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“OwnCloud” is similar to cloud storage tools like Amazon, Dropbox and Google except that it has one massive difference – it allows you to host your own “OwnCloud” server, where you are able to manage and control it yourself.

Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011 and experimenting new features with it. During last year they announced video messaging service for Skype that is now available for users. Skype already best known as video chat messenger now allows you to send short video messages to people when they are online or even offline.

The word “Smart” has a dramatic shift in its meaning and association from humans to gadgets, earlier in 20th century it was used to describe the personality of any person however today it is used in tech industry to describe the efficiency of any gadget particularly a phone. This word has made its place in the industry so well that today’s phones are not called cellphones, mobile phones but “Smartphones” and if it’s not a smart phone it means you are outdated.
The story doesn’t end with owning a smartphone but it actually begins a new saga of “How smart is your smartphone”.

Business owners are asking this question frequently if they need a mobile app for their business or their website is good enough. We shared the benefits of having a mobile website for your business in our blogs earlier, today we are going to talk aboutwhy mobile apps are not for everyone.
Earlier this month we heard about 40 million apps downloaded from Apple’s app store in 2012 which clearly indicates the popularity of apps among the users. Anyone who owns a smartphone today is talking about smart apps and there’s a kind of users who are choosing their smartphone based on the apps available on its store..

It’s a proud moment for us and the developer community that today App Store is filled with over 775,000 applications for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Last year App Store has passed 40 billion downloads in which 20 billion downloads were recorded during 2012 with nearly two billion downloads happened in December alone. The press release today says that there are over 500 million active accounts on App Store worldwide that shows the growing Apple’s user base and its popularity.
The App Store today is accessible is 155 countries and having a great range of apps in 23 different categories, including newspapers, games, business ..

The year 2012 was full of surprises and shocks for the world, a lot happened in past 365 days that made people dazzle like a man jumped from outer space, PSY’s Gangnam Style videos went viral and set a world record, one pound fish street song won people hearts, Sandy set New York in dark for almost a week and the most viral and threating news of world ending in December 2012 proved wrong.
Information technology industry also found new bench marks last year, companies drove their customers crazy by producing innovative products and services.

Google launched its most awaited native map APP for iOS at the time when users were heading to the wrong cities & falling off warped bridges. This malfunctioning of the iOS Maps, genuinely increased the demand for Google Maps and the App topped the iTunes chart when 10 millions apps were downloaded within 48 hrs after its launch.
Though it is quite evident that Google isn’t making money through its latest addition to iTunes, one would question as to why would Google throw its chief rival…

The continuous progress in the smart phones industry has led users to remain connected to this e-world more than before. Now they are not only browsing and communicating but purchasing everything from a pin to an airplane, reserving hotels for holidays, running online awareness campaigns, raising funds of charity and much more.
This e-world has become so real to people that they have started being choosy about the content they like to see and how they want it to see. This drift in users behavior is one of the reasons all businesses …

In 2003, Android Inc. was founded in California, US. However it was acquired by Google in 2005 and is now on its way to become one of the leading mobile OS in the market. The company has improved the OS with time and has launched many versions since it’s birth. The interesting story about these versions is that they are all released in an alphabetical order and all of them are named after favored sweets and deserts. The next sweetener “Key Lime Pie” (OS version 5.0) is in the making and will be available soon in 2013 .
Xcube labs has put up this story together very nicely that tells you the journey of Android OS from 2003 to 2012.

Wordpress established itself as a blogging platform but has now become a favorite CMS among people to create and manage websites with minimal technical knowledge and simple admin controls. There have been a lot of improvements on both back and front end of WordPress environment providing the developer community with the right tools to customize it for small to large websites.
WordPress has now released its latest version 3.5 for public, with number of upgrades and tweaks in many of its features.