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Samsung S-Cloud to Land on May 3rd with Galaxy S3? [Rumor]
A report by Korean publication Maeil Business has indicated that Samsung’s answer to Apple’s iCloud will be revealed alongside the upcoming alleged launching of the much anticipated Samsung Galaxy S3 on May 3rd. As we have previously reported, the cloud service which might take the fight to other cloud-storage services like iCloud, DropBox and Box is expected to provide users with the ability to store content which include videos, photos and music on a server that will sync the content in question across any number of devices.
On top of that, rumors regarding the service show that it will also include access to marketplaces where movies, music and television shows can be purchased and subsequently be delivered to smartphones, laptops or tablets. The addition of S-Cloud to Samsung phones would account for 5GB for free but rumors have mentioned that any content purchased from the online retailer could be stored for free. As of now, Samsung is still yet to make an official announcement with regards to the cloud storage system but reports circulating around the interweb state that the South Korean electronics giant has teamed up with Microsoft to ensure a smooth global launch.
Apple is well known to be a company that continues to push the envelope when it comes to technological advancements and firsts. This time around, Cupertino has introduced the first ever automated security update for Mac computers in order to assist them in preventing attacks from recently identified bugs, which are also the very same bugs that that security researchers have pinpointed and warned against, as those could be the gateway for hackers to actually gain remote control of machines.
Over in New Jersey, District Judge William Martini has come up with a ruling that the police are not required to actually pick up a warrant before opening a fake Instagram account. This is because the bogus account could actually be used to receive pictures shared by a suspect, and some folks wonder whether this would require a search warrant to be issued beforehand. Not so, according to Judge Martini in his ruling that stated whenever Instagram users post photos on the site, they happen to be practicing “consensual sharing.”
In other words, users who put up photos on Instagram are more or less in the know that should they “follow” or “friend” others, they will also end up sharing their pictures with them. All in all, one should always be extra careful with whatever one shares with others online, as you can never quite tell how something might end up to bit you in the rear some day down the road.
Both iOS and Android number close to a million apps each on their respective app stores, which is one of the reasons why smartphone users flock to either operating system. Of course there are other factors, such as hardware, pricing, availability and so on, but it is safe to say that app availability plays a big role as well. Well Blackberry seems to think so as well as they have revealed that the Blackberry World app store currently sits at about 120,000 apps, which while still pretty small compared to iOS and Android, is a pretty huge deal considering that the platform and its accompanying devices were only launched earlier this year! Blackberry’s CEO Thorsten Heins praised the thriving ecosystem, which we guess was boosted by Blackberry’s efforts where they held events to encourage developers to submit as many apps as they can, and even offering monetary rewards on top of earnings for every app successfully submitted to Blackberry World. We can see that Blackberry is going for quantity at the moment, and we suppose there are quality apps within those 120,000, but for now it looks like as far as apps are concerned, they may very well be edging Windows Phone out of the picture!