September, 2012
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Cloud Maturity Study finds Market Acceptance and Growth but Concerns Remain
The Cloud Security Alliance and ISACA have released their latest research on Cloud Maturity in the business space. The 37-page study, which is linked here as well as in the press release below, surveyed 252 participants representing cloud users, providers, consultants and integrators to gain an understanding of adoption, growth and maturity in the cloud [...]
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Tales from the Cloud – Episode 54
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When Will the Mobile Bubble Burst?
Today Google announced a huge milestone for its Google Play App Store. The now mobile giant has just reached 25 billion downloads. The feat has Google running a massive sale on Apps and states that it now has over 675k Apps and games in its store. With the sheer number of activations and new device [...]
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Tales from the Cloud – Episode 53
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Blackberry App World hopes to Entice Developers and Users with REO Speedwagon?
RIM’s annual Blackberry Jam developer event has kicked off in San Jose California with a slew of information coming out about a hopeful Blackberry future. Though an official release of Blackberry’s potential saving grace operating system BB10 has not yet received an official launch date, the company behind the once famed device is touting its [...]
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Tales from the Cloud – Episode 52
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Great day for Apple Bad Day for Blackberry
Friday was a great day for Apple as a total of 5M iPhone 5’s were sold through the weekend beating the debut of the iPhone 4S by a million units. This had Apple stock soaring and received much praise by fans and users alike. Not to be beaten by news, Blackberry had a major outage [...]
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Mobile Computing is changing our lives
Mobile solutions have become been a major part of many of our lives over time. From pagers to cell phones, laptops to tablets, the technology continues to revolutionize our day-to-day lives and businesses. Let’s take a look at some of the ways we have been impacted. Paperless Everything The introduction of mobile and smartphone technology [...]
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Tales from the Cloud – Episode 51
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Apple Maps have you lost?
Apple’s latest version of its mobile operating system iOS6 hit the market yesterday. With many people boasting about the new features, speedier interface, and overall release, there are a large number of people unhappy with the new OS. Apple in a move to separate itself from Google removed the long-lived Google maps program built into [...]
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Tales from the Cloud – Episode 50
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Apple’s iOS 6 is finally here
Apple’s latest OS for the iPhone, Ipad, and Ipod Touch has finally arrived. Apple began allowing downloads for the much anticipated new mobile operating system at 10am PST/1PM EST. The new software boasts a long list of new features, fixes, and wish list items. To download the software from your computer you must first install [...]
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Google adds more plus with Snapseed Acquisition
Google has continued to add to its Google+ environment, the latest being an announcement to acquire Nik Software known for its photo app Snapseed. The popular application is a photo-editing program that provides Instagram like features and additional editing capabilities. Many have touted Google +’s photo features as superior to other social media platforms and [...]
