Google’s infrastructure spending dipsslightly; cloud revenue looks higher

By Derrick Harris

OCT. 16, 2014 - 4:49 PM PDT

Google spent more than $2.4 billion on infrastructure during the third quarter, which was down from its record second quarter but still very large. The company has numerous infrastructure-intensive businesses, including its growing cloud computing platform. Read more »

The Smart Home Is Going To Be A Huge Boon To Accessibility

Posted Sep 5, 2014 by Steve O'Hear (@sohear)

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I reach for the iPhone tucked down the side of my wheelchair and launch the Hive app. After a couple more taps on the screen, there’s an audible click from across the room. A few seconds later, I hear the boiler sparking up before the central heating finally kicks in. It’s a familiar sound, but this time the experience is profoundly different.

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For Two New Apps Called “Push” And “Drop,” The Push Notification Is The App

Posted Oct 13, 2014 by Sarah Perez (@sarahintampa)

Two new applications, Drop and Push, want to save you from having to download multiple news apps or browse dozens of websites just to keep up with the topics that interest you. But what makes these two apps different, when compared with news aggregators or other mobile news readers (aka RSS readers), is that they primarily function via push notifications.

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How To Protect Yourself In The Cloud

Some helpful tips.

 

SELENA LARSON

 

SEP 3, 2014

The massive iCloud hack that exposed photos of female actresses stored in their personal Apple accounts, has left many—including myself—scrambling to change their passwords.

Some speculated that the hack was due to a vulnerability in Apple’s Find My iPhone feature, with which hackers used a “brute force” attack to guess the passwords on celebrities’ accounts, The Next Web reported.

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Microsoft Cortana: Mobile virtual assistant and, now, concert hookup

By Derrick Harris

Microsoft has rolled out new features for its Cortana virtual assistant app, including the ability to track evening activities, track important flights and even recommend nearby concerts. Cortana probably still is not a Google Now or Siri killer, Read more »

Mobile hot issue of this week

Mobile This Week: iPads upgraded; Nexus 6 and 9 launched

A busy week in mobile devices pitted Google and Apple against each other: Both introduced new hardware.

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