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Apple's iCloud and iTunes Match Are Top Cloud Media Services in U.S.
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No leading. Look at the date. If I'm not mistaken Google Music Match launched in Dec 2012, right? This data is from October 2012. So it's makes sense that Apple would own 2012 data. Maybe a year from now it'll be different.
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Why? Because you didn't know how your computer and the internet worked when you were 20-24? It's a safe bet kids today know how it works.
Well, they answered a question asking them which of the cloud services they use, so if they answered iCloud, by the definition of awareness, I'd assume they were.
Actually this graph is very sketchy. It's Cloud Media Services vs. Cloud services. So skydrive's not on there as it's not media. Nor is xbox local streaming as it's not true cloud.
What's also missing is that I understand that iCloud is using both Amazon's and MS Azure as the underlying technology.
Basically, I have more questions than answers looking at this graph.
iTunes Match - still not big enough
I will be a super user if iTunes Match ups their limits to 250,000 songs like Amazon Cloud Player does. I have 110,000 songs and the limit of 25,000 is just too small. When is that limit going to be raised?
I will be a super user if iTunes Match ups their limits to 250,000 songs like Amazon Cloud Player does. I have 110,000 songs and the limit of 25,000 is just too small. When is that limit going to be raised?
That is the beauty. I am a firm believer if you see a file system, you have no clue how to design a system in the post-PC days and are rooted in the 1990's.
It will take time to get there and there are enhancements needed to the current sharing (between users and applications) paradigms, but the base concepts are sound for the vast majority of users.
You do have to register for Game Center and create a user name. It does not happen just because you launch a game.
I never understand comments like this. The corporations aren't stealing your information.
Except Google Music doesn't have a higher quality stream. My guess is you're comparing mp3 to the mp4 based AAC. 256kbps MP4/AAC is higher quality/smaller size than the equivalent MP3. Of course Google isn't really going to tell you they are still using the old and outdated mp3 format instead of mp4.
I find that hard to believe too. I'm pretty sure that anyone who uses Windows 8 or Windows Phone uses Skydrive by default, and anyone using an xbox with a gold subscription is storing their game-saves in the cloud.
This survey missed a few things, I think.
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I never understand comments like this. The corporations aren't stealing your information.
If you're not paying them [your favorite mega-corp] money, you are the product
When they are answering a survey question that starts with "Have you ever used any of the following...", you kinda have to assume that they are aware of the ones they chose. And if they are unaware, does it even matter?
Also great is the fact I was able to easily increase the quality of my entire music collection to 256 when much of it I ripped from CD at 192 back in the day.
Definitely a great deal.
I was thinking the same thing, but then how many consumers can identify SkyDrive as Microsoft's cloud storage system by name only? This study probably reflects brand awareness more than actual usage, but that in and of itself says loads.
I love iTunes Match, yet I cannot delete things I uploaded to Match now, so I can upload new things. I quickly capped my 25k quota, but now there are songs there I don't listen these days, yet I cannot upload new ones because you can't delete them.
"iCloud and iTunes Match were the only services with more female than male users, and Google Drive skewed towards a male subscription base."
No kidding. It turns out that if you advertise to 17 year old girls that the iPhone can make them more social by sharing photos with PhotoStream and iMessage, then more girls will buy it, but if you advertise to guys that a phone has a 5" inch screen for watching movies and better processor and graphics for playing games, then more guys will buy it.
These reports only confirm that their marketing is working.
Adults don't care as much about playing games on GameCenter or sharing photos with Pinterest on their phone. They just want to make phone calls.
No kidding. It turns out that if you advertise to 17 year old girls that the iPhone can make them more social by sharing photos with PhotoStream and iMessage, then more girls will buy it, but if you advertise to guys that a phone has a 5" inch screen for watching movies and better processor and graphics for playing games, then more guys will buy it.
These reports only confirm that their marketing is working.
Adults don't care as much about playing games on GameCenter or sharing photos with Pinterest on their phone. They just want to make phone calls.
I find that hard to believe too. I'm pretty sure that anyone who uses Windows 8 or Windows Phone uses Skydrive by default, and anyone using an xbox with a gold subscription is storing their game-saves in the cloud.
This survey missed a few things, I think.
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If you're not paying them [your favorite mega-corp] money, you are the product
....so if I'm paying Google for 25GB's of storage, how does that work.
They are still collecting the same data yes? The Anti-Google of the world, it's a non-issue. The funny thing is, Apple is doing the same thing. People make me laugh.Yeah, but the first time you register happens very promptly. I bet 80% of all iOS users who suddenly see the register field for GameCenter just make up a name and 'sign up'. And from that moment on, whenever you open a game, you are an active Game Center user.
I'm surprised Amazon's usage is so high given that I know several people who use Google Drive and none that use Amazon.
Ironically, I see rather young girls, instead of boys, playing games on their smartphones these days. On the bus almost every girl pulls out their smartphone and starts playing some stupid game I don't even know about. Boys mostly have their phones in their pockets.
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Yeah but you wouldn't answer to that question with a "yes I use gamecenter" if only you logged in once and created a username.