Apple Presents Music Jump-start Google's Cloud

Jakarta - Apple has completed her work in online music storage service. Reportedly, the service is deliberately launched ahead of Google's hard efforts in providing similar services, it seems still have to wait for time.

Because the character of the cloud, Apple's iTunes allows consumers to store songs on a remote server, and access them from anywhere as long as they are connected to the Internet.

But sources who declined to be named, said Apple is still yet to sign licensing agreements with record companies. Apple also has not told his partner, when the service is introduced.

Amazon.com has it first launched its music service cloud. The new service was launched in early April this soon steal the show, considering that Amazon is actually known as an online retailer fairly brave to enter the realm that has never entered.

Quoted by Reuters on Sunday (04/24/2011), Apple, Google and Amazon seems now competing hard to be able to master this new digital media platforms.

Google itself previously rumored to be launching a special music service as an extra feature on the Android mobile operating system.

Another source said, Google had wanted to launch a music service similar to iTunes with subscription method. Internet giant is reportedly continue discussions with a number of leading record companies like Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI Group.

Source : detikinet.com

Apple Clarification Problem Tracking Data Location

Jakarta - After a long silence about allegations triangulate the user's location data that cornered, Apple finally made ​​official clarification. "We do not track the user's location data,"said Apple.

But Steve Jobs stated-owned company, found bugs or gaps that lead to large amounts of location data stored in the device.

Apple explained that the controversy that circulated in the community is because the user has made ​​'confused' by the problem of technical complexity of this issue. And the purpose of the Apple device is actually storing geographic data to provide location-based services such as map directions.

In a statement quoted by the Wall Street Journal and quoted on Thursday (04/28/2011), while the location data stored in the iPhone and iPad not track the user's presence, but the database for the nearest cell tower and WiFi access is already known to Apple.

iPhone and iPad can also use the location data. For example, to calculate the distance when driving or offer coupons at the nearest store product promotions.

To ease the chaotic news, Apple to include Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO is still in a period of medical treatment, to answer questions about data collection.

To the Wall Street Journal, Jobs said that Apple does not track anyone. He also promised the next software update will fix the existing gap and reduce the amount of data stored on the device location.

source : detikinet