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Google’s cloud storage is coming. Will you see ads reflecting your stored data?

chron.com — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:20:47 +0000

For years, Google has been rumored to be working on a cloud-storage service that would let its users store large amounts of data on its servers for free. The so-called “Gdrive” was the subject of rampant speculation as far back as the mid-2000s, achieving near-unicorn status. Since then, however, reality has overtaken mythology. There are [...]

Linkpost | 2.9.2012

chron.com — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:55:07 +0000

Updated 2:11 p.m. • Building Windows for the ARM processor architecture – Microsoft finally provides some details about how Windows 8 on ARM processors will work. It won’t run legacy desktop apps, but there will be a desktop interface available, Windows chief Steve Sinofsky says. Updated 9:14.a.m. • Apple to Announce iPad 3 First Week [...]

Chrome for Android beta: rough, but already a great mobile browser

chron.com — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:22:17 +0000

Google’s mobile operating system, Android, was released just after Chrome, the search giant’s desktop browser. Most folks were surprised that the browser included in the early versions of Android weren’t called Chrome, but maybe that was a good thing. After all the early browser on Android was pretty lame. The software got a much-needed improvement [...]

Linkpost | 2.8.2012

chron.com — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:51:55 +0000

Updated 12:16 p.m. • Microsoft to launch Windows 8 Consumer Preview at MWC – Specifically, on Feb. 29. And First Windows 8 ‘Consumer Preview’ preinstalled apps revealed • With Viacom deal, Amazon looks like a real competitor to Netflix – It dramatically increases the number of TV shows available for streaming on Amazon Prime. • [...]

AT&T’s moral obligation: If you throttle it, help us count it

chron.com — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:44:43 +0000

Back in 2008, when cable Internet provider Comcast said it would start capping customers’ data usage at 250 gigabytes a month, it provided no way for users to know if they had hit that ceiling. This was clearly unfair, and I wrote a blog post titled Comcast’s moral obligation: If you cap it, help us [...]

Linkpost | 2.7.2012

chron.com — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:03:27 +0000

Updated 3:34 p.m. • Yahoo! chairman Roy Bostock and three others to leave its board – Struggling Yahoo shakes up its board of directors. And Exclusive: Four Yahoo Board Members to Depart, Two New Ones Arrive and Three More on the Way (Like I Said) • Software apps have triggered half a million U.S. jobs, [...]

In Houston, are AT&T’s data throttling limits getting lower? [Updated]

chron.com — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:13:00 +0000

One of the ironies of the Internet Age is that “unlimited” access to the Net isn’t really “unlimited”. You may have signed up for service that seems infinite, but chances are at this the amount of data you can download and/or upload is restricted in some way. Either you’ll pay more after going over a [...]

Linkpost | 2.6.2012

chron.com — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:43:44 +0000

Updated 3:52 p.m. • Amazon in the Process of Launching a Retail Store – As you’d expect, the first one will be in Seattle. • Honeywell Files Patent Lawsuit Against Smart Thermostat Developer Nest – Honeywell says many of the advances in Nest’s “smart” thermostat are its own. • Super Bowl Spike: 12,233 Tweets Per [...]

Linkpost | 2.5.2012

chron.com — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:41:24 +0000

• AT&T Starts Throttling Unlimited Data Users after 2GB of Monthly Usage – AT&T will throttle unlimited users when they reach the 5 percent of top data consumers. In some geographic markets, that could mean throttling starts at 2.1 GB. • Google hires a senior director at Apple for a top secret project (exclusive) – [...]

Linkpost | 2.4.2012

chron.com — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:31:49 +0000

• Smart phones overtake client PCs in 2011 – More smartphones were sold in 2011 than PCs for the first time, and that’s even if you consider tablets as PCs. Also First: Apple’s rank in mobile phone profitability and revenues • U.S. government, military to get secure Android phones • What is the mystery “entertainment [...]