Apple's iCloud.com goes live ahead of iCloud launch

From CNET News.com: Ahead of a full release this fall, Apple has pushed the Web front end to iCloud live for developers to kick the tires on.

The new site, which resides at iCloud.com, features a similar front-end to Me.com, which will be shuttered next year with Apple's MobileMe...

Android Outsells iPhone 5-to-2, Has Nearly 50 Percent of the Market

From DailyTech: Android's open platform and broad selection of hardware, thanks to liberal licensing, has proved a winning formula for Google Inc. and its hardware partners. Competitors like Apple, Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have been unable to keep up with the platform's wild growth...

HP webOS Update: Now Your TouchPad is Even More Like Nothing Else

From DailyTech: Hewlett-Packard, Comp. (HPQ) is struggling, to put it mildly, in the mobile device sector. Its latest efforts to revive the dying Palm brand have been met with largely public apathy and have posted abysmal sales. Similarly, HP's long-awaited webOS tablet, the...

Seagate Makes Its Wireless HDD Compatible with Android Platform

From X-bit Labs: Seagate Technology on Monday unveiled a new app for Google Android operating system that will provide a seamless wireless connection to GoFlex Satellite 500GB mobile hard disk drive. Previously, the GoFlex Satellite sported limited compatibility with Android platform...

Apple's Safari grows faster than Chrome in July

From InfoWorld: Apple's Safari last month posted its biggest increase ever in usage share, beating perennial champion Chrome in the gain game, Web metrics vendor Net Applications said today.

The browser bundled with Apple's revenue troika of Mac, iPhone and iPad boosted its share by...

AT&T says it will throttle heavy data users

From CNET News.com: AT&T confirmed today that it will begin throttling the heaviest data users of its wireless network starting October 1.

The new policy will affect only customers who still have an unlimited data plan, and only apply to the top 5 percent of that base. Throttling is...

Windows Phone 7 Mango Heats Up With Plethora of Coming Handsets

From DailyTech: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is viewed by many as the slumbering giant of the smartphone market. With arguably the most innovative interface available on a smartphone today, the platform is mainly lacking in polish and selection.

The company's answer to those shortcomings...

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