After Two Years in the Works, Picturelife Comes Alive

The founder of OMGPOP and director of New York Tech Meetup are betting on a better backup solution for photos and videos.
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Seven Questions for Sony’s Jack Tretton, Following the PlayStation 4 Event

Sony gives some guidance on how much the new PlayStation might cost.
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Oculus Rift Shakes Up Gaming With Virtual-Reality Headset

Can gadgets like Oculus Rift breathe new life into gaming hardware?
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Hey, Big Senders! YouSendIt Bulks Up Mobile App.

Looking beyond just sending, YouSendIt focuses on productivity features with its new mobile app.
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Boxee Looks to Reinvent Itself with Cloud-Based DVR Box

The start-up company is putting all of its eggs into one Boxee basket.
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Demystifying Amazon’s Cloud Player

Cloud Player makes a strong case for listening to — and buying – your music files through Amazon.
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StudyHall Offers New Site for Collaborative Course Work (And Books!)

New start-up StudyHall wants to offer a campus alternative to Blackboard — through students, rather than school administrators.
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With Updated Cloud Player, Amazon Matches iTunes Scan and Match

More music files, coming to an Amazon cloud service near you.
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I’ll Take SugarSync With That Samsung Galaxy S III, Please

Samsung Galaxy S III owners in the U.S. might not be able to get all that free Dropbox storage, but competing service SugarSync will now be made available as the back-end cloud service on all new Samsung mobile devices — starting with the Galaxy S III. SugarSync, which has already sweetened Samsung’s “smart” TVs, will power the AllShare Play app on Samsung mobile phones and tablets both in the U.S. and abroad; users will also be prompted to sign up for SugarSync to claim five free gigabytes of storage — which Dropbox and Google Drive also offer to new users.

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Neat Adds Cloud Service, Mobile Apps to Scanning System

The Neat Company, which makes scanners and file-organization software, has introduced a cloud-based file-storage system and mobile apps for iOS. NeatCloud now syncs with Neat’s desktop software and mobile app to give users access to their scanned documents via the Internet; the free NeatMobile app on iPhones and iPads lets users scan images with the camera on their mobile devices and upload them to the Neat system. NeatCloud will be available as a subscription service, ranging from $6 to $25 a month.

Eye-Fi Looks Toward New Photo App

Gobbler Hooks Up With Box for More Cloud-Storage Options

Eye-Fi Gets $20 Million in Funding, Looks to Mobile Phones for Growth

Samsung Smart TVs Get Sweeter With SugarSync

Acer Introduces “World’s Thinnest” Ultrabook and a “Me-Too” Cloud Service