GigaomAt last: Dropbox shows vulnerability to rivals’ price cuts, offers 1 TB for $9.99/month
Under fire? Dropbox, which had held steady while competitors sliced and diced prices, now shows willingness to boost storage limits. Read more »
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Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office office suite, and Internet Explorer web browser. Its flagship hardware products are Xbox game console and the Microsoft Surface series of tablets. It is the world’s largest software maker measured by revenues.
MoreUnder fire? Dropbox, which had held steady while competitors sliced and diced prices, now shows willingness to boost storage limits. Read more »
Is Microsoft going all in on NoSQL, just as SQL is becoming more versatile? Read more »
Right on cue: As Microsoft talks about low-cost Windows laptops to do battle with Chromebooks, two companies bring Windows to Chrome OS through virtual desktops in the cloud. Read more »
The Estonia-based team messaging service comes with a fully featured free version, but premium subscribers will get limitless historical access to messages and soon-to-come administrative features. Read more »
Zync Render is used by many post-production shops in and around Hollywood to add special effects or enhancements to movies. Google now is laying claim to that for use on its… Read more »
… and proposes a standard metric to measure server CPU utilization and incentives to minimize the use of idling boxes. This metric, along with existing PUE scores, could help stop the bleeding. Read more »
Does a $100 price cut on Surface 2 signal the beginning of the end for Windows RT? It’s easy to think so but there are few reasons that Microsoft’s RT strategy… Read more »
Google updated two of its Google Apps for iOS on Monday while also adding a third new title. Docs and Sheets get the updates that the Android versions gained in June:… Read more »
VMware wants to ease “vSoup”-OpenStack coexistence. But as evidenced by CEO Pat Gelsinger’s comments, it sure seems conflicted about it. Read more »
Private clouds were the right solution for many enterprises that wanted to realize the value of cloud services without actually moving to a public cloud. However, from what I can see,… Read more »