Pity the poor programmer whose software doesn't automatically sync every digital thing you own across all of your devices instantly. Thanks to Apple, if you're not in the cloud soon, you're buried. People have been yammering for years about how, eventually, everything is going to have to move to the cloud.
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A new program from HP is equipping African health workers with cell phones so that information about outbreaks can be collected and analyzed as fast as possible.
Read More »What Apple Will Show Us On Monday: Code, Clouds, And Steve Jobs
Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference kicks off on Monday, with Steve Jobs giving the keynote address.
Read More »Aaron Levie, CEO Of Box.net, On The Future Of The Cloud
For this installment of our forward-looking Crystal Ballin' series we speak with the man who founded his could-based file-sharing platform in college.
Read More »How Apple Plans To Make Cloud-Based iTunes A Seamless Experience
An Apple patent gives us some clues about the cloud-based iTunes we're all expecting any moment now--namely, how it'll make streaming content a seamless experience.
Read More »CloudMagic Brings Offline Search To Gmail, Docs, Contacts
Welcome to a world where you no longer need an Internet connection to check email. But is this truly a miracle? At long last! You can now search your Gmail, Google Docs, a Contacts without an Internet connection.
Read More »Managing Multiple Companies In the Cloud
I have been in the trenches of both tactical and strategic corporate finance for over 25 years, including being a CFO of a $2-billion company.
Read More »The New Generation of Cloud Storage Tools
Call it a comedy of laptop errors.
Read More »Why Dropbox Avoids Industry Buzzwords Like "The Cloud"
"The cloud" is the biggest and most overused buzzword in the tech industry. You can't turn on the TV today without seeing ads from Microsoft , IBM, or Cisco touting the cloud in some form. Take the following IBM commercial, which attempts to define the lofty concept for consumers: the cloud does email, predicts traffic patterns, lowers energy bills, develops software, understands risk
Read More »Deal on SAP Software
SAP is running a promotion called Step Up to the Cloud that gives you a discount equivalent to six or nine months of free service when you sign a contract for Business ByDesign, the company’s on-demand enterprise resource planning software. The cloud-based business management software includes a wide variety of features, including CRM software and powerful analytics tools. Here's how it works: If you purchase a two-year subscription to SAP Business ByDesign with a minimum of 15 users, you’ll get the first three months free, plus a 15 percent credit on all subsequent invoices for remainder of the initial term.
Read More »Amazon’s New Cloud Services
Keeping track of the music stored on various computers and mobile devices can be a pain. This week, Amazon unveiled Cloud Drive and Cloud Player, two services that let you store music in the cloud and access it from any Web browser or Android device. You can upload your music library to the Cloud Drive from a Mac or PC, or buy songs on Amazon’s MP3 Store and save it to the drive.
Read More »Microsoft Helping Break Ground on Cloud-Connected Homes in New Smart City
The home of the future will be bedecked with smart sensors that send their data to the cloud so you can manage the house from afar--yes, this is a story we've heard before. But now Microsoft has joined a plan to build a smart city jammed with exactly these smart homes in Portugal. Living PlanIT , which calls itself "one of the world's leading smart city and urban development technology providers" has been working on a plan for a smart city in northern Portugal for quite a while--currently a 2013 unveiling looks likely
Read More »Video: Sex addiction: An illness or an excuse?
John Cloud, a senior writer at Time magazine, went undercover posing as a sex addict. He and Gail Saltz, psychiatrist and TODAY contributor, discuss the legitimacy of sex addiction. (TODAY show)
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