3 Things You Need to Know About the Cloud

Much like ‘The Internet’ in the 90s, ‘The Cloud’ seems to be today’s often-used-but-only-partially-understood techie term. Once a vague conceptual evolution of enterprise computing that struck as much fear as it did curiosity (so I’m just uploading my files into the ether?!?!), it is now something most of us interact with every single day, sometimes without even realizing. “Everything’s gonna move to the Cloud soon man…” …”what’s ‘the Cloud?’” … “not sure” - A conversation I probably had sometime in the early 2000s - Any time you check your email, post a pic to Instagram, add a contact to the address book on your iPhone or watch 5 episodes of Extreme Cheapskates in a row on Netflix (what am I doing with my life?!) you are effectively interacting with the Cloud. That said, there is a lot of uncertainty when it comes to explaining what the Cloud actually is. Ignoring any heavy-handed meteorological metaphors and as a Product Manager at Triplay, who specializes in Mobile UX, here are 3 things I think you need to know about the Cloud.

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The Breakdown on iTunes Ping: What it means for Artists and How it compares to Cloud-Based Services

In Apple’s Keynote last week, they launched a much needed upgrade to iTunes that includes social integration.

Much like current sites Rdio and Last.fm, iTunes is finally getting a social overhaul that will transform iTunes into a music discovery social network called Ping. You can now “follow” your friends to see what they are listening to and share recommendations - all without leaving iTunes.

Initial reports indicate that Ping only displays data for albums purchased, NOT listening data. If true, this is a big disappointment from Apple’s latest social endeavor. If Ping only displays what albums your friends purchase off the iTunes store, they are missing out on a huge a

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