Cloud News Digest (July 14-21, 2013)
IOS Outlook Web App
An unprecedented thing happened - Microsoft hit the trend! The design will fit perfectly in the new iOS 7 with the same flat interface. A handy thing, but installing it requires an Office 365 subscription and the latest Exchange Online update. And then, maybe Surface RT will also be asked to install ... More
Google Internet TV
This online service will allow you to create your own TV program of the ones that you like. It is noteworthy that similar services plan to launch 3 more “giants”: Apple, Sony and Intel. Let's see who gets better. Here I, for example, put on Google.
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Microsoft is trying to get out of the scandal with the discharge of user data
Everyone has their own opinion on this matter, but personally it seems to me that Microsoft is too late to drink Borjomi. If such a thing happened, then the excuses from the series “there was nothing, we were framed” will not work. Moreover, if the fact of "discharge" was confirmed by the workers themselves. Have you noticed that large corporations have been messing around lately, are these lags mainly related to the illegal transfer of data about you and me? So maybe they are plotting there? More details
Kaspersky Lab received a patent for data recovery technology
As you know, encryption is a reliable way to protect sensitive data. But what if the password for access to encrypted data is forgotten or lost? Indeed, in this case, the risk of losing important information is great: if the password cannot be restored, then the encrypted data cannot be restored, and if the password can be restored, then someone else can theoretically access the encrypted information. The new technology for recovering passwords and encryption keys that are used to protect data on mobile devices will almost completely eliminate the possibility of compromising sensitive information. More details
Microsoft has announced an operating system for the home
Now all developers can begin to write together codes for toasters and coffee makers! One thing is not clear if all the devices are connected to the network via Wi-Fi, so you need to integrate such a module into each light bulb, button, etc.? If someone installs this OS in their smart home, or if someone just has a smart home - invite, very interesting. More details
Dropbox bought coupon startup Endorse
Sensational in 2010, Endorse, which raised more than $ 4 million in the first round, was bought by Dropbox, a month after closing. Endorse lived for two and a half years and during this time they managed to launch not only a mobile application, but also a web version of this coupon service. Recently, Dropbox has been making a series of similar purchases of various startups, they are clearly preparing for something. But judging by the number of new startups in the cloud storage area, it is not surprising that they are consolidating their positions.
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Hybrid Google Docs
Google, together with Egnyte from Silicon Valley, made it so that it doesn’t matter, in the cloud file or on the local computer, you can get it and edit it. Now you can feel like a hacker who hacked computers remotely.
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