Google Drive
Source: Google drive cloud to rain on Apple, Dropbox parade • The Register Never one to miss out on an up-and-coming tech trend, Google is all set to launch its very own cloud storage service, competing with the likes of Dropbox, Microsoft and Apple. People familiar with the matter were unable to keep schtum and spilled to the Wall Street Journal (paywall), telling it that the Chocolate...
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iOS Address Book access should prompt the user for permission – Marco.org The popular Path app was caught uploading and permanently storing people’s entire address books on Path’s servers. People were upset, but what’s scarier is the bigger issue: apparently, this is a very common practice among popular apps. Google+: View post on Google+ Common practice? I certainly hope not. In...
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What sort of tasks would the general user want to do that would require a Quad core processor? Source: A quad-core iPad 3? Not so fast A quad-core Apple chip powering the iPad 3 is not moral certainty. Here are some reasons why. Read this blog post by Brooke Crothers on Nanotech — The Circuits Blog. Google+: View post on...
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I firmly believe Steve Jobs was right that devices like the iPad becoming the goto device for most people. Source: On iPads and Personal Computers: A Post-PC Retrospective There’s been a debate lately as to whether the iPad can fit into the so-called PC category. Following the release of several estimates and market research studies showing much different results wh… Google+: View...
Read MoreMaking It in America
How, exactly, have some American manufacturers continued to survive, and even thrive, as global competition has intensified? What, if anything, should be done to halt the collapse of manufacturing employment? And what does the disappearance of factory work mean for the rest of us? Source: Making It in America — The Atlantic (via The Loop) Google+: Sent from post on...
Read MoreI still prefer my iPad but my mother really loves her CR48
Source: Cnet 27,000 Google Chromebooks headed to U.S. schools “The Chromebooks are closely linked to Google Apps, Google’s online suite for word processing, e-mail, presentations, and more. It also can run any number of applications downloaded through the Chrome Web Store or simply loaded as Web pages.” Google+: View post on...
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