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Tonido FileCloud (www.getfilecloud.com) is another great option for Secure Private Cloud File Sharing and Sync for Enterprises. The mobile apps are polished and no java client requirement for sync clients. Check it out. You will be glad.

hmm. a steve jobs like photo and vibe there..

Thanks. I had not noticed it. I will definitely ping him!

unfortunately, this is exactly what is happening. I started at IBM's server group (P-Series) and when I left (right around when Sam Palmisano retired) there was a slow move towards changing from a development company to acquisition company. Sad to see it decay.. hopefully they have a plan.

Just curious. Would you be interested in checking (for a fee ofcourse) other web server products that use similar technology. If so please let me know and I would love to connect with you.

One caveat though. Out of 200m Dropbox users only 1-2% of users will be paid users (2-4m). The remaining 98% of users have not found a compelling reason to pony up yet. These users are fickle and have less inertia than paid users. So the threat is real as the article suggests.

A bait headline with empty content.. no wonder it gets upvoted in HN

yes, there is always the "we invented zero" gang that jump up during these types of discussion.. To be fair, this is not a India specific thing but the chip-in-the-shoulder contingent that exists in every tribe ...

lol . touche!

he he. In fact every group claim that the "ancients" already knew "everything" but we just forgot about it and rediscovering it..

what makes me suspicious are statements like (including nice little ios apps) .. unless they are talking about creating a simple public link (which is not clear)

"Sending all your holiday pictures takes only a second

Ever needed to send hundreds of pictures to a friend? With Lima, we invented a technology to transfer files instantly. No matter their size, no matter their number. That’s also part of our job to simplify storage."

== from their faq ==

Synology, Qnap or Iomega devices are Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. They add a new folder or virtual hard drive in your computer, and make it accessible from all your devices. Owncloud works the same.

This hard drive or folder is yet-another-memory, a separate place where you have to copy, move, your files into. So at the end of the day, if you use these solutions you still have to constantly manage and figure out where is your data.

The main innovation in Lima is that it manages all of your data for you. Not only the contents of a specific folder.

The Lima app replaces the entire file system of your computers. It handles everything: from the pictures in your "My Pictures" folder, to the files on your Desktop. So it really does feel like all your devices have the same memory: you can download something on your Mac, and open it on your PC.

Everything is in Lima, and the Lima app makes synchronization invisible to you.

-- Want an example? You should watch our demo video, in the "Lima apps" section. Tell us if it's clear enough!

They have a faq section for this specific question. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cloud-guys/plug-the-brai...

you don't even need tonidoplug for it. If you have an old PC or Linux box and you can mount your NAS containing your music, you can just install the free version of Tonido Desktop and stream all of it.

I remember scratching my head trying to buy ticket from automated ticketing machine in Amsterdam Centraal because the machine required chipped card only and none of my US cards that I carried had one (not to mention the error was not clear enough and I was trying all my cards in different orientation).

quite a few 1080p under 1k. For example the excellent Benq w1070 ..

I am not sure if the version they have been using is the GM seed version of IOS7 or not, but I notice in XCode there are still a lot of tracing going on. Even with that, I find the battery life on my iPhone 5 to be quite decent. I would think it will improve once debug stuff is turned off in release version.

Interestingly the opposite is true in our case. We are a small startup that has apps available both in Apple and Android. But because it is hard to develop and deploy a successful app in iOS than in android, it keeps competition at bay. In Android, lot of half baked apps pollute the store (and the fake ratings and review destroy any sort of app discovery) that it is simply not worth it.

While we have had our share of frusturation with the apple app store process (weird rejections that had to be explained etc), I don't see Android as an alternative to iOS appstore for startups. Once the iOS app is up running, we develop the android (and since we believe android users are used to seeing incomplete apps), we take our time adding functions to the app as well! (Yes I know, it is a cynical view, but we simply match expectation)

I agree with your point.

The larger implication (not withstanding using documented or undocumented API) is violation of general assumption that Chromecast will be open and idie friendly than the Apple TV.

Even if the OP had used a documented API, the developer warning is clear that any and all API can be changed.

Do you think the intent of the post is to complain about SDK compatibility ? :)

Very cool! This actually can be very useful for our company to demo apps. I guess audio is not there yet, but still very nice and great URL as well.

I agree about the quality of documentation. If it wasnt for Stackoverflow it would have taken far more effort to develop a iOS quality app for android and this is for a product that they actually push!

Only Apple? When I worked at IBM, we were encouraged to patent every little thing possible (You get 750$/patent). I dont believe this is an apple problem but more of tech industry problem.. Didn't Google just buy massive amount of Lucent network patents?

oops. sorry. I misread your earlier comment.

wow.. where to begin. So you and Google seem understand the exact definition of "server". "main controller of the program".. lol..

I just use the Mail client in my mac. so I dont even see any change so far.

Interesting, I have been in this line of thinking. Google has been as cavalier about user data as the rest except that it has the holier-than-thou attitude.

Made the painful move back to firefox on all my computer after being used to Chrome. I have started using DDG in desktops but still depend on google on my mobile devices. Email, I am still stuck with gmail as the primary mail box (Which I am actively working on to move out to paid account).

yeah, cloud is one of those terms used,overused and abused to a point that it can mean anything. In this context, the "Personal Cloud" means "Public Cloud" like functionality(basically data residing somewhere and your method of accessing it is using various client applications) with ownership of that data in your control (The "Personal" aspect).

Yes that is precisely the problem (and one that is probably in the interest of government and companies.. just not in the interest of the actual owner of data). Even companies like google providing cloud services like music/mail/docs scan for usage information to push advertisement. So even though this article is for NSA, it applies to companies as well.

The Personal cloud in spite of increased simplicity still requires certain amount of computer setup knowledge, that coupled with murky privacy policies (think facebook) means that user data in public cloud is always going to be a well sought after prize

The problem has always been abuse of laws that simply don't move fast enough to keep up with the changing times .Companies with deep pockets to fund lawyers will always take advantage of the laws that were written for a different time (and there is a similar parallel to the IP/Patent as well).