In The Personal Cloud

For all its benefits, the cloud raises a particularly ugly specter of division. On the one hand, in large cities and with some amount of disposable income, fast internet is a fact of life like running water or electricity. It’s only when you step outside the benefits of lighting quick access that you might be [...]

The cloud’s ascension to becoming a staple of the modern Web experience has been fast to say the least. Today users are buying their music directly from cloud-based stores — such as Amazon and iTunes — and CDs are quickly becoming an obsolete medium. Movies are being streamed on Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, and YouTube at [...]

The safety of your files and information is of the utmost importance when surfing the Web, and the internet is all too full of creepers lurking for your personal data to use for all sorts of unsaid devilish activity. This week’s Cloud Quiz will test your knowledge of personal security breaches you may be shocked [...]

Three of our regular In the Personal Cloud editors have been given the task to sound off about the Security vs Privacy debate. On the one hand, users want the ability to determine what pieces of information about themselves are accessible and to whom. On the other, users also want the ability to conveniently access their information [...]