Cloud storage Applications: The next breakout point for social networks?

As social networks have risen dramatically in the internet, traditional it giants such as Apple and Google are scrambling to carve out business. Soon after Apple launched its icloud cloud service at the Global Developers Conference (WWDC), Google announced the launch of the Google + Beta, with registered users reaching 10 million within one weeks, becoming the fastest-growing social networking service in the world.

Analysts believe that the launch of Google + and its popularity with users is a counterattack against Facebook's Jedi and could pose a threat to Facebook's status. Despite the strong momentum of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, the SNS industry as a whole has gradually returned to rationality after years of rapid growth, and Myspace and Digg, the old and endless, have also begun to wane, The former was even bled by News Corp for a big sale. So cloud application, social networking site How to create new ideas to maintain user stickiness, prevent users "new" to vote with their feet, become entrepreneurs have to face the problem.

One might ask, what is the key to social networking success? Of course, to allow users to interact all the times! One of the best ways to share photos. Facebook has one of the world's largest online photo-sharing services, and Facebook users have uploaded more than 100 billion photos, which is astonishing. User interaction always needs a carrier, and photos, video and other content is the best form of this carrier, it is clear that they can not leave the cloud storage of this basic application.

On the surface of the Apple icloud layout is the cloud storage, but can not avoid the icloud is connected with more than 200 million users of itunes, IPhone, ipad and other kinds of apple electronic devices, music, photos, video and other digital content can be centrally stored and shared, As a new social network, it's no wonder jobs called icloud "the next great vision" of Apple. If Apple relies on icloud to enter social networks, it believes its threat to Facebook will not be much weaker than Google +.

With Google + 's product feature, Instantupload is a killer app, with photos taken by a mobile phone, Google is automatically stored on the Internet server and can be shared anywhere. More than 100 million Android devices have been sold globally, and they are undoubtedly potential end-users of Google +. In addition, Docs, Googlepicasa and Gmail provide users with a variety of electronic information from documents to pictures of the network storage IT service management, I believe that these applications will not be too long to be integrated into the Google + system, it seems that Google + It's not alarmist to pry Facebook's social-networking boss into position.

With the rapid development of information technology and communication technology, all kinds of consumer electronic products achieve unprecedented interconnection, including text, pictures, music, video, applications and other digital content began to achieve across time and space free flow, for the social network users with good communication elements, And these digital content is more and more to such as Dropbox, Box.net, 115 network disk and other professional cloud storage service provider centralized cloud computer. Looking to the future, if not Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites to consolidate cloud storage applications, it is icloud, Dropbox these upward expansion of social networking services cloud applications, in general, cloud storage and social network integration is an inevitable trend to see Google + and the domestic 115 network plate product layout will understand.

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