Cloud News Digest (July 14 - 21, 2013)

IOS-based Outlook Web App

An unprecedented thing happened - Microsoft got into the trend! The design will perfectly fit into the new iOS 7 with the same flat interface. A handy thing, but to install it, you will need to subscribe to Office 365 and have the latest Exchange Online update. And then, maybe, even Surface RT will be asked to install ...

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Google Internet TV

This online service will allow you to create your own TV program from those you like. It is noteworthy that such services are planning to launch another 3 "giants": Apple, Sony and Intel. Let's see who will succeed. Here I, for example, put on Google.
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Microsoft is trying to get out of the scandal with the drain of user data

Everyone has their own opinion about this, but personally it seems to me that Microsoft is too late to drink Borjomi. If such a thing happened, then excuses from the “nothing happened, we were framed” series will not work. Especially, if the fact of "plum" was confirmed by the workers themselves. Have you noticed that large corporations have gotten up lately, are these etijas related mainly to the illegal transfer of data about us to you? So maybe they are preparing a plot there?
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Kaspersky Lab received a patent for data recovery technology

As you know, encryption is a reliable way to protect confidential data. But what to do if the password for accessing encrypted data is forgotten or lost? Indeed, in this case, the risk of losing important information is high: if the password cannot be recovered, then the encrypted data cannot be recovered, and if the password can be recovered, then someone else can theoretically access the encrypted information.
The new technology for recovering passwords and encryption keys, which are used to protect data on mobile devices, will almost completely eliminate the possibility of secret information being compromised. Read more

Microsoft announced the operating system for the home

Now all developers can start writing codes for toasters and coffee makers together! One thing is not clear, if all devices are connected to the network via Wi-Fi, then you need to embed such a module in each light bulb, button, etc.? If someone installs this OS in his smart home, or if someone just has a smart home - invite, very interesting.
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Dropbox bought a coupon startup Endorse

Endorse, made a fuss in 2010, raised $ 4 million over the first round bought by Dropbox, a month after closing. Endorse lived for two and a half years and during that time they managed to launch not only the mobile application, but also the web version of this coupon service. Recently, Dropbox has made a whole series of similar purchases of various start-ups, they are clearly preparing for something. But judging by the number of new startups in the field of cloud storage - it is not surprising that they consolidate their positions.
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Hybrid Google Docs

Google together with Egnyte from Silicon Valley made it so that it doesn’t matter whether you can get it in the cloud or on the local computer and edit it. Now you can feel like a hacker who hacks into computers.
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