solutions for enterprise IT to automate much of this and today announced that it has raised a $2.3…

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Microsoft Bolsters Encryption For OneDrive And Outlook.com

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Alex Wilhelm Microsoft announced this morning that it has bolstered the security of several of its digital products, bringing stronger encryption tools to its OneDrive and Outlook.com services. In the wake of revelations that the United States government was tapping the core fiber cables of the Internet, snooping on traffic between the data centers of large technology companies, and working to weaken encryption, a loose, industry wide effort has been undertaken to build digital…

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Virtual Says It Can Emulate iOS Or Android Devices In The Cloud

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Matthew Panzarino A new company called Virtual is claiming that it can imitate nearly any Android or iOS device almost perfectly in software, on any platform, with nearly ‘native quality’ performance. It does this with a combination of virtualization and emulation technology and it could change the way that developers test apps. Chris Wade started out hacking the iPhone in its earliest days, and contributed to some of the first jailbreak exploits. Since…

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Wink wants to simplify the smart home with a universal app and $80 hub

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As reported on Engadget. BY SHARIF SAKR You’ve probably never heard of Wink, but you may soon encounter its logo (“Wink app ready”) or its smart home router (the “Wink Hub”) the next time you go shopping at Home Depot. The logo will appear on a range of WiFi-connected devices from different manufacturers, including air conditioners from GE and thermostats from Honeywell, signifying that they can all be controlled via the Wink app for Android and iOS. The hub…

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Netflix begins raising prices, but current users get a two-year freeze (update)

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As reported on Engadget. BY MATT BRIAN Remember that Netflix price hike we were warned about? Well, it’s finally happening, and it’s affecting potential streamers across Europe. We say potential because although the cost is rising by £1 and €1 in the UK and across Europe, to £6.99 and €8.99 respectively, it’ll only affect those signing up for the first time. The good news is that if you’re already a Netflix subscriber, you’ll pay the same amount you…

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The Dawn Of Cloud 2.0 And Why Google Started A Price War

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Peter Relan Editor’s note: Peter Relan is serial entrepreneur-turned-founder of two incubators: YouWeb(focused on gaming), and Studio 9+ (focused on big data, IoT, wearables, and P2P marketplaces). His incubations include OpenFeint, Crowdstar, Hammer and Chisel, Spaceport, and Agawi. Prior to founding his incubators, Peter held founding roles at Webvan and Business Signatures, as well as executive roles at Oracle and HP. Google recently announced up to 85 percent reduction in pricing for its PaaS and BigQuery services. Soon…

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Microsoft Azure Matches Amazon’s Price Cuts And Introduces New “Basic” Tier

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As reported TechCrunch. by Frederic Lardinois After Google’s drastic price cuts for its cloud computing services, Amazon quickly matched them. Given that Microsoft always promised to match prices, it doesn’t come as a surprise that the company todayannounced its own round of massive price cuts. Prices for compute on Microsoft Azure (previously known as Windows Azure) dropped by up to 35 percent and Microsoft cut storage prices by up to 65 percent. With these changes, Microsoft matches all of Amazon’s prices and…

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Aereo Says A Win For Broadcasters Would Have “Chilling” Consequences To Cloud Computing

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Jordan Crook Aereo has today filed its response brief with the Supreme Court in a case that will make or break the streaming TV startup. So far, we’re in the preliminary stages of this particular case, with the broadcasters filing their initial briefing in March, arguing that Aereo violates Copyrights by retransmitting broadcast signals as a “public performance.” Today, Aereo responds to the briefing with a briefing of their own, as well…

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