As the migration of our data from our desktops to the 'Cloud' continues, it is of the utmost importance that we find the right place to put it. The place that suits us best, that caters to our individual needs, and a place we can trust. There are any number of options out there from developers which differ massively in their backgrounds. In this article, we've drawn up a comprehensive comparison between what the offerings of what are considered the five leading lights in the cloud storage sector: Google, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft ...

Are you ready to take your music to the cloud? When it comes to cloud based music services, we now have three major players vying for our attention. These are Google Music, Amazon Cloud Player and Apple’s iTunes Match. We’ve covered Google Music and

Google Music has finally dropped that nagging Beta at the end of the title and moved up to the big leagues. We've previously written about how Google Music can be the ultimate music synchronization solution. Clearly this is intended as a counter to iCloud and Apple’s recent initiative into cloud music storage. The question, however, is whether Google Music can compete with Apple. After spending ...

Still with us on our series of  different iOS 5 enhancements and features? Next up in our mini-series is something very important especially if you have the habit of misplacing your iPhone or worse losing it. This feature which was also rolled out together with iOS 5 is called  “Find My IPhone” service. Simply put, “Find My iPhone” service helps you locate and set off a loud alarm on your iPhone from anywhere in the world for all those times you can’t find it. You can use the ...

Apple's iCloud is a nice tool for keeping contacts, calendar items, and other data in sync between the iPhone and iPad, but what about keeping everything synced up with your Windows PC? Are you intrigued, excited and/or impressed by iCloud, but keep Windows as your operating system of choice? A huge chunk of computer users today use Windows and may own or use some sort of iDevice, such as an iPad or iPhone, or maybe even a Mac as another computer. I'd ...

So, it’s no secret anymore, Apple has enabled iCloud, its new cloud streaming/back up service together with the iOS 5 updates for iDevices. Hopefully by now, you’ve updated your iPhone or iPad to iOS 5. If not, I suggest you connect your iPhone or iPad to your Mac or PC and fire up iTunes. Follow the instructions on upgrading to iOS 5, and if you’re lucky - meaning the Apple server is not choking up, you’ll have your iPhone ...

Apple’s latest and possibly most awaited mobile OS, the iOS 5 is to be available from October 12. For those who have signed up to get the new iPhone 4S or the new white iPod Touch, you’re in luck because you’ll have the new iOS 5 on your new devices, when you get your hands on them. But for those who are maintaining their current gadgets, you must be eagerly awaiting the OS update to be pushed to iTunes. Do you ...

The new iOS 5 and iCloud service will be available starting October 12th, two days before the new iPhone 4S will hit stores. According to Scott Forstall, senior VP of iPhone software, the new OS will be available through iTunes 10.5 as a free update. It was also announced that another application, Find My Friends, will be available soon. This will let you see where your friends and family are if they have chosen to share it. There will, apparently, also be a way to prevent ...

Now that the raucous created by the Apple October Special Event has dissipated, the question lingering in the air is that - did Apple announce a worthy iPhone upgrade? Are the new features of the iPhone 4S good enough to position the iPhone 4 back on top in the league of Android heavy-weights? How does it compare with advanced Android phones currently available in the market like the Droid Bionic, the recently announced LG Optimus LTE and of course, Samsung ...

The day is done, and the news is out. Needless to say, we at TechNorms are pretty excited. iOS 5 and the new iPhone all look about as cool as you’d expect from Apple (very). There’s a lot to be excited about as some of the rumors came true, while other news came totally out of left field. That’s why we’ve compiled all the features from today’s Apple press conference into one ...