Dropbox acquires collaboration startup Cove and its former Facebook execs
Cloud storage powerhouse Dropbox has purchased stealth collaboration startup Cove and its exec team made up of former Facebook staffers, the company said Monday...
Michael Dell emphasizes enterprise solutions over PC sales
Dell is a huge PC maker with more than $62 billion in its last fiscal year. But the company is shifting its emphasis to IT solutions for the enterprise rather than just pure PC hardware.
In that respect, Dell’s playbook …
U.S. gov’t moving too slowly to protect the cloud, says former NSA director
Former National Security Agency director Mike McConnell urged cloud companies to have a political opinion today, stating the US government is moving “very, very slowly to address [cloud] threats.”
“We are the most digitally dependent nation on earth, we have …
Photoshop Touch coming to the iPad, reminds us Adobe finally gets mobile
Adobe will officially launch its Photoshop Touch iPad app at the Mobile World Congress on Monday, months after Android users first got their hands on the app.
Adobe has certainly seen its fair share of trouble with Apple, mostly centering …
Dropbox for Android adds automatic photo & video sync, iOS update on deck
Cloud storage service Dropbox has handily added automatic photo and video uploads to its popular Android app, and this awesome new feature is on its way to iOS as well, the company announced late on Thursday.
Android has been getting …
Die Hölle? Apple switches off MobileMe & iCloud e-mail push in Germany
Apple has decided to disable the push functionality for all MobileMe and iCloud email accounts connected on any iOS device within the borders of Germany, the company confirmed today.
The reason for the move comes after a German court ruling …
Box bets on Android in business with new update, gives all users 50GB storage free
Cloud storage powerhouse Box has updated its Android app with tons of new features. And to celebrate, the company is giving away 50GB of free storage to any Android user who logs in during the next 30 days.
There has …
Post-acquisition, SAP and SuccessFactors outline where marriage is headed
In what might be the most-jargon-filled press release ever, enterprise-software giant SAP announced Wednesday how it will incorporate and improve SuccessFactors’ enterprise cloud services, after completing its purchase of the company last week.
SAP agreed to acquire human capital-management (HCM) …
Megaupload founder out on bail, banned from Internet and helicopters
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was released on bail Wednesday in New Zealand, after a judge ruled he was no longer a flight risk. Dotcom is not allowed to access the Internet while out on bail, and he cannot use a …
Microsoft goes on the attack against Google Apps (video)
Microsoft has gone after Google before in ads attacking its search and Gmail products, but today the big M has launched a new off-kilter commercial showing off Google Apps’ biggest weaknesses.
The video, titled “Googlighting,” portrays the Google Apps productivity …
Huddle gets in sync with new, enterprise-grade file-syncing tools
Cloud collaboration startup Huddle has unveiled an intelligent file synchronization tool called Sync intended for use in large enterprises.
Huddle Sync, currently in private beta, is intended to let every worker in an organization gain secure access to the company’s …
Move over iCloud: Microsoft details extensive SkyDrive integration with Windows 8
After several leaks, Microsoft has confirmed that its SkyDrive cloud storage solution is about to receive a major update with desktop syncing, a SkyDrive Metro app for Windows 8, secure remote access, and other helpful additions.
There has been much …
Google TV could be getting Siri-like voice-controls
Using your hands is so 2010. Voice-activated controls may be on the way for Google TV, according to a patent filed by the company last year that was recently discovered.
Patently Apple has found a filing by Google that lays …
Collaboration app MightyTeams brings productivity to the iPad (exclusive)
New York-based startup MightyMeeting has its sights on boosting mobile productivity in the enterprise. In keeping with the growing trend of using tablets to do work, MightyMeeting is unveiling a collaboration app called MightyTeams for the iPad and Android tablets.…
Why iCloud integration on Apple’s Mountain Lion OS fails
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Apple is making a big deal about how its newly-announced Mountain Lion operating system comes with built-in iCloud syncing and storage. But if you cut through the deafening hype, iCloud is still a woefully limited solution that most consumers and …
Google Drive spotted in the wild, still looks exactly like Google Docs
Google’s long-rumored cloud storage solution, Drive, has been spotted on one user’s account. Not surprisingly, it looks about the same as Google Docs and a handful of the company’s other online services.
A reader forwarded the above screenshot to Geekwire, …
WebMobi helps anyone build a mobile app, no experience required
WebMobi, a new mobile application builder for businesses, has added integration with online storage provider Box to easily collect customer information.
WebMobi helps businesses create apps for all the major mobile platforms without the need to understand coding. All you …
Dropbox Automator saves you precious time by processing files for you
Dropbox Automator, a cloud-based service that will process files for you when you add them to your Dropbox account, just got updated with new features.
Dropbox has become a very popular place to store files off your hard drive for …
Hookflash gives you free video calls to LinkedIn contacts (exclusive)
Hookflash, an iPad app maker looking to make workplace communication streamlined and more productive, has pivoted to focus on connecting you with your LinkedIn contacts. The company is releasing its inaugural app in March, and it will help you communicate …
Zynga’s hybrid zCloud lets it get rid of two out of every three servers
Social game maker Zynga has shifted 80 percent of its game traffic to its own private data center servers, known as the zCloud, the company revealed yesterday in its earnings call.
But it didn’t mention one of the prime benefits …
