After plenty of delays, Spotify has finally, officially launched in Australia with 16 million tracks streaming. The internationally acclaimed music streaming service is now set to compete with other music streaming services in Australia like JB Hi-Fi Now and Rdio in what looks like the next big way to listen to music. I hope Apple is paying attention.
Morning Briefing: Microsoft sneaks out So.cl, S Voice gets leaked and Paul Miller stays offline
Welcome to the Morning Briefing for the 21st of May, 2012, where we highlight the tech stories from across the web that broke while you were sleeping and what we are watching here at TECHGEEK.com.au.
OPINION: Google has found its glue
The next big OS is the internet. Here’s what Google’s doing to make sure of it.
Google’s always been known for their lack of unity, internally and externally, with their products and teams. Whether it’s ideas like Buzz and Google+, from completely different departments, mixing functionality, and both completely missing the mark, or services left to gather dust, Google has always found itself with pieces of a puzzle that just can’t find eachother. But, by the looks of things, Google’s finally found a direction, and it’s racing to the starting line.
Morning Briefing: FileVault spitting out passwords in plain text, fashion gets on Facebook, and Facebook Messenger updated
Welcome to the Morning Briefing for the 7th of May, where we highlight the tech stories from across the web that broke while you were sleeping and what we are watching here at TECHGEEK.com.au.
SkyDrive vs Google Drive: the definitive guide to documents and files in the cloud
Google Drive officially launches with 5GB free storage
Google Drive has finally officially launched, after years of speculation, and is available now or, for some users, very soon.
The service, which has literally been rumoured, and then reportedly killed, over 4 years ago has finally arrived with Google Docs, Google+ and Gmail integration, a better API, 5GB of free storage and native file-syncing, basically like DropBox or SkyDrive offers.
Google Drive Incoming: 5GB appearing in Google Docs accounts, rumoured release today
It’s a big day for the cloud, isn’t it? Microsoft, only this morning, released a preview for their Dropbox-style desktop clients for SkyDrive, while also (disappointingly) cutting out 18GB of data for new users, leaving you with only 7GB of free space. It’s still competitive, but sadly it shows that the 25GB was only for show with the previously web-only interface.
Microsoft decreases SkyDrive storage to 7GB for new users, introduces DropBox-style clients for Windows and Mac
Microsoft has today added a sync client to SkyDrive that works with Mac and Windows. Similar to DropBox, the new SkyDrive apps create a folder, called SkyDrive, which provides a native syncing functionality.
Morning Briefing: Samsung’s next Galaxy, Skype leaves beta on Windows Phone and Asus launches the Transformer Pad 300
Welcome to the Morning Briefing for Monday the 23rd of April, where we highlight the tech stories from across the web that broke while you were sleeping and what we are watching here at TECHGEEK.com.au.
Google Drive spotted on Android developer’s phone in a live Google+ Hangout
Just in case you were doubting the already obvious signs and reports that Google Drive exists and is coming very soon, an Android developer has accidentally shown that he has a Google Drive application installed on his Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
Morning Briefing: SkyDrive updates, European Lumia performance and Apple and Samsung to attempt settlement
Welcome to the Morning Briefing for the 18th of April 2012, where we highlight the tech stories from across the web that broke while you were sleeping and what we are watching here at TECHGEEK.com.au.
Pebble E-Paper watch for iPhone and Android breaks Kickstarter records [fixed]
Crowd-sourced funding is beginning to look like the next big thing, with another Kickstarter project breaking funding records .Kickstarter allows anybody to invest in an idea or product, giving as much money as they would like, with rewards being given to those who spend more money. If a project does not reach its goal, set by the creator, then no money is sent.
500px pulls out the big guns with new $19.95 ‘Plus’ account option
Flickr competitor 500px has finally announced a upgrade option that can compete with Flickr Pro. Previously, users who had wanted to store more than 10 photos a week, plus not hit a number of other limits, had to upgrade to an ‘Awesome’ account for a whopping US$49.95, compared to Flickr Pro, which is US$24.95.
OPINION: Speed isn’t optional Microsoft
I’ve been thinking over this post for a few months now, but Joshua Topolsky’s review of the Nokia Lumia 900 has reminded me that Microsoft has lost its speed. Especially with this quote:
EMI terminates contract with Grooveshark
Grooveshark’s luck is running out, with their last major record label partner, EMI, terminating its contract with the company. Without any major record label support, the streaming music service’s future is now even more uncertain than it was ever before.